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Nainwa

human settlement in Bundi district, Kota division, Rajasthan, India

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionAug 17, 2026
Entity authorityQ2544256 ↗
Source-derived summary

Nainwan is a tehsil of Bundi district and a municipality in the Hadoti region of the state of Rajasthan in India.

Tourism

Tourism attraction in the area include the Talwas Lake.The main source of water in Nainwa is the Paibalapura dam. There is a stadium for various sport opened in 2023 with the request from the MLA and khel mantri of Hindoli constituency Area, Ashok chandna. It is situated in the back of senior high secondary school of nainwan.

Geography

Nainwan is located at 25.77°N 75.85°E / 25.77; 75.85. It has an average elevation of 291 metres (954 feet).The town is situated at a distance of 95 km from Kota, 165 km from Jaipur, and 65 km from Bundi. There is no rail network in the town. The nearest railway station is in Indergarh, at a distance of 25 km from Nainwa.

Demographics

As of 2001 census, Nainwa had a population of around 35,172. Males constitute 52% of the population and females 48%.

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “Nainwa” as human settlement in Bundi district, Kota division, Rajasthan, India. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Nainwa, human and settlement.

Editorial reviewA valuable geographic starting point for tracing changing names, boundaries, uses and administrative responsibility. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2023, 2001—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Nainwa, human and settlement providing the first useful test.
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Evidence profile

The strongest evidence will usually combine a dated visual record with documents produced by the authority responsible for the place. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 17, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q2544256. Authority coordinates are 25.770, 75.850. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2023 and 2001.

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This entry incorporates text from “Nainwa” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.