Country India District Hanumangarh PIN 335501 Elevation 192 m Local time Monday 12:08 PM ISO 3166 code ISO 3166-2:IN | State Rajasthan Time zone IST (UTC+5:30) Vehicle registration RJ49 Population 60,662 (2016) Area code 01504 | |
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Weather 26°C, Wind W at 6 km/h, 20% Humidity Neighborhoods Ward Number 24, Ward No.11, Ward Number 23 | ||
Bhadra is a city and a municipality in Hanumangarh district in the state of Rajasthan, India. The railway station name is Tehsil Bhadra. Bhadra in colloquial Marwari (a dialect of Hindi) means "The City of Grace". This name comes from the river Raslana Vithrika bhadra. Bhadra was founded by Bhadrak Community on the sangam of Varshvati and Swarnabhadra rivers which was a Janpad/Gantantra. Bhadra's history can be traced from the time of Mahabharata where it was mentioned that Bhadra is in Kurupradesh. Jats after being defeated by Mohmed Gazni in the year 1027 came to Jangalpradesh and rebuilt Bhadra. The town is well connected through a railroad on the Sri Ganganagar-Sadulpur(Rajgarh)-Jaipur line, and through state highways to Hisar and Sirsa in the neighboring state of Haryana.
Contents
- Map of Bhadra Rajasthan 335501
- Language
- Places of interest
- Sports
- Road
- Rail
- People and living standard
- School and colleges
- Media
- General Information
- Demographics
- References
Map of Bhadra, Rajasthan 335501
Language
Bagri, a dialect of Rajasthani language, is spoken by a majority of the population. A little influence of Haryanvi language can also be noticed here because of close proximity of this town to Haryana.
Places of interest
Gogamedi (Hindi: गोगामेड़ी) is a village of religious importance in the Hanumangarh district of Rajasthan (India), 350 km from Jaipur. A grand fair is held at Gogamedi in August in memory of Gogaji (a Chauhan Rajput from Dadrewa village in Churu district) which runs for one month from the Poornima of Sharvan to the Poornima of Bhadrapad every year. Gogamedi is accessible on NH 65 from Chandigarh; go straight to Hisar (Haryana) (230 km) and from Hisar take the road to Bhadra (60 km) and from Bhadra Gogamedi lies around 20 km on the way to Nohar. From Delhi take the NH10 to Hisar (165 km) and from Hisar take the road to Bhadra-Nohar.
Sports
The main cricket stadium in the city, Govt.College Ground has a seating capacity of 3,185 and has hosted State & District cricket or Football matches. Indoor Stadium, and Railway Cricket Ground are the other sporting areas in the city.
Road
Bhadra is located on National Highway No.8 connecting Delhi and Jaipur. By RJ Sh 37 links Jaipur with Kota and National Highway 8 links Bikaner. RSRTC operates bus service to major cities in Rajasthan, New Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Punjab and Gujarat. The service operates more than 400 regular and low-floor buses. Major bus depots are located at Main Bus Stand, ambedkar chock (at night only) And Sahwa Bus Stand.
Rail
Tehsil Bhadra Railway Station (Zone: North Western Railway, Division: Bikaner) is well connected to major cities and towns like Bikaner, Suratgarh, Bathinda, Chandigarh, Jaipur, Sikar, Ramgarh Shekhawati, Sadulpur, Churu, Gogameri, Nohar, Bhadra, Hanumangarh, Sri Ganganagar including Ramgarh, Elanabad, and Tibbi.
People and living standard
Population here is mix of all religions. The famous communities in Bhadra are Jain,Brahman, Jaat, Muslims, Sindhi, Rajput’s, and Agrawal's. People of bhadra are now big businessmen in Dubai and Saudi Arab, Mumbai, Delhi and some other part of India. They have their own set-up of various businesses. Businesswoman art exports group and The Phoenix Mills are examples of them. Bhadra is also famous for the business of Handicrafts, there are more than 30 handicraft or painters industries in Bhadra. Such as The art palace, Indian art palace & Global Art Exports. Today, In spite of living in such a remote area, these Families are producing and exporting handicrafts to USA, UK, France, and Germany.
School and colleges
There are many Govt. and private Schools for High School Education providing Education in All Streams like Arts, Science And Commerse affiliated to CBSE as well as BSER (Board of Secondary Education, Rajasthan). Shanti Niketan Public School is CBSE affiliated high school and well reputed in the district.
There is no Govt. college in Bhadra city but many Private colleges are providing higher education facilities such as ITI and Teacher Training Institutes.
Media
Major daily newspapers in bhadra include Rajasthan Patrika, Samachar Jagat, Dainik Bhaskar, Dainik Navajyoti and The Times of India. The state-owned All India Radio is broadcast both on the medium wave and FM band in the city. Private FM stations include Radio Mirchi (98.3 MHz), Radio City (91.1 MHz), My FM (94.3 MHz), FM Tadka 95 FM (95.0 MHz), Red FM 93.5 (93.5 MHz) and Gyan Vani (105.6 MHz). The city has a community FM channel in FM Radio 7 (90.4 MHz) by India International School Institutional Network. The public broadcaster Doordarshan (Prasar Bharati) provides a regional channel in addition to the private broadcasters.
General Information
There are 112 villages under Bhadra Tehsil of which the main ones are:
Demographics
As of 2011 India census, Bhadra had a population of 40662. Males constitute 53% (21215) of the population and females 47% (19447). Bhadra has an average literacy rate of 61%, higher than the national average of 59.5%; with 60% of the males and 40% of females literate. 15% of the population is under 6 years of age.
Bhadra is the first and only city in India to offer full free public Wi-Fi.