Sujangarh

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Locality: Sujangarh
Region: Rajasthan
Country: India
Population: 183,808
Timezone: Asia/Kolkata

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Settlement.name: Sujangarh
Settlement.settlement_type: City
Settlement.image_skyline: CSC 0244 copy.jpg
Settlement.image_caption: Black Buck at Taal Chhapar
Settlement.pushpin_map: India Rajasthan
Settlement.pushpin_label_position: right
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location in Rajasthan, India
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1: State
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Rajasthan
Settlement.subdivision_type2: District
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Churu District
Settlement.founder: Sujan Singh
Settlement.named_for: Sujan Singh
Settlement.government_type: Municipality
Settlement.unit_pref: Metric
Settlement.area_total_km2: 64
Settlement.elevation_m: 312

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Sujangarh is a city and Sub District in Churu District in the Shekhawati region of Rajasthan, India. Sujangarh lies on the Churu city-Pali Highway (NH 65) and Hanumangarh-Kishangarh Mega Highway. The town is well known for a second Tirupati Balaji Temple.The first one being in Tirumala – the Tirupati Balaji Venkateshwar Mandir. It is the first of its kind built in South Indian style, in Rajasthan. Lord Shiva Temple on Sujangarh Road in Thardaa and Dungar Balaji on Sujangarh - Dungar Balaji Road in Gopalpura are other two nearby Hindu temples that are popular. Sri Devsagar Singhee Jain Mandir at Sujangarh is a century-old Jain Tirth that is located within the town.

==Demographics== , India census, Sujangarh had a population of 101,528; 52,078 males and 49,450 females, giving a sex ratio of 950. The average literacy rate was 74%, male literacy was 85%, and female literacy was 63%. 14,723 (14.5%) of the population was under 6 years of age.

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