Gulabpura is a town in Bhilwara district of Rajasthan. Mainly industrial town with good educational institutes.
Gulabpura | |
|---|---|
Town | |
  Gulabpura Location in Rajasthan, India  Gulabpura Gulabpura (India) | |
| Coordinates: 25°54′23″N 74°39′29″E / 25.90630°N 74.658000°E | |
| Country |  India |
| State | Rajasthan |
| District | Bhilwara |
| Named for | Gulab Baba |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipality |
| • Chairman | Sumit Kalya (INC) |
| • Vice Chairman | Sanwar Nath Yogi (BJP) |
| Elevation | 397 m (1,302 ft) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 3 7,315[1] |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Hindi |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 311021 |
The town gets its name from a religious preacher by the name Gulab Baba who practiced meditation in that area more than 100 years ago. A festival is held every year in the town to commemorate the saint.[2][3][4] Very peaceful town with good educational institutions like vkv hurda (cbse), navodaya vidyalaya (cbse), zinc vidyalaya (cbse), saint paul (cbse), gandhi vidhyalaya (Rbse). Shri pragya public school.[5]
A major market is situated in centre of town. Also hospital and medical facilities in Gulabpura are much better in nearby area.
Geography
editGulabpura is located at 25°54′10″N 74°39′39″E / 25.902879°N 74.660726°E.[1]
Demographics
editAs of 2011[update] India census,[6] Gulabpura had a population of 37,215.
Major companies
edit- DEV INDUSTRY (CHIRANJEEVI METAL ROFFING SHEET) LAMBA ROAD GULABPURA 9950220245
- Mayur suitings (Rswm)
- Cooperative mill (Spinfed)(CLOSED)
- Wearit global( CLOSED )
- Saras Dairy Plant ( On the place of Wearit Global )
- Hzl (Hindustan zinc)
- Isuzu Garments ( CLOSED )
- Krishna Minerals
- Memu coach factory (proposed).
- Textile park ( on memu coach land)
Main attractions
editGetting there
edit- By air
The nearest airport is Kishangarh International Airport, Kishangarh, Ajmer which is about 80 km. away from Gulabpura. Others include Dabok (Udaipur) and Sanganer (Jaipur) which are about 200 and 190 km. respectively (Both the airports are an International airport).
- By road
Direct buses from: RSRTC Delhi, Jaipur, Udaipur, Bhilwara, Mumbai, Chittorgarh, Haridwar, Ajmer etc. (Nearest National Highway is NH No.79. which is about 2 km. away from Gulabpura)
Auto stand is present on highway crossing from where you can hire auto to go anywhere in Gulabpura, Hurda, zinc etc.
- By train
Nearest railway station is Bhilwara, Ajmer, Bijainagar, Gulabpura, Jaipur
References
edit- ^ a b "Census of India: Search Details". Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 13 January 2014.
- ^ "गुलाब बाबा का मेला 6 को". Dainik Bhaskar. 4 October 2015. Retrieved 16 October 2020.
- ^ "गुलाब बाबा के नाम पर बसा गुलाबपुरा - www.bhaskar.com". www.bhaskar.com. Archived from the original on 3 October 2016.
- ^ "Gulab baba - YouTube". YouTube.
- ^ "Home". pragyaschoolgulabpura.com.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "भीलवाड़ा में 51 फीट ऊंचा होगा रावण का पुतला". Dainik Bhaskar. 29 September 2014. Retrieved 16 October 2020.
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