Gangapur City is a nagar parishad, state assembly constituency,

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and

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Sawai Madhopur Sawai Madhopur is a city and Municipal Council (Nagar Parishad) in the Sawai Madhopur District in Rajasthan state, India. It is the administrative headquarters of Sawai Madhopur District of Rajasthan. Ranthambore National Park which is 7 ...

Rajasthan Rajasthan (; lit. 'Land of Kings') is a state in northern India. It covers or 10.4 per cent of India's total geographical area. It is the largest Indian state by area and the seventh largest by population. It is on India's northwestern si ...

, India. Population-wise, it is the 18th largest city in Rajasthan.

History

King Kushaliram Haldiya established Gangapur and originally named it Kushalgarh (Hindi: कुशालगढ़). Gangapur took its current name from Kushaliram's brother, Gangaram. In older days, Gangapur City was the cultural capital of

Jaipur State Jaipur State was a princely state in India during East India Company rule and thereafter under the British Raj. It signed a treaty creating a subsidiary alliance with the Company in 1818, after the Third Anglo-Maratha War. It acceded ...

and was known as "The Jugad of the East". Today, Gangapur is primarily known for being an important part of the West Central Railway. Gangapur City is now getting famous for Nazimwala Talab
kushalgarh Bird Sanctuary
, where a number of migrating birds are coming in the winter season.

Geography

Gangapur City is located in the eastern part of Rajasthan in Sawai Madhopur; it is situated 75 km from district headquarters at

and 140 km from

Jaipur Jaipur (; Hindi Language, Hindi: ''Jayapura''), formerly Jeypore, is the List of state and union territory capitals in India, capital and largest city of the Indian States and union territories of India, state of Rajasthan. , the city had a pop ...

. The city's area is about 12 km².

Demographics

The

2011 Census of India The 2011 Census of India or the 15th Indian Census was conducted in two phases, house listing and population enumeration. The House listing phase began on 1 April 2010 and involved the collection of information about all buildings. Information ...

considered Gangapur City as an urban agglomeration. The city has a population of 119,090; males constitute 53% of the population and females constitute 47%.

Literacy rates

The average literacy rate in Gangapur is 79.12%.

Religions

Hinduism Hinduism () is an Indian religion or '' dharma'', a religious and universal order or way of life by which followers abide. As a religion, it is the world's third-largest, with over 1.2–1.35 billion followers, or 15–16% of the global p ...

is majority religion in Gangapur City, with 71.91% of the city as followers. Islam is the secondmost common religion, with 26.32% following it in the city.

Climate

Gangapur City is in a subtropical dry climate that experiences summer, winter, and the

wet season The wet season (sometimes called the Rainy season) is the time of year when most of a region's average annual rainfall occurs. It is the time of year where the majority of a country's or region's annual precipitation occurs. Generally, the sea ...

. Temperature may rise above 40 °C in summers and can be low as 5 °C in winters. The average precipitation is 24.48 cm. Humidity is about 5–10% in summers and rises to about 75% in rainy seasons.

Gangapur City Wards Map

Before 2019 total 40 wards in Gangapur city. Currently total 60 wards in Gangapur City.

Transportation

Railways

is a railway station on the Delhi–Kota–Vadodara–Mumbai railway line and it is abbreviated as GGC. Many of the major trains on this route stop at the station. It is in the West Central Railway Zone under the Kota Division. Gangapur City is directly connected to major cities like

Delhi Delhi, officially the National Capital Territory (NCT) of Delhi, is a city and a union territory of India containing New Delhi, the capital of India. Straddling the Yamuna river, primarily its western or right bank, Delhi shares borders w ...

Mumbai Mumbai (, ; also known as Bombay — the official name until 1995) is the capital city of the Indian state of Maharashtra and the ''de facto'' financial centre of India. According to the United Nations, as of 2018, Mumbai is the second- ...

, Kota,

Agra Agra (, ) is a city on the banks of the Yamuna river in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, about south-east of the national capital New Delhi and 330 km west of the state capital Lucknow. With a population of roughly 1.6 million, Agra is ...

Indore Indore () is the largest and most populous Cities in India, city in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. It serves as the headquarters of both Indore District and Indore Division. It is also considered as an education hub of the state and is t ...

Mathura Mathura () is a city and the administrative headquarters of Mathura district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It is located approximately north of Agra, and south-east of Delhi; about from the town of Vrindavan, and from Govardhan. ...

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Jammu Jammu is the winter capital of the Indian union territory of Jammu and Kashmir (union territory), Jammu and Kashmir. It is the headquarters and the largest city in Jammu district of the union territory. Lying on the banks of the river Tawi Ri ...

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, and

Udaipur Udaipur () (ISO 15919: ''Udayapura''), historically named as Udayapura, is a city and municipal corporation in Udaipur district of the state of Rajasthan, India. It is the administrative headquarter of Udaipur district. It is the historic capit ...

. Station also serve as only railway source to places like

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, Sapotara, Bamanwas,

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, Kailadevi, Piplai which did not have railway connectivity. A new railway line is under construction which links and to connect Gangapur City to the

Ahmedabad Junction railway station Ahmedabad Junction railway station (station code: ADI) is the main railway station of Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India. It is also the biggest railway station within Gujarat and also one of the major railway station in India. It is the highest income ...

, in order to decrease travel time to cities like Jaipur,

Jodhpur Jodhpur (; ) is the second-largest city in the Indian state of Rajasthan and officially the second metropolitan city of the state. It was formerly the seat of the princely state of Jodhpur State. Jodhpur was historically the capital of the Ki ...

, and

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and provide railway connectivity to areas like Lalsot, Piplai, and Bamanwas.को दौसा - गंगापुर सिटी रेलमार्ग से जोडा जा रहा है, यह कार्य वर्ष 2023 तक पूर्ण होने की आशंका है। Another railway line has been proposed between

Dholpur Dholpur is a city in the Dholpur district in Rajasthan state of India. It is situated on the left bank of the famous Chambal river. The city is the administrative headquarters of Dholpur District and was formerly seat of the Dholpur prin ...

and Gangapur City to connect Gangapur City to the Delhi–

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–Mumbai rail route and to provide connectivity to Karauli.

Roadways

Gangapur City has a Rajasthan roadways bus stand for Rajasthan government buses and a private bus stand for privately owned buses. Gangapur City has regular government and private buses to cities like Jaipur,

Dausa Dausa is a city and administrative headquarters of Dausa district in the state of Rajasthan, India. It is 55 km from Jaipur, 240 km from Delhi and located on National Highway 21 (India), Jaipur-Agra National Highway (NH-21).Current p ...

, Karauli, Dholpur,

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Ajmer Ajmer is one of the major and oldest cities in the Indian state of Rajasthan and the centre of the eponymous Ajmer District. It is located at the centre of Rajasthan. It is also known as heart of Rajasthan. The city was established as "''Aj ...

Pushkar Pushkar is a city and headquarters of Pushkar tehsil in the Ajmer district in the Indian state of Rajasthan. It is situated about northwest of Ajmer and about southwest of Jaipur.Hindaun Hindaun is a city and municipality, near city of Karauli in Karauli district, Rajasthan, India. It has a population of 105690 and is governed by a municipal council. In the vicinity are the Aravalli range, Aravalli and Vindhya Range, Vindhy ...

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,Bikaner, Bhilwara, sikarand

. Major roads passing through Gangapur City are: *

National Highway 23 Route 23, or Highway 23, can refer to: International * European route E23 Australia * Federal Highway (Australia) * Monaro Highway * (South Australia) * Dorat Road (not signed everywhere) Austria * Autobahn Südosttangente Wien Canada * Albe ...

: Dholpur–Karauli–Gangapur–Lalsot–Kothun * Rajasthan SH-1: Jhalawar–Kota–Sawai Madhopur–Gangapur City–Bharatpur–Mathura * Rajasthan SH-25: Gangapur City–Sikandra–Bandikui–Rajgarh–Alwar–Tijara–Bhiwadi–Daruhera The distances of major cities from Gangapur City are: * Jaipur: 141 km * Sawai Madhopur: 75 km * Bharatpur: 145 km * Kota: 206 km * New Delhi: 238 km * Udaipur: 458 km * Ajmer: 274 km * Karauli: 34 km * Gwalior: 203 km * Alwar: 142 km

Airways

The nearest airports to the city are

Jaipur International Airport Jaipur International Airport is an international airport serving Jaipur, the capital of Rajasthan. Jaipur International Airport has been declared as the 'World's Best Airport' in the category of 2 to 5 million passengers per annum for 2015 & ...

in Jaipur and

Indira Gandhi International Airport Indira Gandhi International Airport is the primary international airport serving Delhi, the capital of India, and the National Capital Region (NCR). The airport, spread over an area of , is situated in Palam, Delhi, southwest of the New De ...

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Medical facilities

Gangapur City has a government hospital situated in Sursagar, which has an operation theatre, post-mortem room, maternity ward, and laboratory. It also has more than 5 multi specialty hospitals. Riya hospital, garg hospital etc.

Banking

All major Indian banks have branches in Gangapur City. *

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Bank of Baroda Bank of Baroda (BOB or BoB) is an Indian public sector bank headquartered in Vadodara, Gujarat. It is the second largest public sector bank in India after State Bank of India, with 132 million customers, a total business of US$218 billion, a ...

* Baroda Rajasthan Kshetriya Gramin Bank *

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Media

Dainik Bhaskar ''Dainik Bhaskar ''is India's largest Hindi-language daily newspaper owned by the Dainik Bhaskar Group. According to Audit Bureau of Circulations, it is ranked 3rd in the world by circulation and is the largest newspaper in India by circula ...

Dainik Jagran ''Dainik Jagran'' ( Hi:दैनिक जागरन , , ) is an Indian Hindi language daily newspaper. It was ranked 5th in the world and 2nd in India by circulation in 2016. In 2019 Quarter 4, according to Indian Readership Survey, Daini ...

* Dainik Navajyoti *

Rajasthan Patrika ''Rajasthan Patrika'' is an Indian Hindi-language daily newspaper. It was founded by Karpoor Chandra Kulish in 1956 and published as ''Rajasthan Patrika'' in Delhi and Rajasthan, and as ''Patrika'' in 9 other states. As per Indian Readership S ...

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, Dainik Navajyoti and

are the major newspapers read in Gangapur City, which are printed in the city. Other newspapers include

, Bajriya Ki Bhore, Badti Kalam, Rashtradut, Kushalgarh Ka Suraj. Chamkti Aankhe and

. '
G News Portal
'' is the mostly watched news portal of Gangapur City, which shows live news of local incidents.

Internet Service Provider

Airtel Bharti Airtel Limited, commonly known as (d/b/a) Airtel, is an Indian multinational telecommunications services company based in New Delhi. It operates in 18 countries across South Asia and Africa, as well as the Channel Islands. Current ...

* BSNL *

Jio Reliance Jio Infocomm Limited, doing business as Jio, is an Indian telecommunications company and a subsidiary of Jio Platforms, headquartered in Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. It operates a national LTE network with coverage across all 2 ...

(Coming Soon) *
Radinet
* Railwire

External links

* https://www.gangapur.city * https://www.bhaskar.com/local/rajasthan/sawai-madhopur/gangapur/ * https://geoiq.io/places/Gangapur-City-(M)/yQSgXcvBJm * https://www.giveindia.org/all-ngos/rajasthan/gangapur-city/ * https://www.mapsofindia.com/maps/rajasthan/gangapur.html * https://women.raftaar.in/ghumne-ki-jagah/rajasthan/gangapur_city

References

{{Sawai Madhopur district Cities and towns in Sawai Madhopur district