Dungargarh

Sri Dungargarh Sri Dungargarh
city
Dungargarh
Nickname:  SDGH
28°05′N 74°01′E / 28.08°N 74.02°E / 28.08; 74.02
Country	India
State	Rajasthan
District	Bikaner
Founded by	Dungar Singh Ji
Named for	Dungar Singh Ji
Government
• Body	Municipal corporation
Elevation	266 m (873 ft)
Population  (2011)[1]
• Total	53,294
Languages
• Official	Hindi, English
• Native	Bagri
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	331803
Telephone code	01565
Vehicle registration	RJ-07
Website	www.sridungargarh.com

Dungargarh (pronunciation^ⓘ)(Hindi) is a city and Tehsil (Sub district) in Bikaner district in the state of Rajasthan, India. It is situated at 70 km distance from Bikaner City. Dungargarh is located on the National Highway 11 connecting Jaisalmer(Rajasthan) to Rewari(Haryana).

Structure

Dungargarh is a progressive town in Bikaner district of Rajasthan. Surrounded by sand dunes on the four sides created by nature, it appears itself a sightseeing. Its homestead is shaped like a cup and can be seen across from one corner of the city due to the direct paths of the other side and every way makes the intersection. Bikaner - 70 km from Bikaner on Delhi Railway Road and National Highway-11 Is already located Its present population is rural area 241084 and urban 53294 in which there are 153553 of males and 140842 of females. Which are divided into 40 wards of the Municipality Board. At present, there is Mr. Manmal Sharma , and MLA of the area, Shri Girdharilal Mahiya,^[2] in the chairmanship of the municipal board.

Transport

The internal transport system in Dungargarh consists of autorickshaws. Sri Dungargarh railway^[3] comes under Bikaner Division in North Western Railways (NWR) Zone and connected to some of major Indian cities via broad gauge railway. The city has direct rail connections to Delhi, Gurgaon, Bikaner, Surat, Rewari, Hisar, Rohatak, Kolkata, Prayagraj ,haridwar, Panvel, Secunderabad , Coimbatore, Jaipur, Mathura.

Sri Dungargarh is well served with roads and directly linked to Delhi, Jaipur, Agra, Alwar, Ludhiana, Sri Ganganagar, Bhatinda, Ambala, Haridwar, and many other cities and National highways 11.

People from Dungargarh

• Dungar Singh - Founder of Dungargarh
• Vinay Maloo - Founder of Enso Group^[4][5]
• Satish Kumar - Indian British Nuclear disarmament advocate, Pacifist, Jain scholar and the editor of Resurgence & Ecologist magazine^{[citation needed]}
• Ramkishan Suthar - Film director, Film editing and Photographer

References

External links

• Sri Dungargarh Assembly constituency