Brij Nagar (Commonly known as Nagar) is a town and tehsil in

Deeg district Deeg district is a district in Rajasthan state in northwestern India. It is bordered by Haryana to the north, Uttar Pradesh to the east, Bharatpur district to the south, and Alwar district to the west. Deeg district was once part of Bharatpur ...

in the

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. It is situated equidistant among Bharatpur,

Alwar Alwar ( Rajasthani Pronunciation: �lʋəɾ is a city located in India's National Capital Region (NCR) and the administrative headquarters of Alwar District in the state of Rajasthan. It is located 150 km south of Delhi and 150 km ...

and Mathura. Nagar is famous for the sweets called ''Jaleba'', a bigger version of

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Famous faces at present in Nagar

In Gurjar community famous faces of Brij Nagar's are Anita Singh Gurjar, Jawahar Singh bedham, Mukat Pradhan, Hemesh Gurjar Aarsi, Vishambher Singh Bhuraka.

Geography

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/ref> It has an average elevation of 201 metres (662 feet) from the sea level. Geographically, Nagar is a town in district Bharatpur but the closest bigger city one can think about is Alwar which is roughly at a same distance as Bharatpur is but more convenient for the people as we have higher and frequent connectivity to Alwar. Distance from Delhi is roughly around 165 km and from Jaipur it is 175 km.

Fairs

Nagar hosts a famous fair in the month of April on the occasion of

Ram Navami Rama Navami () is a Hindus, Hindu festival that celebrates the birth of Lord Ram, Rama, one of the most popularly revered deities in Hinduism, also known as the seventh avatar of Vishnu. He is often held as an emblem within Hinduism for being a ...

. Devotees come to see the Ram Rath Yatra (Procession) which passes through town's main market to 'Ram Temple'. Along with the Rathyatra, many other cultural events and competitions are also organized by the local authority and many groups come from several places and show their talent and skills on the eve. The fair lasts about a week. Every day for the week there are different municipality organized events such as Nautanki, local Kavi Sammelan (Poets' night) and guest Kavi Sammelan.

Demographics

The Nagar city is divided into 20 wards for which elections are held every 5 years. The Nagar Municipality has population of 25,572 of which 13,582 are males while 11,990 are females as per report released by Census India 2011. Population of children with age of 0-6 is 3826 which is 14.96% of total population of Nagar (M). In Nagar Municipality, female sex ratio is of 883 against state average of 928. Moreover child sex ratio in Nagar is around 824 compared to Rajasthan state average of 888. Literacy rate of Nagar city is 73.94%, higher than state average of 66.11%. In Nagar, male literacy is around 84.80% while female literacy rate is 61.78%. Nagar Municipality has total administration over 4,207 houses to which it supplies basic amenities like water and electricity. It is also authorized to build roads within municipality limits and impose taxes on properties coming under its jurisdiction. Caste-wise, the rural part of Nagar is populated mainly by Pahlwan Gurjars,

Jatav Jatav, also known as Jatava/Jatan/ Jatua/Jhusia /Jatia/Jatiya, is an Indian Dalit community that are considered to be a subcaste of the Chamar caste, who are classified as a Scheduled Caste under modern India's system of positive discriminati ...

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and

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and the urban part is dominated by

Brahmins Brahmin (; ) is a ''Varna (Hinduism), varna'' (theoretical social classes) within Hindu society. The other three varnas are the ''Kshatriya'' (rulers and warriors), ''Vaishya'' (traders, merchants, and farmers), and ''Shudra'' (labourers). Th ...

, Jatav, Jats and

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. Here the

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(Rajana, Kanmar) are dominant.

Transport

Nagar is well connected by both railway and road routes. Rail routes are connected from Allahabad via Mathura, Mathura, Alwar and Jaipur via Alwar. There are many RSRTC buses to Jaipur, New Delhi, Mathura, Aligarh, Alwar, Bharatpur on a regular basis.

References

Cities and towns in Deeg district {{Bharatpurdivision-geo-stub