Rajgarh, Rajasthan

Rajgarh or Sadulpur is a town and tehsil in Churu district in Rajasthan.

Rajgarh is the birthplace of Lakshmi Niwas Mittal, of ArcelorMittal and Bimal Jalan, an economist and former Governor of Reserve Bank of India. [1] Devendra jhajharia (gold medalist in Paralympics). Padam shri Krishna poonia Olympian and MLA from Sadulpur.

Family of Seth JawaharMull Jee - Mica Barons of Giridih had their roots in Rajgarh, thus came to be known as RAJGARHIA.

Rajgarh is a Municipality city in district of Churu, Rajasthan. The Rajgarh city is divided into 40 wards for which elections are held every 5 years. The Rajgarh Municipality has population of 59,193 of which 30,710 are males while 28,483 are females as per report released by Census India 2011.

Population of children with age of 0-6 is 8122 which is 13.72% of total population of Rajgarh (M). In Rajgarh Municipality, Female Sex Ratio is of 927 against state average of 928. Moreover, Child Sex Ratio in Rajgarh is around 880 compared to state average of 888. Literacy rate of Rajgarh city is 72.72% higher than state average of 66.11%. In Rajgarh, Male literacy is around 83.30% while female literacy rate is 61.41%.

Rajgarh Municipality has total administration over 9,902 houses to which it supplies basic amenities like water and sewerage. It is also authorized to build roads within Municipality limits and impose taxes on properties coming under its jurisdiction.[2]

Rajgarh is named after Maharaja Raj Singh I of Shekhawati. It was part of Shekhawati where Songaras (Rajput) had ruled.

The Great Raj Fort was built in 1806 by Maharja Raj Singh I of Shekhawati. Most Muslims migrated from Narhar during construction of the fort. It was supervised by them; they fought a war with local tribes and defeated them. Local tribes were not in favor of construction of the fort. Shekhawati ruler was very happy with this brave victory.

Out of the total population, 19,699 were engaged in work or business activity. Of this 15,286 were males while 4,413 were females. In census survey, worker is defined as person who does business, job, service, and cultivator and labour activity. Of the total 19699 working population, 88.96% were engaged in main work while 11.04% of total workers were engaged in marginal work. A large number of skilled and unskilled laborers from Sadulpur are working abroad in places such as Dubai, Oman, Qatar, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia. [2]

Rajgarh is located at28.36°N 75.24°E / 28.36; 75.24.[3] Sadulpur railway station has elevation of 239 metres (784 ft).

The region has record temperatures ranging from below freezing point in the winter to over 50 °C in summer. The District of Churu is also the hottest zone in the country.

The town has a post-graduate college (Mohta PG College) affiliated to University of Bikaner, Balika Mahavidalya and Government College, also affiliated to Maharaja ganga Singh University, Bikaner. There are several higher secondary, secondary and primary schools in Rajgarh, some of them are Mohta public School, Chandgiram Public School,[4] Senior High Secondary, Lords International school. Madarsha jafariya talimul quraan also located in sadulpur

The town has a wholesale market (mandi) for commodity trading. Trading of commodity products is always a hot business for the locals in the small town. Sadulpur is also famous for delicious Sweets, Common Sweets available here are ceeta, Kaju katli, milk cake made from milk (Mawa).

• Lakshmi Mittal, steel tycoon born in tehsil Sadulpur (Rajgarh) of Churu district[5]
• Bimal Jalan, a former Governor of India's Reserve Bank and Rajya Sabha member
• Devendra Jhajharia, Paralympic javelin thrower, only Indian to win two gold medals at Paralympics.[6].
• Padam Shri Krishna Poonia Olympian and MLA