Bundi

This article is about the municipality in Rajasthan, India. For its namesake district, see Bundi district. For the village in Iran, see Bundi, Iran.

Bundi is a town in the Hadoti region of Rajasthan state in northwest India.

Bundi
city
Panoramic view of the old town and palace of Bundi.
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Coordinates: 25.44°N 75.64°E / 25.44; 75.64
Country	India
State	Rajasthan
District	Bundi
Named after	Bunda Meena
Government
• Type	Municipal Council
• Body	Bundi Municipal Council[1]
Elevation	268 m (879 ft)
Languages
• Official	Hindi
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	323001
ISO 3166 code	RJ-IN
Vehicle registration	RJ-08
Sex ratio	922 ♂/♀
Website	Bundi Municipal Council Bundi District

Climate

The climate is hot semi arid (BSh), not having enough rainfall to qualify as a tropical savanna climate (Aw). The climate is quite warm, and most of the rainfall is concentrated during the summer monsoon season (June-September). It gets humid during the summer.

Climate data for Bundi (1991–2020)
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Record high °C (°F)	29.8 (85.6)	36.4 (97.5)	42.0 (107.6)	46.0 (114.8)	47.0 (116.6)	48.0 (118.4)	45.5 (113.9)	37.4 (99.3)	41.2 (106.2)	39.4 (102.9)	35.4 (95.7)	30.5 (86.9)	48.0 (118.4)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)	22.5 (72.5)	26.6 (79.9)	34.0 (93.2)	39.9 (103.8)	43.7 (110.7)	40.5 (104.9)	33.9 (93.0)	32.1 (89.8)	35.1 (95.2)	34.4 (93.9)	30.0 (86.0)	25.2 (77.4)	33.1 (91.6)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)	8.4 (47.1)	12.2 (54.0)	18.7 (65.7)	24.7 (76.5)	28.6 (83.5)	28.1 (82.6)	24.5 (76.1)	23.9 (75.0)	24.0 (75.2)	20.0 (68.0)	14.5 (58.1)	11.0 (51.8)	19.8 (67.6)
Record low °C (°F)	3.0 (37.4)	3.6 (38.5)	10.4 (50.7)	14.0 (57.2)	18.4 (65.1)	19.6 (67.3)	19.0 (66.2)	18.0 (64.4)	18.0 (64.4)	13.0 (55.4)	9.5 (49.1)	5.5 (41.9)	3.0 (37.4)
Average rainfall mm (inches)	6.3 (0.25)	5.6 (0.22)	2.6 (0.10)	3.3 (0.13)	5.1 (0.20)	93.5 (3.68)	231.0 (9.09)	279.0 (10.98)	98.8 (3.89)	6.4 (0.25)	4.6 (0.18)	0.6 (0.02)	736.8 (29.01)
Average rainy days	0.4	0.4	0.3	0.3	0.7	5.0	10.2	13.0	5.2	0.4	0.4	0.1	36.3
Source: India Meteorological Department[2]

Demographics

In the 2011 Indian census,^[3] Bundi had a population of 1,03,286. Males constitute 52% of the population and females 48%. Bundi has an average literacy rate of 67%, higher than the national average of 59.5%; with male literacy of 75% and female literacy of 57%. 14% of the population is under 6 years of age.

History

Main article: History of Bundi

View of Bundi Fort and Palace from the Highway.

Stone Age tools dating from 5,000 to 2,00,000 years were found in Bundi and Bhilwara districts of the state.^[4]

Satur national geological monument

Great Boundary Fault at Satur at nearby Satur has been declared the National Geological Monuments of India by the Geological Survey of India (GSI), for their protection, maintenance, promotion and enhancement of geotourism.^[5][6][7]