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Baggar
Baggar (India)
Coordinates: 28°11′17″N75°30′02″E / 28.188168°N 75.500579°E / 28.188168; 75.500579 Coordinates: 28°11′17″N75°30′02″E / 28.188168°N 75.500579°E / 28.188168; 75.500579
CountryFlag of India.svg  India
State Rajasthan
District Jhunjhunun
Population
 (2011)
  Total32,870
Languages
  Official Hindi
Time zone UTC+5:30 (IST)
ISO 3166 code RJ-IN
Vehicle registration RJ-

Baggar is a town in the Jhunjhunu District of Rajasthan, a state in India. It lies in the Shekhawati region. It is known for a haveli, named the Piramal Haveli, with fresco paintings. This haveli is also used as a hotel.

Rajasthan State in India

Rajasthan is a state in northern India. The state covers an area of 342,239 square kilometres (132,139 sq mi) or 10.4 percent of the total geographical area of India. It is the largest Indian state by area and the seventh largest by population. Rajasthan is located on the northwestern side of India, where it comprises most of the wide and inhospitable Thar Desert and shares a border with the Pakistani provinces of Punjab to the northwest and Sindh to the west, along the Sutlej-Indus river valley. Elsewhere it is bordered by five other Indian states: Punjab to the north; Haryana and Uttar Pradesh to the northeast; Madhya Pradesh to the southeast; and Gujarat to the southwest.

India Country in South Asia

India, officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the south, the Arabian Sea on the southwest, and the Bay of Bengal on the southeast, it shares land borders with Pakistan to the west; China, Nepal, and Bhutan to the north; and Bangladesh and Myanmar to the east. In the Indian Ocean, India is in the vicinity of Sri Lanka and the Maldives; its Andaman and Nicobar Islands share a maritime border with Thailand and Indonesia.

Shekhawati town and region of Rajasthan

Shekhawati is a semi-arid historical region located in the northeast part of Rajasthan, India.

Bagar is also known as an educational centre of Rajasthan, with its comparatively excellent schools and colleges. Piramal Girls School is a popular boarding school in Baggar. B.L.Sec.Sr.School, Shivonker Maheshwari Technical Institute, Krishna Devi Maheshwari Pharmacy College, Seth GDSB Patwari College and Sanskrit College are some prominent schools and colleges in Bagar. This town has produced many top industrialists such as Piramals, Maheshwaris, Roongtas etc. It is also known for its sati temple.

Demographics

As of the 2001 Indian census, [1] Baggar has a population of 14,648. Males constitute 56% of the population and females 44%. Baggar has an average literacy rate of 70%, higher than the national average of 59.5%; with 64% of the males and 36% of females literate. 14% of the population is under 6 years of age.

Census Acquiring and recording information about the members of a given population

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References

  1. "Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)". Census Commission of India. Archived from the original on 16 June 2004. Retrieved 1 November 2008.