Situated in the north-western
part of the India, Rajasthan is the largest state
of the India union.
The state is largely a arid region, Rajasthan is
bound in the west by part of the Indo-Pak international
boundary. The State is surrounded by Punjab and
Haryana states in the north, Uttar Pradesh in the
east, Madhya Pradesh in the southeast and Gujarat
in the southwest
The Rajasthan Southern part is about 225 km from
the Gulf of Kutch and about 400 km from the Arabian
Sea. Pakistan bounds the state from west and north-west.
The Aravali ranges seggregrate the State through
south-east and north-west. The north-west region
of Rajasthan that covers two-thirds of the state
consist mostly of a series of sand dunes. Bikaner,
Jaisalmer, Jodhpur and part of the Jhunjhunu districts
form part of this region.
