Rajasthan
Jaipur district
Amber

Jaigarh Fort

Jaigarh Fort is situated on the promontory called the Cheel ka Teela of the Aravalli range; it overlooks the Amer Fort and the Maota Lake, near Amer in , , India.
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  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • Description: fort in Rajasthan, India
  • Also known as: “Jaighar Fort”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Amber Fort and Kesar Kyari Garden.

Archaeological site
Photo: Harrasis, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Amer Fort or is a fort located in Amer, , . Amer is a town with an area of 4 square kilometres located 11 kilometres from , the capital of . is situated 550 metres east of Jaigarh Fort.

Park
Photo: Daniel VILLAFRUELA, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a park, which is situated 700 metres east of Jaigarh Fort.

Nature reserve
is a protected area located in the Aravalli Hills near , in the Indian state of . Established in 1980, the sanctuary spans approximately 50 square kilometers.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Amber and Jaipur.

Village
Photo: Gayatri Priya, CC BY-SA 4.0.
or Amer, is a city near in in the state of . It is now a part of the Jaipur Municipal Corporation. The picturesque situation of at the mouth of a rocky mountain gorge, in which nestles a lake, has attracted the admiration of travellers, including Victor Jacquemont and Reginald Heber.

Photo: Planemad, CC BY-SA 3.0.
, also known as the Pink City, is the capital of Indian state of , and its largest city. The city was built in the 18th century by Sawai Jai Singh as India's first planned city, and today it's a major tourist attraction for Indians and for international visitors.

Jaigarh Fort

Latitude
26.98469° or 26° 59′ 5″ north
Longitude
75.8454° or 75° 50′ 43″ east
Elevation
593 metres (1,946 feet)
Open location code
7JRQXRMW+V5
Open­Street­Map ID
node 542960968
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­castle
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Geo­Names ID
10735188
Wiki­data ID
Q2722759
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In Other Languages

From Bengali to Urdu—“Jaigarh Fort” goes by many names.
  • Bengali: “জয়গড় কেল্লা”
  • Catalan: “Fort Jaigarh”
  • Chinese: “斋格尔堡”
  • Chinese: “金庙”
  • Czech: “Džajgarh”
  • French: “fort Jaigarh”
  • French: “Fort Jaigarh”
  • German: “Fort Jaigarh”
  • German: “Fort Jaighar”
  • Gujarati: “જયગઢનો કિલ્લો”
  • Hebrew: “מבצר ג’איגר”
  • Hindi: “जयगढ़ दुर्ग”
  • Hindi: “जयगढ़”
  • Japanese: “ジャイガル城”
  • Japanese: “ジャイガル城塞”
  • Japanese: “ジャイガル要塞”
  • Kannada: “ಜೈಗಢ್ ಕೋಟೆ”
  • Malayalam: “Jaigarh Fort”
  • Malayalam: “ചീൽ കാ ടീല”
  • Malayalam: “ജയ്ഗഢ് കോട്ട”
  • Marathi: “pratapgarh fort”
  • Panjabi: “ਜੈਗੜ੍ਹ ਕਿਲ੍ਹਾ”
  • Polish: “Fort Jaigarh”
  • Sindhi: “جئي ڳڙهه جو قلعو”
  • Spanish: “Fuerte Jaigarh”
  • Tamil: “ஜெய்கர் கோட்டை”
  • Thai: “ป้อมชยครห์”
  • Urdu: “جے گڑھ قلعہ”

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