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| name = Makrana<br />
| settlement_type = City<br />
| image_skyline = Makrana_Skyline.png<br />
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| nickname = Marble City of India<br />
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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Rajasthan, India<br />
| coordinates = {{coord|27.05|N|74.72|E|display=inline,title}}<br />
| subdivision_type = Country<br />
| subdivision_name = {{flag|India}}<br />
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]<br />
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]<br />
| subdivision_name1 = [[Rajasthan]]<br />
| subdivision_name2 = [[Nagaur district|Nagaur]]<br />
| established_title = <!-- Established --><br />
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| founder = <br />
| named_for = Makran City of India<br />
| government_type = Democratic<br />
| governing_body = Makrana Municipal Council<br />
| leader_name = Shoukat Ali Gaur, 2014-2019<br />
| unit_pref = Metric<br />
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| elevation_m = 408<br />
| population_total = 105080<br />
| population_as_of = 2016<br />
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| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]<br />
| utc_offset1 = +5:30<br />
| postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]<br />
| postal_code = [http://www.citypincode.in/RAJASTHAN/NAGAUR/Makrana_PINCODE 341505]<br />
| registration_plate = RJ-21, RJ-37<br />
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'''Makrana''' is an urban city located at the centre of Rajasthan. It also served as a tehsil headquarters, with 136 villages under its jurisdiction thus making it the largest tehsil in Nagaur District. Makrana is {{cvt|110|km}} west of Jaipur and {{cvt|190|km}} north-east of Jodhpur. Makrana is known for the part it has played in building the Taj Mahal by supplying marble, craftsmen and stonemasons to build the iconic UNESCO world heritage centre. It is one of the developing cities in the state. The marble from the town Makrana which is known as [[Makrana Marble]], gets the GHSR (Global Heritage Stone Resources) status from the IUGS.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/punjab/marble-used-for-taj-mahal-is-now-global-heritage-stone-resource/story-t67WWKE5kj05JL9o3qEdlO.html|title=Marble used for Taj Mahal is now 'Global Heritage Stone Resource'|date=2019-07-22|website=Hindustan Times|language=en|access-date=2019-07-29}}</ref><br />
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==Geography==<br />
Makrana is located at {{Coord|27.05|N|74.72|E|}}, and has an average elevation of {{Convert|408|m|ft}}.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fallingrain.com/world/IN/24/Makrana.html|title=Maps, Weather, and Airports for Makrana, India|work=fallingrain.com|access-date=18 January 2016}}</ref> It lies in the middle of the [[Aravalli Range]], and these mountains are the source of its fame as a marble producer.<br />
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==History==<br />
Makrana was a part of [[Jodhpur State]] in [[Presidencies and provinces of British India|British India]]. It is home to some of the world's most renowned white [[marble]] sites, from which the [[Taj Mahal]], [[Victoria Memorial (India)|Victoria Memorial of Kolkata]], [[Birla Mandir, Jaipur|Birla Temple of Jaipur]] and [[Dilwara Temples|Jain Temple of Dilwara]] in Southern Rajasthan were built. It is said that the 1800 artisans who settled Makrana originally came from a coastal strip in the south of Sindh and Balochistan, in Pakistan and Iran, also called Makrana. These artisans came to India to build the Taj Mahal.<br />
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== Economy ==<br />
The town is served by railroads and other forms of transportation, serving as a key junction between Jaipur, Parbatsar and Jodhpur.<br />
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Makrana is a large town in Nagaur district, with a deposit of 56 million tonnes of marble and 40,000 labourers working in 900 mines in the several ranges of the Aravallis. Makrana is the main centres of marble in [[Rajasthan]]. Calcitic in nature, Makrana marble is regarded as the oldest, and finest in quality.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indianexpress.com/story/20909.html |title=MINED |publisher=Indian Express |date=2007-01-15 |access-date=2016-01-18}}</ref><br />
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The present rate of marble production from Makrana is 19.20 million tonnes per year with an annual revenue of [[Indian rupee|rupees]] (INR) 20036 [[crore]]. Per capita income is INR 50,000, which is much higher than national average of INR 46,000. It is the richest municipality in Rajasthan.<br />
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Makrana is source of employment to more than 100,000 people from about 200 surrounding villages. The [[Victoria Memorial (India)|Victoria Memorial]] of [[Kolkata]], the [[Taj Mahal]] in [[Agra]], the [[Raudat Tahera]] in [[Mumbai]] and the [[Jain temple|Jain Temple]] of [[Dilwara]] in southern Rajasthan are built from Makrana marble. Some other monuments where Makrana marble has been used are the [[Haji Ali Dargah]] of Mumbai, the Jain Temple of [[Mysore]], and the [[Ambedkar Memorial|Ambedkar Park of Lucknow]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.citypincode.in/RAJASTHAN/NAGAUR/Makrana_PINCODE |title=Makrana Pincode |publisher=citypincode.in |access-date=2014-05-19}}</ref><br />
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==Mining==<br />
Makrana marble is a metamorphic rock. It is found in a single deposit in India. The Makrana marble has a range of about 90–98% Calcium Carbonate.<br />
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Makrana has various mines in the Aravallis range, popularly known as Doongri, Devi, Ulodi, Saabwali, Gulabi, Kumari, Neharkhan, Matabhar, Matabhar Kumari, Chuck Doongri, Chosira and Pahar Kua. The Pahar Kua range is thought to be the actual mine from which the marble for the Taj Mahal was extracted.<br />
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The Doongri, Devi, Sahabwali, Ulodi, Chosira and Neharkhan mines are famous for white marble, whereas Ulodi is famous for albeta marble (white marble with dark patterning). The Gulabi mine produces pink plain and pink adana marble, whereas almost all mines produce adanga marble with brown and grey shades. There are about 800 factories for marble cutting and processing. The factories use gang saws to cut the marble<br />
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==See also==<br />
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*[[Victoria Memorial (India)|Victoria Memorial of Kolkata]]<br />
*[[Taj Mahal]]<br />
*[[Makrana marble]]<br />
*[[Nagaur]]<br />
*[[Marble]]<br />
*[[Kheri Leela]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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[[Category:Cities and towns in Nagaur district]]<br />
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