Robertsganj

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Robertsganj
Sonbhadra City
city
Nickname(s): Rbgj
Robertsganj is located in Uttar Pradesh
Robertsganj
Robertsganj
Location in Uttar Pradesh, India
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Country India
State Uttar Pradesh
District Sonbhadra
Named for Frederick Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts
Government
 • Type Mayor Council
 • Body Sonbhadra Municipal Corporation
 • Mayor Krishn Murari Gupta
 • MP Chhotelal (BJP)
 • MLA Avinash Kushwaha (SP)
Elevation 301 m (988 ft)
Population (2011)
 • Total 36,689
Literacy Rate
 • in 2011 84%
Languages
 • Official Hindi, English
Time zone IST (UTC+5:30)
PIN 231216
Telephone code +91 5444
Vehicle registration UP 64

Robertsganj (Hindi: राबर्टसगंज, Urdu: رابرٹس گنج) is a city and a municipal board in Sonbhadra district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. Located in the southeastern corner of the state. Robertsganj is the administrative headquarters of Sonbhadra District.The district Sonbhadra and Robertsganj as its district headquarter was created by carving off the southern part of the earlier Mirzapur district on 4 March 1989. Son, Karmnasha, Chandra Prabha, Rihand, Kanhar, Renu, Ghagar and Belan Rivers drain this area. The city is named after Frederick Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts.

Located between Vindhyan Range and Kaimur Range, this area had been the centre of activities of pre-historic man which is evident from the rock paintings (pre-historic cave art) found in abundance in this region.

Geography

Robertsganj is located at Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found..[1] It has an average elevation of 301 metres (987 feet). Robertsganj is located in the south-eastern ranges of the Vindhyachal mountain.

Transport

Robertsganj is located about 90 km from the city of Varanasi, which is also the nearest airport. Flights are available to all major Indian cities including Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Lucknow, Agra, Bangalore, Chennai, Patna, Khajuraho, Hyderabad, Gaya etc. International connections are Bangkok, Colombo, Hong Kong, Macca and Kathmandu. Robertsganj is well connected to Lucknow, Allahabad, Varanasi and Mirzapur by road. Buses are available at all hours of the day from Varanasi and it normally takes 2½ hours to cover the distance. The city is connected by rail to Delhi, Jammu, Allahabad, Ranchi, Tatanagar, Lucknow, Bareilly and Kanpur. Some notable trains passing through the town are

  • Muri express (Jammu Tawi - Delhi - Tata Nagar),
  • Jharkhand Swarna Jayanti Express/12873(Hatia - Kanpur - Delhi) and
  • Triveni Express (Bareilly - Lucknow - Shaktinagar),
  • Intercity Express (Singrauli - Varanasi).

The highway connecting Varanasi and Waidhan passes through the city. Though this is not a national highway it is a very busy road because of the towns Renukot, Anpara, Shaktinagar which are sufficiently commercialized areas. National Thermal Power corporation is in Shaktinagar and also National Coalfield different projects like Singrauli, Khadia, Jayant, Dudhichua, Amlori, Kakri etc. These areas have several major coal mines which cater a big part of the coal need of the state. Churk a nearby town is situated around 10 km, where Jaypee group is establishing a thermal power project.

Climate

Robertsganj has a relatively subtropical climate with high variation between summer and winter temperatures. The average temperature is 32 °C–42 °C in the summer and 2 °C–15 °C in the winter. The weather is pleasant in rainy season from July to October. The natural beauty in city's outskirt is worth watching.

History

Chandrakanta, a popular Hindi novel by Devaki Nandan Khatri is related to Vijaygarh Fort. The princess Chandrakanta of Vijaygarh, and the prince Virendra Singh of Naugarh. Krur Singh, a member of the Vijaygarh king's court who dreams of marrying Chandrakanta and taking over the throne. When Krur Singh fails in his endeavor, he flees the kingdom and befriends Shivdutt, the powerful neighboring king of Chunargarh(a renaming of "Chunar-fort", referring to the fort in Chunar that inspired Khatri to write the novel). Vijaygarh Fort is in Sonbhadra City.

Demographics

As of 2011 India census,[2] Robertsganj is a Nagar Palika Parishad in district of Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh. The Sonbhadra city is divided into 25 wards for which elections are held every 5 years. The Sonbhadra Nagar Palika Parishad(Robertsganj) has population of 36,689 of which 19,294 are males while 17,395 are females as per report released by Census India 2011.

Sex Ratio and Child Population

In Sonbhadra Nagar Palika Parishad, Female Sex Ratio is of 902 against state average of 912.Moreover Child Sex Ratio in Sonbhadra is around 867 compared to Uttar Pradesh state average of 902. Population of Children with age of 0-6 is 4678 which is 12.75% of total population of Sonbhadra (NPP).

Literacy Rate

Literacy rate of Robertsganj(Sonbhadra city) is 84% higher than state average of 67.68%. In Sonbhadra, Male literacy is around 89.32% while female literacy rate is 78.1%.

Households and Administration

Sonbhadra Nagar Palika Parishad has total administration over 6,196 houses to which it supplies basic amenities like water and sewerage. Water supplies from the Dhandhraul Dam in the Robertsganj City. It is also authorize to build roads within Nagar Palika Parishad limits and impose taxes on properties coming under its jurisdiction.

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 13.72% while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 0.50% of total population in Sonbhadra city (NPP).

Work Profile

Out of total population, 10,339 were engaged in work or business activity. Of this 8,362 were males while 1,977 were females. In census survey, worker is defined as person who does business, job, service, and cultivator and labour activity. Of total 10339 working population, 80.55% were engaged in Main Work while 19.45% of total workers were engaged in Marginal Work.

Place of interest

Historical Places

It is Located at the distance of about 30 km from Robertsganj in south east direction in Mau Kalan village on Robertsganj-Churk road, in the Sonbhadra District. Built in 5th Century, at a height of 400 feet from the ground level by Kol Kings, the Fort is famous for its rock inscriptions, cave paintings, many statues and its perennial ponds. There are four ponds inside the premises of the fort which never dries up.

  • 2. Aghorigarh Fort, Sonbhadra :Located at a distance of about 10 km from Chopan, which is 35 km from Robertsganj, on Renukut (SH-5) road.The fort is surrounded by the rivers from three sides, viz., Vijul, Regu and Son.
  • 3. Sodharigarh Durg, Sonbhadra

Natural Places

Temples

  • 1. Shitala Mandir
  • 2. Sai Temple
  • 3. Panchmuki
  • 4. Baraila Mahadev Temple.
  • 5. Ram Janaki aur Hanuman Mandir
  • 6. hanuman mandir patharaha 16 km from robertasganj

Other Near By

Education

schools

  • 1.St. Joseph High School
  • 2.St. Xevior's High School
  • 3. DAV, Robertsganj
  • 4.Sunbeam,Robertsganj
  • 5. Harshevanand Public School
  • 6. St. Keenaram Public School
  • 7.MVM Public School
  • 8.Prakash Genius School
  • 9.RSM Intermediate College.
  • 10.Vimal Intermediate School
  • 11.VEERANGANA VIDYA MANDIR

Degree & PG College

  • 1.St. Keenaram PG College
  • 2.JMB Sonanchal PG College
  • 3.Vindhya Kanya Degree College
  • 4.Rajakiya Mahila Mahavidhyalaya
  • 5.Government Polytechnic College
  • 6.Sonabhadra Degree College

Shopping destinations

  • Madhuban Mega Mart
  • Sarthak Bajar
  • DVA Mart
  • Cotton County
  • Katra

Media

Gaon Girav & Kaimoor Times are among the few Hindi News Paper published from this district.

See also

External links

  • (Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.[3]) Geo links for Robertsganj

References

  1. ↑ Falling Rain Genomics, Inc - Robertsganj
  2. ↑ [1]
  3. ↑ robertsganj satellite image
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