Bikaner

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city municipal corporation

Bikaner is a historic city in the Indian state of Rajasthan, known for its desert landscape, grand forts, and rich Rajasthani culture.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
Bikaner Municipal Corporation 1
Bikaner district 1
Bikaner region 1

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf city ⓘ
municipal corporation ⓘ
additionalOfficialLanguage Marwari ⓘ
Rajasthani ⓘ
airport Nal Airport ⓘ
areaCode +91-151 ⓘ
climate hot desert climate ⓘ
country India ⓘ
distanceFrom 330 km northwest of Jaipur ⓘ
~250 km from Jodhpur ⓘ
economicActivity agriculture ⓘ
food processing ⓘ
salt trading ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
elevation 242 metres ⓘ
formerStatus capital of Bikaner State ⓘ
foundedIn 1488 ⓘ
founder Rao Bika ⓘ
governingBody Bikaner self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Bikaner Municipal Corporation
governmentType Municipal Corporation ⓘ
hasFort Junagarh Fort ⓘ
hasMedicalCollege Sardar Patel Medical College ⓘ
hasPalace Lalgarh Palace ⓘ
hasUniversity Maharaja Ganga Singh University ⓘ
heritageStatus historic city of Rajasthan ⓘ
historicalRegion princely state of Bikaner ⓘ
isPartOf Bikaner district ⓘ
Bikaner division ⓘ
knownFor Bikaneri bhujia ⓘ
Junagarh Fort ⓘ
Karni Mata Temple ⓘ
Lalgarh Palace ⓘ
Rajasthani culture ⓘ
Rajasthani sweets ⓘ
camel breeding farm ⓘ
desert landscape ⓘ
locatedIn Rajasthan ⓘ
Thar Desert ⓘ
majorFestival Camel Festival ⓘ
Diwali ⓘ
Gangaur ⓘ
namedAfter Rao Bika ⓘ
officialLanguage Hindi ⓘ
populationAsOf 2011 ⓘ
populationTotal ~644406 ⓘ
postalCode 334001 ⓘ
railwayStation Bikaner Junction ⓘ
religionMajority Hinduism ⓘ
timezone IST ⓘ
utcOffset +5:30 ⓘ
vehicleRegistrationCode RJ-07 ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Bikaner → governingBody → Bikaner self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bikaner Municipal Corporation
Rajasthan → hasMajorCity → Bikaner ⓘ
Rajputs → historicalPolity → Bikaner ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bikaner region
Sikar → locatedBetween → Bikaner ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bikaner district