Raghunathpura is a village in Sri Ganganagar district of Rajasthan.It is situated on the right bank of Anupgarh branch that is largest and fastest branch of Indira gandhi Nahar pariyojna (IGNP). This is largest irrigation system of Rajasthan. It is a major village in the district. It is divided into two suburbs, Raghunathpura and Raghunathpura Aabadi.
Political Scenario Although Raghunathpura village is very old, but earlier it was a part of Govindsar Panchayat and in the princely period, it was a part of Mahajan Jagir which was a part of Bikaner state. After a few years, Raghunathpura became a separate Panchayat and started participating in the general elections.
+ Chart Year Name Political Post Category Not found Shri Shivkaran sharma Sarpanch /Up Pradhan GEN Not found Shri Chanduram ji legha Pradhan GEN 1995 Shri Shanti devi Jila Parishad member GEN 1995 Shri Brij Lal verma Sarpanch GEN 2000 Shri Prithviraj dehdu Sarpanch GEN 2005 Shri Gauri Shankar Sharma UP Pradhan GEN 2005 Shri Baggaram meghwal Jila Parishad Member SC 2005 Shri Keshuram Meghwal Sarpanch SC 2010 Shri Shankar Giri Sarpanch GEN 2015 Shri Chimanlal Meghwal Panchayat samiti Member SC 2015 Shri Kaushlya Saharan Sarpanch GEN 2020 Shri Savitri Meghwal Sarpanch SC 2021 Shri Rahul legha Panchayat samiti Member GEN
Population Source:
Village wise number of Rural Population as on (01/04/2024)
+ Chart Sr. No Village SC ST GEN Total 01 1 As 257 0 439 696 02 2 As 51 0 134 185 03 2 Rm 11 0 197 208 04 24 Sd 386 0 1111 1497 05 3 Rm 40 0 94 134 06 4 Rm (Raghunathpura) 754 0 1987 2741 07 5 Rm (Raghunathpura) 285 12 901 1198 08 7 Dwm 1 0 83 84 09 Raghunathpura 49 0 31 80 Total 1834 12 4977 6823
Language Bagri is the major language. Punjabi is also used as a second language in the area and as the predominant language in northern areas along the border of Punjab. Hindi is the state language and English is also used among officials and youth.
Culture Raghunathpura village contains a wide cultural diversity. Most of the people from the village are farmers. The village has a traditional Rajasthani culture with some Punjabi influence.
Profession The major work of the village is farming; major crops include rice, bajra, cotton, wheat, and vegetables.
Grid sub-station
The Raghunathpura gss started on 19 July 2018. Gss will supply electricity all the gram panchayat villages like 10RD, 1Rm, 40rd, 2gsm, 24sd, 22GB, sukhchainpura etc.
Climate The climate of Raghunathpura varies to extreme limits. The summer temperature reaches 50 °C and the winter temperature dips to around 0 °C. The average annual rainfall is only 176 mm (6.92 in). The average maximum temperature in summer is around 43.8 °C and the average minimum temperature in winter is around 13.4 °C.
Transport It is located some 41 km south- west of Suratgarh and around 103 km off to Sriganganagar. Kalyankot is the nearest railway station of Raghunathpura. It is 28 km off National Highway NH-62 and 399 km from the state capital, Jaipur. Raghunthpura is located on the link road of Sri vijaynagar to Rajiyasar.
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