Gulabpura | |
Settlement Type: | Town |
Pushpin Map: | India Rajasthan#India |
Pushpin Label Position: | right |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Rajasthan, India |
Coordinates: | 25.9063°N 74.658°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | India |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Rajasthan |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Bhilwara |
Named For: | Gulab Baba |
Government Type: | Municipality |
Leader Title: | Chairman |
Leader Name: | Sumit Kalya (INC) |
Leader Title2: | Vice Chairman |
Leader Name2: | Sanwar Nath Yogi (BJP) |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Elevation M: | 397 |
Population As Of: | 2020 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Demographics Type1: | Languages |
Demographics1 Title1: | Official |
Demographics1 Info1: | Hindi |
Timezone1: | IST |
Utc Offset1: | +5:30 |
Postal Code Type: | PIN |
Postal Code: | 311021 |
Population Total: | 37,315[1] |
Gulabpura is a town in Bhilwara district of Rajasthan. Mainly industrial town with good educational institutes.
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.
Gulabpura is located at .
India census,[6] Gulabpura had a population of 37,215.
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).
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.
Nearest railway station is Bhilwara, Ajmer, Bijainagar, Gulabpura, Jaipur