UDAIPUR ( CITY OF LAKES )

TOWN PLANNING(SUMMER ASSIGNMENT)

DIPESH JAINSINHGAD COLLEGE OF ARCHITECTURE, PUNE

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.

• 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

Description Total PercentageHindu 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 UrbanPopulation (% ) 80.17 % 19.83 %Total Population 2,459,994 608,426Male Population 1,251,316 315,485Female Population 1,208,678 292,941Sex Ratio 966 929Child Sex Ratio (0-6) 933 865Child Population (0-6) 441,482 67,068Male Child(0-6) 228,369 35,952Female Child(0-6) 213,113 31,116Child Percentage (0-6) 17.95 % 11.02 %Male Child Percentage 18.25 % 11.40 %Female Child Percentage 17.63 % 10.62 %Literates 1,108,846 473,783Male Literates 712,379 261,065Female Literates 396,467 212,718Male Literacy 69.64 % 93.39 %Female Literacy 39.82 81.24 %

POPULATION

• 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%.

EXISTING LAND USE PLAN 2012

MASTERPLAN 2031

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

• 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

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.

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.

MUNICIPAL GOVERNANCE AND SERVICES

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

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

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

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

PICHOLA LAKE

FATEH SAGAR LAKE

SWAROOP SAGAR

ANALYSIS OF UDAIPUR

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