Hamirgarh is a town and

tehsil A tehsil (, also known as tahsil, taluka, or taluk) is a local unit of administrative division in some countries of South Asia. It is a subdistrict of the area within a district including the designated populated place that serves as its administr ...

headquarters in the

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 state. ...

of Rajasthan. It is historical town and well known for textile industries. Legend has it that its old name was Bankrola and changed into current name after Rana Hamir singh of

Mewar Mewar or Mewad is a region in the south-central part of Rajasthan state of India. It includes the present-day districts of Bhilwara, Chittorgarh, Pratapgarh, Rajsamand, Udaipur, Pirawa Tehsil of Jhalawar District of Rajasthan, Neemuch and Man ...

Kingdom. He built a fort in Hamirgarh. The town is 19 kilometers away from district headquarters Bhilwara. It has one air strip situated in nearby Takhtpura village on Chittorgarh-Bhilwara district border, which was established by the former chief minister of Rajasthan,

Shiv Charan Mathur Shiv Charan Mathur (14 February 1927 – 25 June 2009) was an Indian politician. A leader of the Indian National Congress, he was Chief Minister of Rajasthan from 1981 to 1985 and again from 1988 to 1989; later, he was Governor of Assam from ...

. The town is situated at the base of outcrops of Aravali mountain chain. There is a temple of Hindu goddess Mahishasur Mardini Mata atop hill. The town was a feudatory, containing 12 villages, of Mewar Kings before independence. The villages constituted the feudatory were Aujyada, Takhtpura, Kherabad, Bardod, Amli, Kabra, Shadiganj and some other small villages to name. The population of the town has drastically increased in the last decade due to rapid textile industrialisation.

Places to visit

* Hamirgarh Eco-Park: This Eco-park is situated at Hills of Hamirgarh far 20 km from Bhilwara. The park is famous for sun-set point. You can see Blue Bulls, Jackles, Foxes, Vultures and many other wild animals. The "Mansha Mahadev" famous Shiv Temple is situated here. * Chamunda mata Temple: Chamunda mata Temple also known as ''Mahishasur Mardini Mata Temple'' is situated on a hill in Hamirgarh. this temple was built by

Rana Sanga Sangram Singh I (IAST: Rāṇā Saṅgrāma Siṃha; c. 1482 – 1528 CE), popularly known as Rana Sanga or Maharana Sanga, was an Indian ruler from the Sisodia dynasty. He ruled Mewar, the traditional territory of Guhilas (Sisodias) in presen ...

in 1527 before starting of

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{{citation needed, date=July 2022. * Sadar bazar: also known as ''Juna bazaar'' and ''zinda bazaar is the main and only market in hamirgarh and known for Hand block printing and bandhej. Cities and towns in Bhilwara district