Gangapur, Sawai Madhopur

Gangapur City is a nagar parishad, state assembly constituency, Tehsil and Block in Sawai Madhopur, Rajasthan, 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 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 Sawai Madhopur and 140 km from Jaipur. The city's area is about 12 km².

Demographics

The 2011 Census of India 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 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. 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, Mumbai, Jaipur, Kota, Agra, Indore, Mathura, Patna, Jammu, Amritsar, and Udaipur.

Station also serve as only railway source to places like Karauli, Sapotara, Bamanwas, Lalsot, 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, in order to decrease travel time to cities like Jaipur, Jodhpur, and Ahmedabad 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 and Gangapur City to connect Gangapur City to the Delhi–Bhopal–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, Karauli, Dholpur, Gwalior, Ajmer, Pushkar, Alwar,Bikaner, Bhilwara, sikarand Sawai Madhopur.

Major roads passing through Gangapur City are:
* National Highway 23: 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 in Jaipur and Indira Gandhi International Airport in New Delhi.

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.

* Allahabad Bank
* Axis Bank
* Bank of Baroda
* Baroda Rajasthan Kshetriya Gramin Bank
* Central Bank of India
* Canara Bank
* HDFC Bank
* ICICI Bank
* Indian Bank
* Indian Overseas Bank
* Oriental Bank of Commerce
* Punjab National Bank
* State Bank of India
* Union Bank of India
* UCO Bank
* United Bank of India
* Yes Bank

Media

* Dainik Bhaskar
* Dainik Jagran
* Dainik Navajyoti
* Rajasthan Patrika
* The Times of India

Dainik Bhaskar, Dainik Navajyoti and Rajasthan Patrika are the major newspapers read in Gangapur City, which are printed in the city. Other newspapers include The Times of India, Bajriya Ki Bhore, Badti Kalam,
Rashtradut, Kushalgarh Ka Suraj. Chamkti Aankhe and Dainik Jagran.

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

Internet Service Provider

* Airtel
* BSNL
* Jio (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