Sadulpur,
History
Construction of fort and founding of town
Rajgarh is named after Maharaja Raj Singh I of
Bikaner. It was part of
Shekhawati where
Shekhawat branch of
had ruled.
Great Raj Fort was built in 18th century by Maharaja Raj Singh I of Bikaner. Most Muslims in the town had migrated here from
Narhar during the construction of the fort.
List of Maharajkumars
The area of Rajgarh was granted by HH Maharao Shri Sir Madho Singh Ji Bahadur in 1930 to his son.
Maharajkumars were:
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Maharajkumar Bijay Singh (1930-1956)
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Maharajkumar Ajaypratap Singh (1956-1967)
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Maharajkumar Baghwatpratap Singh (1967-2000)
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Shri Sahib Anshupratap Singh (2000–present)
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Sahib Jagannath Singh
Administration
Rajgarh is a municipality and city in Churu district of Rajasthan. The Rajgarh city is divided into 40 wards for which elections
are held every 5 years. In 2011, Rajgarh Municipality had administration over total 9,902 houses to which it supplies basic amenities like water and sewerage. It is also authorize to build roads within Municipality limits and impose taxes on properties coming under its jurisdiction.
Demography
In 2011, Rajgarh Municipality had a population of 59,193 of which 30,710 are males while 28,483 are females as per report released by Census of India 2011. Population of Children with age of 0-6 is 8122 which is 13.72% of total population of Rajgarh (M). In Rajgarh Municipality,
Sex ratio is of 927 against state average of 928. Moreover Child Sex Ratio in Rajgarh is around 880 compared to Rajasthan state average of 888. Literacy rate of Rajgarh city is 72.72% higher than state average of 66.11%. In Rajgarh, Male literacy is around 83.30% while female literacy rate is 61.41%. Out of the total population, 19,699 were engaged in work or business activity. Of this 15,286 were males while 4,413 were females. In a census survey, the worker is defined as a person who does business, job, service, and cultivator and labor activity. Of the total 19699 working population, 88.96% were engaged in main work while 11.04% of total workers were engaged in marginal work. A large number of skilled and unskilled laborers from Sadulpur are working abroad in places such as
Dubai,
Oman,
Qatar,
Kuwait, and
Saudi Arabia.
[ Census of rajgarh, Census of India, 2011.]
Geography
Topography
Rajgarh is located at.
[ Falling Rain Genomics, Inc - Rajgarh] The area is located on
bagar tract which runs along Haryana-Rajasthan border.
Climate
The region has record temperatures ranging from below freezing point in the winter to over 50 °C in summer. The District of Churu is also the hottest zone in the country.
Economy
The town has a wholesale market for commodity trading. Trading of commodity products is always a hot business for the locals in the small town. Sadulpur is also famous for delicious Sweets, Common Sweets available here are
Sitta,
Peda,
Kaju katli,
Kalakand (Milk cake made from milk /
Khoa/
Khoa).
Education
The town has a post-graduate college (Mohta PG College) affiliated to University of Bikaner, Balika Mahavidalya, and Government College, also affiliated to Maharaja Ganga Singh University, Bikaner. There are several higher secondary, secondary, and primary schools in Rajgarh, some of them are Mohta public School, Chandgiram Public School, Senior High Secondary, Lords International school.
Transport
Roads
Rajgarh is connected to Bikaner,
Jaipur,
Delhi and other cities by road. It is about 240 km from Delhi by NH-10 via
Rohtak, Hisar (170 km), then needs to take NH-52 on
Kaithal-Hisar-Jodhpur Road (70 km). Shorter route from Delhi is via
Rohtak,
Bhiwani, Bahal (around 210 km).
The National Highway No-52 passing through Rajgarh via Dokwa, Dudhwa Khara, Churu, Fatehpur, Salasar, etc.
The State Highway No-41 passing through Rajgarh via Lambore,
Jhunjhunu, etc. Malsisar. A bypass road attaches to NH52 to Taranagar, Bhadra, Hisar road. The National Highway No-709 Ext. also ending at Rajgarh.
Rail
Sadulpur Junction railway station, named after Maharaja Sadul Singh of Bikaner, is the name of main railway station in Rajgarh, which is the largest railway station in Churu district. It lies on Delhi-
Rewari-
Loharu-Sadulpur-Churu-
Bikaner rail, Hisar-Sadulpur-Churu-Jodhpur rail and Sriganganagar-Jaipur rail links. Routes have been electrified and Sadulpur rail bypass cabin was constructed to enable goods train to bypass Sadulpur. After 2011, the
metre gauge track was converted to
broad gauge.
Several trains connect Rajgarh and Sadulpur to major cities Delhi, Bikaner, Jaipur, Lucknow, Degana, Sri Ganganagar, Hisar, Hanumangarh, Mumbai, Kolkata, Ahmedabad, Howrah, Jammu Tawi, ludhiana, Guwahati, and Pathankot.
Bus routes
Bus transportation facility can be availed to Hisar,
Kaithal,
Jaipur,
Pilani, Churu,
Rohtak.
Airports
The nearest airports are New Delhi Airport,
Jaipur Airport and
Hisar Airport,
Bikaner Airport,is a domestic airfort.
Notable people
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Bimal Jalan, a former Governor of India's Reserve Bank and Rajya Sabha member
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Devendra Jhajharia, Paralympic javelin thrower, only Indian to win two gold medals at Paralympics.
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Krishna Poonia, Padam Shri awardee, Olympian and MLA
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Lakshmi Mittal,
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Sajjan Singh Malik was in Indian Army Special Force who got posthumous Kirti Chakra for his acts of bravery in fighting with Terrorism on 7 July 2004 in Gundpura village of Baramula district. He killed three terrorists before becoming martyr.
See also
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List of districts of Rajasthan
