Gangapur City

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?Gangapur City Rajasthan • India
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Time zone	IST (UTC+5:30)
District(s)	Sawai Madhopur
Population	96,794 (2001)

Gangapur City is a city and a municipality in Sawai Madhopur district in the state of Rajasthan, India.

1 Geography
2 Demographics
3 Fairs
4 History
5 References

[edit] Geography

Gangapurcity is located between the delhi-mumbai railway .It's located into SawaiMadhopur district which is generally known as for the world heritage Ranthambore National century.For the airways its close to Jaipur.The place for visiting here is known as Dhundeshwar.the main thing here for visiting are mountains and springs.Kaila devi mandir and famous jain place Mahavirji are also nearby this city.

[edit] Demographics

As of 2001 India census,^[1] Gangapur City had a population of 96,794. Males constitute 53% of the population and females 47%. Gangapur City has an average literacy rate of 61%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 72%, and female literacy is 48%. In Gangapur City, 17% of the population is under 6 years of age. It is a beautiful city in district Sawai Madhopur. Most of the population is engaged in Agriculture and their own business.

[edit] Fairs

Gangapur City is also famous for Kalyan Ji mela. This is ten days fair attended by a large number of people. At the fair one can have the glampses of Rajasthani culture, Kavi Sammelan and listen to Lok Geet by Gurjar and famous sweet 'Kheer Mohan' can't be forgotten . Spicy "kachori" is eaten with "Aloo ki sabji".

 In raini season gangapurites arrange feasts locally named as "Gotth" at 'Dhundeshwar' which is famous shrine of Lord Shiva. "Aloo ki special sabzi" and tikkad( thick breads made of gram flour and wheat flour) or " Dal Baati Churma" are the most liking delcacies.

[edit] History

The city is primarily known for being an important part of the western railways. This is a major reason why a lot of Anglo Indians in Rajasthan belong to this place. Some anglo Indian families staying here were the Corneile's, Patman's, Gillespie's, Francis's etc. Most of the community has now moved out and a very small percent is left here. What remain are the terms and traditions left by them. Even today , Housie , an anglo Indian recreational game, is organised . Christian's are still referred to,by the locals,as 'baby's and baba's'.

Gangapur city is also famous as an ultimate romantic place. Kavi khudaar has written- "teri aakhon k jaam har sur mein peeta rahoon, aur tere saath har lamha gangapur mein jeeta rahoon." no doubt most of the places were built by Viceroy Canady Campbell in the sweet memory of his wife Isabella.

Ganagpur city is also referred as GGC. There are some very beautiful places in GGC like gud gali, chaupad, bus stand, agrasain colony,patvo ka rasta(girls school), khanna ki dukaan, Khandelwal Photo State etc. In olden days GGC was the cultural capital of Jaipur state and now it is also known as "jugad of the east". Here jugad means to exploit some invention on commercial basis. In Education, Here is a School of S.F.S. Gangapur City is the best city in sawaimadhopur. there is PWD Office opposit of Rly Station.