Gangapur is a city and a

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Bhilwara district Bhilwara District is a district of the state of Rajasthan in western India. The town of Bhilwara is the district headquarters. History Stone Age tools dating from 5,000 to 200,000 years were found in Bundi and Bhilwara districts of the stat ...

in the state of

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 s ...

India India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...

Geography

Gangapur is located at . It has an average elevation of 495 metres (1624 feet).

History

According to historical evidence, an ancient name of Gangapur was Lalpura, Gangapur is named after the death of Maharani Ganga Bai Scindia. It is host to the "Temple of Maharani Ganga Bai Sahib and Gaurav Hiran is the present King."

Demographics

According to India's 2001

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, Gangapur had a population of 18777. Males constitute 52% of the population and females 48%. Gangapur has an average literacy rate of 59%, lower than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 73%, and female literacy is 45%. In Gangapur, 16% of the population is under 6 years of age. The most commonly spoken language of Gangapur is

Mewari Mewari is an Indo-Aryan language of the Rajasthani group. It is spoken by about five million speakers in Rajsamand, Bhilwara, Udaipur, Chittorgarh and Pratapgarh districts of Rajasthan state and Mandsaur, Neemuch districts of Madhya Prades ...

References

{{Bhilwara district Cities and towns in Bhilwara district