Jaitsar is a town in the
Sri Ganganagar district 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 ...
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Jaitsar was named after Th.Jatan Singh ji Rathore who belongs to the royal family of
Marwar
Marwar (also called Jodhpur region) is a region of western Rajasthan state in North Western India. It lies partly in the Thar Desert. The word 'maru' is Sanskrit for desert. In Rajasthani languages, "wad" means a particular area. English tra ...
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Jaitsar Central State Farm was established in 1964. It is the second largest farm of Asia. Indian cabinet also approved 200 mW solar plant on 400 hectare of CSF, Jaitsar .
Jaitsar panchayat is also known as 1Gb-A Village whose census was 7297 in 2011.
Jaitsar is a designated sub tehsil.
Culture
Jaitsar town contains a wide cultural diversity. Most of the people from the main city are local merchants and the people from surrounded rural area are farmers. The city has a auroras, traditional Punjabi culture with some native Rajasthani influence. Kashmiri Pandits (Kashmiri migrants) have been living in the city and nearby villages (3LC (A); 4LC) since 1950 speak their native language ''Poonchi''.
Tourist attractions
* Historical Gurudwara
Buddha Johad. A large gurudwara, which is 14 km from Jaitsar & 55 km from Ganganagar in the south-west. This is a place where Bhai Sukha Singh and Mehtab Singh brought the head of Massa Rangarh (guilty of sacrilege of the
Amritsar Golden Temple) and hung it on a tree on 11 August 1740.
* Jaitsar-Sardargarh Central State Farm
Sports
Jaitsar Stadium
Jaitsar Stadium is located at Government Senior secondary school. Hundreds of people come here on daily basis for the physical training for the recruitment processes.
There is infrastructure for the practice of sports such as cricket, football, badminton, volleyball and basketball.
Railway stations
Jaitsar Station connects it to major stations such as Sriganganagar, Suratgarh,
Jaipur
Jaipur (; Hindi: ''Jayapura''), formerly Jeypore, is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Rajasthan. , the city had a population of 3.1 million, making it the tenth most populous city in the country. Jaipur is also known ...
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Sarupsar Junction is a Jaitsar Area Railway Junction which connects it to Vijaynagar, Anoopgarh etc.
Bugia Halt: a Jaitsar Area Railway Station which is constructed for people of nearby rural Area
References
External links
* https://www.google.co.in/maps/place/Rajasthan+335702/@29.3349895,73.6309659,13z/
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Villages in Jodhpur district
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