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Location    History    Human Resources    Administrative setup    Infrastructure    Educational Services    Health Services    Industries and Arts    Personalities    Places to Visit    Major Festivals and Events    Sujangarh Map    Location   Sujangarh (सुजानगढ़) is a town and tehsil of Churu district in Rajasthan, India. It is known for beautiful temples, havelis and 18th century forts. It  is located at 27.7° N 74.47° E. It has an average elevation of 312 metres (1023 ft).     History    According to historical documents Sujangarh was founded by Surat Singh, the maharaja of Bikaner.   Human Resources   Population:  As of 2001 India census, Sujangarh had a population of 83,808. Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%. Sujangarh has an average literacy rate of 64%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 74%, and female literacy is 55%. In Sujangarh, 17% of the population is under 6 years of age.  Dialect:  The main language of the people of town is Rajasthani and Hindi.  Agriculture: Bajra, Gwar, Moth, Moong, gram  and now wheat.      Administrative setup   Membar of Legislative Assembly: The present MLA is Shri Bhanwarlal Meghwal (Cong.) Sujangarh Municipality:The present chaiman is Dr.Vijayraj Sharma from BJP who won in the election held on August 18, 2010.  Panchayat Samity : The Pradhan of Panchayat Samity is Ranjeet Satra Congress (elected in 2010 election)  Infrastructure Railways: Sujangarh Railway Station is connected by  train to Degana, Ratangarh, Churu, Rewari, Bikaner, Sadulpur. Roads:  Sujangarh is well connected by roads with almost all major cities of Rajasthan and New Delhi. National Highway 65 passes through Sujangarh that connects it to Jodhpur and Chandigarh. Other than this, Rajasthan Mega Highway also passes from the town which connects it to Ajmer and Hanumangarh. The direct bus service is available for Delhi, Surat, Ahamdabad, Udaipur, Jodhpur, Jaipur, Kota, Ajmer, Bikaner, Ganganagar, Hisaar, Roorkee, Haridwar and many other near and far towns.  Banks:  All major banks branches   Educational Services   Schools/Collegs: R. R. Jajodia Govt. Sr. Sec. School ( Boys ) P.C.B. Govt. Sr. Sec. School ( Boys ) Shri Oswal Senior Secondary School(Boys) Jhanwar Govt. Secondary School(Boys) Gandhi Balika Sr. Sec. School ( Girls ) Kandoi Balika Sr. Sec. School ( Girls ) G.H.S. Govt. P.G. College (Boys) Sona Devi Sethia Girls P.G. College (Girls) Adarsh Vidya Mandir Secondary School(Coed) Bhanwarlal Kala Balmandir Dhapudevi Sethia Balmandir

Ghantaghar        Tirupati Temple      Kanhaiyalal Sethia [कन्हैयालाल सेठिया]  Late Kanhaiyalal Sethia :[कन्हैयालाल सेठिया],  the great Rajasthani poet, died on 11th Nov. 2008 at Kolakata. His famous geets - 'Dharti Dhora ri..." and "Patal and Pithal..."  are the most popular and famous  geets not only in India but  also in other countries. He born in 11 Sept., 1919 in Sujangarh  In 1943 he came in contact with Mahatma Gandhi and took part in Quit India movement ".  He wrote several books and famous poems. In the year 2004 he was awarded PadmaShree   P.K. Mishra  P.K. Mishra the  lyricist of Sujangarh  penned this song,  ...'दिल है छोटा सा छोटी सी आशा...'   He  lived and worked in Chennai with music director A R Rahman and gave the Bollywood a number of musical hits like ‘Hindustani’, ‘Hum Se Hai Muqabala’ and ‘Vishwa Vidhata’.

Health Services  General Hospital, Ayurvedic hospitals etc.    Industries and Arts Small Scale Industries in Industrial Area   Iron Industries   Handicraft Industries   Stone Industries   Bricks and Building Material Industries   Cottage Industries - Soap, Paper, Plastic Bags, Oils,   Personalities   Seth Jiwraj Ramkishandas Garodia - Great Philanthropist   Seth Shivchandrai Rampratap Garodia- First chairman -   Agrawal Sammellan -Sujangarh   Armaan Bhati - One of the biggest high skilled ethical hacker  of the world.   Kanhaiyalal Sethia - one of the most prolific Rajasthani poets.   Guru Kundan Lal Gangani -  one of the leading exponent and gurus of Jaipur   Gharana of Kathak   Dilip Sen-Sameer Sen - The famous musician duo  Vinay Kumar Baid - One of the 5th Highest Winners of KBC-1   P.K Mishra- Famous lyrics writer.    Khem Chand Praksh-  One of the highly-rated music directors as. Mahal, Tansen, Bhanwara    Thanmal Bafna - The jute enterpreuner who created  Fushraj Thanmal in Kolkata.   Pannalal Bafna -  Close Osho disciple and founder of pyrahealth.com in USA   Rajendra Jain - First  I A S Officer from the town, got many awards and excellancy in several fields.   Mohammad Ishaan Bhati-  One Of the Most powerful graphic designer.     Places to Visit   Karwa Niwas   Kabra Bhawan near railway station   Near Sujangarh town is Chhapar, a small beautiful town, which is famous for Black Bucks & beautiful Environment of Tal Chhapar Sanctuary.   Famous temples  Salasar Balaji temple (25 km. from Sujangarh on Jaipur Road)     Lord Venkateshwara Temple (Tirpati Balaji) : Shri Sohanlal of Venkateshwara Trust at the cost of two crore, with the permision of Tirupati Temple (AP).        Sri Digamber Jain Mandir   Other famous temple is Singhi Mandir    Famous masjid: jannt-ul-firdosh at a k.g.n.road, (mohsin agwan)    Major Festivals and Events    Ginnar in Holi festival and famous Chang competition    Gangoor Mela    Gogaji Mela    Ramdevaji Mela    Ramlila and Deshera    Salasar yatri camps

Salasar Balaji temple      Salasar (सालासर) Balaji   Tal Chhapar Sanctuary   Wildlife Sanctuaries Talchaper   Apani Jal Yojna   The second phase of the ambitious Aapni Yojna Rural Water Supply Management – for which the foundation stone was laid at Sujangarh in Churu district on September 23, 2012 by Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot.      Aapni Yojana is set to bring about a dramatic transformation in the life of people in the far-flung Sujangarh- Ratangarh belt with the supply of Himalayan waters through the state Indira Gandhi canel Rajasthan   Sujangarh MLA Bhanwarlal Meghwal said the initial estimates for the second phase had shown that each person in the towns would get 100 litres of water a day and each person in the villages 70 litres of water a day. Churu MLA Maqbool Mandelia said the ambitious scheme depicts the State Government’s “sensitivity and transparency”.  Aapni Yojana, covering an area of about 20,000 sq km in the three districts of northern Rajasthan affected by a perennial shortage of drinking water, has the main components of technical module and complementary measures.

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