Sri Madhopur is a city and a municipality

Municipality

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 in Sikar district

Sikar district

Sikar District is a district of the state of Rajasthan in western India. The town of Sikar is the district headquarters.-Location:The district is located in the north-eastern part of the state of Rajasthan. It is bounded on the north by Jhunjhunu District, in the north-west by Churu district, in...

 in the India

India

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n state

States and territories of India

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 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...

. It is one of the six tehsil

Tehsil

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s of the district. The town is a market place for the agricultural produce of the surrounding area. The Delhi-Mumbai freight corridor will be passing through this town. The basic architecture of this town is similar to the "pink city" of Jaipur

Jaipur

Jaipur , also popularly known as the Pink City, is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Rajasthan. Founded on 18 November 1727 by Maharaja Sawai Jai Singh II, the ruler of Amber, the city today has a population of more than 3.1 million....

. The town gets its name from Sawai Madho Singh.

Demographics

India census

Census

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, Sri Madhopur had a population of 28,480. Males constitute 53% of the population and females 47%. Sri Madhopur has an average literacy rate of 66%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 77%, and female literacy is 55%. In Sri Madhopur, 16% of the population is under 6 years of age.

Location

Sri Madhopur is located 12 km from the National Highway 11 (India)

National Highway 11 (India)

National Highway 11 or NH 11 is a National Highway in India that links Agra in Uttar Pradesh with Bikaner in Rajasthan. This -long highway passes through Bharatpur, Dausa, Jaipur, Sikar and Fatehpur before terminating on National Highway 15 at Bikaner....

. The nearest railway junction is at Reengus

Reengus

Reengus is a town in Sikar District of Rajasthan in India. It is 63 km from Jaipur. Reengus is mainly famous due to its proximity to Khatushyamji. Many devotees travel their path on own foot with full enthusiasm....

, and the nearest airport

Airport

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 is Sanganer Airport at Jaipur. It is 75 km from the state capital city

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 Jaipur, and 217 km from the national capital Delhi

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Education

There are many private and government schools in this area. The government senior secondary school is the biggest high school in the area.
There are 8 colleges in Sri Madhopur, of which Mahatma Gandhi P.G. College is the biggest.