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Rajgarh, Churu

Rajgarh
Rajgarh, Sadulpur
town
Rajgarh is located in Rajasthan
Rajgarh
Rajgarh
Rajgarh is located in India
Rajgarh
Rajgarh
Location in Rajasthan, India
Coordinates: 28°38′N 75°23′E / 28.64°N 75.38°E / 28.64; 75.38Coordinates: 28°38′N 75°23′E / 28.64°N 75.38°E / 28.64; 75.38
Country  India
State Rajasthan
District Churu
Established 1804
Government
 • Type Federal Republic
 • Body Government of India
 • Member of Parliament Rahul Kaswan
 • Member of legislative assembly Manoj singh
Elevation 479 m (1,572 ft)
Population (2011)
 • Total 59,193
Languages
 • Official Hindi
Time zone IST (UTC+5:30)
PIN 331023
Telephone code 01559
Vehicle registration RJ10
Nearest city Hisar, Bhiwani, Rewari (Haryana); Sikar, Pilani, Jaipur (Rajasthan); New Delhi
Lok Sabha Constituency Churu
Vidhan SabhaConstituency Sadulpur

Rajgarh (Rajasthani: राजगढ़ ) is a town and tehsil in the Churu district of northern part of Rajasthan state in India. The railway station in Rajgarh is known as Sadulpur. To distinguish Rajgarh from places with similar names, Sadulpur has become a synonym of town's name in recent times. It is close to the Haryana border. Sadulpur Railway Junction lies on Bikaner-Churu-Sadulpur-Delhi, Hisar-Sadulpur-Loharu-Rewari and Hisar-Sadulpur-Churu railway routes.

Rajgarh or Sadulpur is a town and tehsil in Churu district in Rajasthan. Rajgarh is the birthplace of Lakshmi Niwas Mittal, of ArcelorMittal and Bimal Jalan, an economist and former Governor of Reserve Bank of India. Devendra jhajharia (gold medalist in Paralympics) ,krishna poonia are also from rajgarh.

Rajgarh is a Municipality city in district of Churu, Rajasthan. The Rajgarh city is divided into 30 wards for which elections are held every 5 years. The Rajgarh Municipality has population of 59,193 of which 30,710 are males while 28,483 are females as per report released by Census 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, Female Sex Ratio is of 927 against state average of 928. Moreover, Child Sex Ratio in Rajgarh is around 880 compared to 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%.

Rajgarh Municipality has total administration over 9,902 houses to which it supplies basic amenities like water and sewerage. It is also authorized to build roads within Municipality limits and impose taxes on properties coming under its jurisdiction.

Rajgarh is named after Maharaja Raj Singh I of Shekhawati. It was part of Shekhawati where Songaras(Rajput) had ruled. The Great Raj Fort was built in 1806 by Maharja Raj Singh I of Shekhawati. Most of Muslims migrated from Narhar during construction of Fort. It was supervised by them, they had fought war with local tribes and defeated them. Local tribes were not in favor of construction of fort. Shekhawati ruler was very happy with this brave victory.


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