Dungargarh
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Sri Dungargarh
Sri Dungargarh | |
|---|---|
city | |
 Dungargarh | |
| Nickname: SDGH | |
  Sri Dungargarh Location in Rajasthan, India  Sri Dungargarh Sri Dungargarh (India) | |
| Coordinates: 28°05′N 74°01′E / 28.08°N 74.02°E | |
| Country |  India |
| State | Rajasthan |
| District | Bikaner |
| Founded by | Dungar Singh Ji |
| Named for | Dungar Singh Ji |
| Government | |
| • Body | Municipality |
| 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 |
Dungargarh ()(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.Sri Dungargarh is located on the National Highway 11 connecting Jaisalmer(Rajasthan) to Rewari(Haryana).
Transport
[edit]The internal transport system in Sri Dungargarh consists of autorickshaws. Sri Dungargarh railway[2] 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 SRI Dungargarh
[edit]- Dungar Singh - Founder of SRI Dungargarh
- Vinay Maloo - Founder of Enso Group[3][4]
- 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
[edit]- ^ Sri Dungargarh Population Census 2011. www.census2011.co.in. Government of India.
- ^ "Information website about Sri Dungargarh Railway Station".
- ^ "website about Enso Group". www.ensogroup.com. 1 May 2005.
- ^ "GE, Ensocare partner with Maharashtra Government for diagnostic facilities". Ensogroup. 17 May 2013. Archived from the original on 23 March 2018. Retrieved 23 March 2018.