Sagwara
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Sagwara is a city and a municipality
in Dungarpur district
in the India
n state
of Rajasthan
.
s (800 feet).
Sagwara is famous for sculpture, marble carving, temple architecture and gold jewellery.It is a major trading hub for nearby villages.The more accessible location makes it a better place for thriving businesses.
, Sagwara had a population of 30,993. Males constitute 49% of the population and females 51%. Sagwara has an average literacy rate of 59%,slightly lower than the national average of 59.5%: Male literacy is 68%, and female literacy is 50%. In Sagwara, 16% of the population is under 6 years of age.
. Economically, these three places compete. Sagwara is also associated with the Jainism
religion. Galiyakot, a tourist attraction, is located 17 km from the city. Sagwara is also popular for gold show rooms and other ventures in the gold market. The famous school in Sagwara is Mahipal school.
. The Baneshwar fair is held in the month of February at Baneshwar, a small delta formed by the river Soma and Mahi, about 50 km from Dungarpur. This fair is one of the biggest and most important fair of the Bhils. 'Baneshwar' means the ‘master of the delta’ and is derived from the Shiva Linga kept in the Mahadev temple in Dungarpur. This is a religious fair with simple and traditional rituals. The tribal folks of Bhils gather here from the neighbouring states of Madhya Pradesh and Gujarat and offer prayers to Lord Shiva.
Different communities thrive in sagwara ranging from jains to bhils to traditional hindus and shiitte bohras.Though they have been able to live together with harmony for ages.
Sagwara is the great place and have all kind of facilities.
Municipality
A municipality is essentially an urban administrative division having corporate status and usually powers of self-government. It can also be used to mean the governing body of a municipality. A municipality is a general-purpose administrative subdivision, as opposed to a special-purpose district...
in Dungarpur district
Dungarpur district
Dungarpur District is a district of the state of Rajasthan in western India. The town of Dungarpur is the district headquarters.-Geography:Dungarpur lies in 23° 8' N latitude and 73° 7' E longitude. The district has an area of 3,770 km². The district is roughly triangular in shape...
in the India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
n state
States and territories of India
India is a federal union of states comprising twenty-eight states and seven union territories. The states and territories are further subdivided into districts and so on.-List of states and territories:...
of Rajasthan
Rajasthan
Rājasthān the land of Rajasthanis, , is the largest state of the Republic of India by area. It is located in the northwest of India. It encompasses most of the area of the large, inhospitable Great Indian Desert , which has an edge paralleling the Sutlej-Indus river valley along its border with...
.
Geography
Sagwara is located at 23.68°N 74.02°E. It has an average elevation of 244 metreMetre
The metre , symbol m, is the base unit of length in the International System of Units . Originally intended to be one ten-millionth of the distance from the Earth's equator to the North Pole , its definition has been periodically refined to reflect growing knowledge of metrology...
s (800 feet).
Sagwara is famous for sculpture, marble carving, temple architecture and gold jewellery.It is a major trading hub for nearby villages.The more accessible location makes it a better place for thriving businesses.
Demographics
India censusCensus
A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring and recording information about the members of a given population. It is a regularly occurring and official count of a particular population. The term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common...
, Sagwara had a population of 30,993. Males constitute 49% of the population and females 51%. Sagwara has an average literacy rate of 59%,slightly lower than the national average of 59.5%: Male literacy is 68%, and female literacy is 50%. In Sagwara, 16% of the population is under 6 years of age.
Features
Sagwara is the third largest place after Banswara and Dungapur in the Vaagar area of RajasthanRajasthan
Rājasthān the land of Rajasthanis, , is the largest state of the Republic of India by area. It is located in the northwest of India. It encompasses most of the area of the large, inhospitable Great Indian Desert , which has an edge paralleling the Sutlej-Indus river valley along its border with...
. Economically, these three places compete. Sagwara is also associated with the Jainism
Jainism
Jainism is an Indian religion that prescribes a path of non-violence towards all living beings. Its philosophy and practice emphasize the necessity of self-effort to move the soul towards divine consciousness and liberation. Any soul that has conquered its own inner enemies and achieved the state...
religion. Galiyakot, a tourist attraction, is located 17 km from the city. Sagwara is also popular for gold show rooms and other ventures in the gold market. The famous school in Sagwara is Mahipal school.
Festivals in Dungarpur
One of the major fairs which is held in Dungarpur is the Baneshwar fairBaneshwar fair
Baneshwar fair is a popular tribal fair held in Dungarpur district in Rajasthan state of India.The fair is held in the month of February at Baneshwar, a small delta formed by the river Soma and, 50 km from Dungarpur. This fair is a major fair of the tribals...
. The Baneshwar fair is held in the month of February at Baneshwar, a small delta formed by the river Soma and Mahi, about 50 km from Dungarpur. This fair is one of the biggest and most important fair of the Bhils. 'Baneshwar' means the ‘master of the delta’ and is derived from the Shiva Linga kept in the Mahadev temple in Dungarpur. This is a religious fair with simple and traditional rituals. The tribal folks of Bhils gather here from the neighbouring states of Madhya Pradesh and Gujarat and offer prayers to Lord Shiva.
Different communities thrive in sagwara ranging from jains to bhils to traditional hindus and shiitte bohras.Though they have been able to live together with harmony for ages.
Sagwara is the great place and have all kind of facilities.