Bhadra, Rajasthan

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?Bhadra Rajasthan • India
Bhadra
Coordinates: 29°07′N 75°10′E / 29.12, 75.17
Time zone	IST (UTC+5:30)
Area • Elevation	• 192 m (630 ft)
District(s)	Hanumangarh
Population	35,137 (2001)

Coordinates: 29°07′N 75°10′E / 29.12, 75.17 Bhadra is a city and a municipality in Hanumangarh district in the state of Rajasthan, India.

Bhadra in colloquial Marwari (a dialect of Hindi) means "The City of Grace"

The town is well connected through railroad on the Sri Ganganagar-Sadulpur(Rajgarh)-Jaipur line, and through state highways to Hisar, and Sirsa in the neighboring state of Haryana.

Prominent citizens of the town include Jagdishji Prasad Verma, who heralded a new era in the region in the 1940s by becoming the first graduate in the region. A topper throughout his education, he studied at the Birla College of Arts at Pilani, Rajasthan and afterwards contributed hugely in bringing awareness for education in the region.

[edit] Geography

Bhadra is located at 29.12° N 75.17° E.^[1] It has an average elevation of 192 metres (629 feet). main villages of Bhadra is like Jogiwala, Ajitpura Channi Bari , Bhirani and Dabri

[edit] Demographics

As of 2001 India census,^[2] Bhadra had a population of 35,137. Males constitute 53% of the population and females 47%. Bhadra has an average literacy rate of 62%, higher than the national average of 59.5%; with 60% of the males and 40% of females literate. 15% of the population is under 6 years of age.

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