KNOW MORE ABOUT UDAIPUR

1. UDAIPUR ( CITY OF LAKES )
TOWN PLANNING
(SUMMER ASSIGNMENT)
DIPESH JAIN
SINHGAD COLLEGE OF
ARCHITECTURE, PUNE

2. LOCATION OF THE TOWN-UDAIPUR
INDIA RAJASTHAN UDAIPUR
• THE CITY OF UDAIPUR COVERS AREA OF 37 KMS.
• IT LIES AT AN ALTITUDE OF 598.0 M (1,962 FT) ABOVE SEA LEVEL.
• TOTAL POPULATION OF THE TOWN -451,735 AND DENSITY-
242/KM (630/SQ MI).
• THE CLIMATE OF THE REGION IS TROPICAL.
• AVERAGE SUMMER TEMPERATURE IS 38 C (105.6F) AND AVERAGE
WINTER TEMPERATURE IS 17 C (63F).
• UDAIPUR IS RICH IN MINERALS RESOURCES SUCH AS
COPPER,ZINC,LEAD AND SILVER.
• AMONG INDUSTRIAL MINERALS RESOURCES SUCH AS LIMES
TONE, MARBLE,SOAP STONE.

3. • UDAIPUR IS THE HISTORIC CAPITAL OF KINGDOM OF MEWAR.
• THE CITY WAS FOUNDED IN 1553,BY MAHARANA UDAI SINGH.
• UDAIPUR CITY ALSO KNOWN AS ‘CITY OF LAKES’ OR ‘VENICE OF
EAST’,IS A VERY POPULAR TOURIST DESTINATION IN
RAJASTHAN AND ONE OF MOST ROMANTIC CITIES OF INDIA.
• UDAIPUR IS WELL KNOWN FOR HANDICRAFTS SUCH AS
PAINTINGS,MARBLE ARTICLES,SILVER ARTS AND TERRACOTTA.
• UDAIPUR CITY WAS VOTED THE BEST CITY IN THE WORLD
2009,BY TRAVEL +LEISURE.
• UDAIPUR IS NOW AMONGST THE FAVOURITE WEDDING
DESTINATIONS FOR INDIANS AS WELL AS FOREIGN NATIONALS.
INTRODUCTION

4. Description Total Percentage
Hindu 2,869,976 93.53 %
Muslims 104,307 3.40 %
Christian 7,406 0.24 %
Sikh 4,278 0.14 %
Buddhist 209 0.01 %
Jain 78,647 2.56 %
Others 373 0.01 %
Not Stated 3,224 0.11 %
Description Rural Urban
Population (% ) 80.17 % 19.83 %
Total Population 2,459,994 608,426
Male Population 1,251,316 315,485
Female Population 1,208,678 292,941
Sex Ratio 966 929
Child Sex Ratio (0-6) 933 865
Child Population (0-6) 441,482 67,068
Male Child(0-6) 228,369 35,952
Female Child(0-6) 213,113 31,116
Child Percentage (0-6) 17.95 % 11.02 %
Male Child Percentage 18.25 % 11.40 %
Female Child Percentage 17.63 % 10.62 %
Literates 1,108,846 473,783
Male Literates 712,379 261,065
Female Literates 396,467 212,718
Male Literacy 69.64 % 93.39 %
Female Literacy 39.82 81.24 %
POPULATION

5. • AS OF 2011 INDIA CENSUS,UDAIPUR HAD A
POPULATION OF 451,735.
• UDAIPUR HAS AN AVERAGE EFFECTIVE LITERACY
RATE OF 90.43% AS COMPARED TO NATIONAL
AVERAGE OF 74.04%.

7. EXISTING LAND
USE PLAN 2012

8. MASTER
PLAN 2031

9. HOUSING
• HOUSING STOCK AVAILABLE S PER 2001 IS
1,02,392,DWELLING UNITS OF WHICH APPROX 11%
STOCK IS VACANT.ALSO,AVG. HOUSEHOLD MEMBER
SIZE IS 5 PERSON PER FAMILY.
• UDAIPUR FACES THE PROBLEM OF
OVERCROWDING,MOST OF THE BUILDINGS IN INNER
CITY AREA ARE 3 TO 4 STOREY STRUCTUREWITHOUT
PROPER VENTILATION AND ACCESS.
• ALMOST 25% OF HOUSES WITHIN THE INNER CITY
AREA ARE MORE THAN 100 YEAR OLD,WHICH
REQUIRE URGENT RENEWAL AS PER CENSUS 2001.
• IN ABSENCE OF A BUOYANT ECONOMY AND EW JOB
CREATION, UDAIPUR CITY HAS NOT REALLY
EXPERINCED A REAL ESTATE, BOOM LIKE OTHER CITIES
IN INDIA.INVESTMENT IN HOUSING REMAINS LOW.
• LACK OF WILLINGNESS TO MOVE OUT OF INNER CITY
AS OBSERVED, WHICH HAS FURTHER CONTRIBUTED
TO VACANT HOUSING TOCK AND DELAYS IN NEW
SCHEMES.
HOUSING:OVERVIEW
DISTRIBUTION OF HOUSES
DISTRIBUTION BY SIZE
ESTIMATION

10. • UDAIPUR CITY LIES ON THE INTERSECTION
POINT OF NH76 AND NH 8,MIDWAY
BETWEEN DELHI AND MUMBAI LOCATED
AROUND 700 KM FROM EITHER CITY.
UDAIPUR CITY BUS DEPOT HAS LINES
RUNNING FOR MAJORITY OF OTHER
DESTINATIONS IN RAJASTHAN AND FARTHER
TO NORTH AND WEST TOWARDS MADHYA
PRADESH AND GUJARAT.
ROAD MAP

11. HISTORY
• CITY PALACE IS LOCATED ON BANKS OF LAKE PICHOLA BUILT
BY MAHARANA UDAI SINGH IN 16TH CENTURY.
• CITY PALACE BOASTS OF THE WONDERFUL BLEND OF
MEDIEVAL , EUROPEAN AND CHINESE ARCHITECTURE.
• ‘AMAR VILAS’ IS THE HIGHEST POINT F THIS PALACE ND HAS
WONDERFUL HANGING GARDERN WITH
FOUNTAINS,TOWERS AND TERRACES .
• CITY PALACE IS STRUCTURED IN A WAY THAT IT OFFERS A
VIEW OF THE LAKE FROM ALL ITS BALCONIES,CUPOLAS AND
TOWERS.
• PALACE HAS AMAZING NTERIORS WITH DELICATE MIRROR
WORK ,MARBLE WORK,URALS,ALL PAINTINGS,SILVER WORK
AND COLOURED GLASS.
• CITY PALACES WHOLLY BUILT N GRANITE AND MARBLE.
• THERE ARE SEVEN GATES NAMELY
SURAJPOLE,CHANDPOLE,UDAIPOLE,HATHIPOLE,AMBAPOLE,
BRAHMAN POLE.

12. POLITICS
• UDAIPUR MUNICIPAL CORPORATION IS THE ADMINISTRATIVE HEADQUARTERS OF THE UDAIPUR
DISTRICT IN STATE OF RAJASTHAN.
• MAYOR IS CHANDRA SINGH KOTHARI (BJP).
• THE MUNICIPAL CORPORATION OF UDAIPUR COMPRISES OF 55 WARDS ,THE TOTAL GEOGRAPHICAL
AREA OF THE CITY IS 64 SQ.KM.
• THE CITY OF LAKES IS LEAVING NO ONE UNTURNED TO SECURE A PLACE IN THE FIRT 20 CITIES TO BE
DEVELOPED AS A SMART CITIES N THE FIRS PHASE AS SELECTED BY PRIME MINISTER OF INDIA
NARENDRA MODI.

13. MUNICIPAL GOVERNANCE AND SERVICES

14. ECONOMY
 METAL AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES-
• UDAIPUR DISTRICT IS PARTICULARY RICH IN
MINERAL RESOURCES LIKE
COPPER,ZINC,SILVER, INDUSTRIAL
MATERIALS LIKE PHOSPHATE,LIME-
STONE,MARBLE.
• MARBLE IS EXCLUSIVELY MINED, PROCESSED
AND EXPORTED FROMHERE AROUND THE
WORLD,IT IS THE LARGEST SECTOR GIVING
EMPLOYMENT TO THE PEOPLE OF CITY AND
NEAR REMOTE AREAS.
• UDAIPUR IS ALSO THE HOMETO THE
WORLD’S SECOND LARGEST ZINC
PRODUCER, HINDUSTAN ZINC.
 AGRICULTURE-
• THE MAJOR CROPS OF THE CITY ARE MAIZE
AND JOWAR IN KHARIF SEASON AND
WHEAT AND MUSTARD IN RABI SEASON.
• PULSES ,GRONDNUTS AND VEGETABLES LIKE
BRINJALS ARE SOME OF THE MAJOR FOOD
PRODUCTS GROWN IN THE CITY.
MAHARANA PRATAP
UNIVERSITY OF
AGRICULTURE,UDAIPUR
MAHARANA PRATAP
UNIVERSITY LOCATION

15. EDUCATION
• THE MAIN UNIVERSITIES IN UDAIPUR INCLUDE IIM
UDAIPUR,R.N.T. MEDICAL COLLEGE,PACIFIC MEDICAL
COLLEGE, GEETANJAL,MAHARANA PRATAP UNIVERSITY OF
MEDICAL AND TECHNOLOGY,TECHNO INDIA ETC.
• UDAIPUR IS NOW THE FIRST DISTRICT IN RAJASTHAN TO
HAVE IMPLEMENTED A SMART CLASS SYSTEM IN ALL
GOVERNMENT SCHOOLS,ENABLING INFORMATION
,TECHNOLOGIES AND INFRASTRUCTURE.
• ACCORDING TO THE CENSUS -2011 DATA ON EDUCATIONAL
STATUS,UDAIPUR HAS THE HIGHEST PERCENTAGE OF
GRADUTES IN ENTIRE STATE. IT HAS 26 GRADUTATES FOR
EVERY 100 PERSONS.
• ALL INDIA RANK-1 IN IIT-JEE 2014 BELONGED TO UDAIPUR
CITY.
IIM UDAIPUR
DPSUDAIPUR

16. TRANSPORTATION
 AIR-
• DABOK AIRPORT IS KNOWN AS MAHARANA PRATAP
AIRPORT,20 KMS FROM CITY.
• AIRPORT HANDLES 600 PASSENGERS AT A TIME,AND
HAS INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT STATUS.
 RAIL-
• UDAIPUR CITY RAILWAY STATION AND RANA
PRATAPAGAR RAILWAY STATION ARE TWO STATION iN
CITY.
• FAMOUS LUXURIOUS TRAINS,THE PALACE ON
WHEELS,ROYAL RAJASTHAN N WHEELS,MAHARAJA
EXPRESSAND INDIAN MAHARAJA HAS STOP AND
SCHEDULED ON THERE ITENARY.
 ROAD-
• UDAIPUR CITY BUS DEPOT RUNNING BUSES TO ALL
MAJOR CITIES .RAJASTHAN STATE ROAD TRANSPORT
CORPORATION (RSRTC).
TRANSPORTATION
AIRPORT LOCATION

17. CITYSCAPE
• THE LAKES OF THE CITY BEING INTERCONNECTED FORM A LAKE
SYSTEM WHICH SUPPORTS AND SUSTAINS THE GROUND WATER
RECHARGE, WATER AVAILABILITY FOR DRINKING, AGRICULTURE,
INDUSTRIES AND IS A SOURCE OF EMPLOYMENT THROUGH
TOURISM.
• UPPER LAKES: LAKE BADI, CHHOTA & BADA MADAR.
• CITY LAKES: LAKE PICHOLA, FATEH SAGAR LAKE, SWAROOP SAGAR,
RANG SAGAR, KUMHARIA TALAB, GOVERDHAN SAGAR.
• DOWNSTREAM LAKE: LAKE UDAI SAGAR.
• FIVE OF THE MAJOR LAKES HAVE BEEN INCLUDED UNDER THE
RESTORATION PROJECT OF THE NATIONAL LAKE CONSERVATION
PLAN (NLCP) OF THE GOVERNMENT OF INDIA IN ORDER TO
PRESERVE THE CLEANLINESS OF THE WATER BODIES IN THE CITY.
THESE ARE :
1. FATEH SAGAR LAKE 2.SWAROOP SAGAR
3.PICHOLA LAKE 4. RANASAGAR
FATEH SAGAR LAKE

18. ANALYSIS OF UDAIPUR
STRENGTH SECTORS
WEAKNESS SECTORS