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Rajasthan is India's largest state in terms of area. It occupies 10.4% of India's total area. The total area of Rajasthan is 3,42,239 sq kilometer. Rajasthan shares the boundary with Punjab to the north, Haryana, and Uttar Pradesh to the northeast, Madhya Pradesh to the southeast and Gujarat to the south-west. 

Rajasthan is India's largest state in terms of area and when it comes to population, it is the 8th most populated state in India. According to 2011 census, the total population of Rajasthan is 6.68 crore. The total population of the male is 35,550,997 and female is 32,997,440. The total population growth in this decade was 21.31% as compared to 2001. Sex ratio is 928 per 1000 males.

Rajasthan is the largest state of India in terms of area. It comprises of 10.4% of India's total area. It is divided into 33 districts for administrative purpose. Jaipur is the capital city of Rajasthan.

The members of the Gram Panchayats have a tenure of five years and are directly elected from wards while the Sarpanch is elected by the members. There is provision for reservation of seats for women and for scheduled castes and scheduled tribes. There is Gram Sabha for each panchayat and the Sarpanch is required to conduct Gram Sabha meetings at least once in six months. Also, the Sarpanch is required to conduct the meeting of the members of the Panchayat once in a month.

Rajasthan, the largest state of India, has an area of 3,42,239 sq km. Rajasthan covers the territory which has a very mature topography, developed during the thousands of years of denudation and erosional processes. Physiographically, it is difficult to find a region more varied and diverse than Rajasthan. It is a land of lofty hills and shifting sand dunes, of scorching heat and freezing cold, of fertile plain, rugged ravines and dense forests. However, desert remains its dominant pecularity, besides the mountaineous Aravalli range that divides the land into two natural divisions. Aravalli ranges are one of oldest of the world. The other ranges are comparatively new.

Rajasthan, the largest state of India, has an area of 3,42,239 sq km. Rajasthan covers the territory which has a very mature topography, developed during the thousands of years of denudation and erosional processes.

Gram Panchayat is the basic, first formal democratic institution at the village level. It is the primary unit of local self-government.  Gram panchayat is a cabinet of the village elders, directly elected by the adult citizens of the village.