GEOGRAPHIC AND DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION

Geography

Kishangarh is a city and a Municipal Council in Ajmer district in the Indian state of Rajasthan. It was built by the Rajgharanas and Maharajas of Jaipur and Jodhpur. It lies 25 km northeast of Ajmer and 90 km far away from Jaipur. It is connected via KISHANGARH AIRPORT, ' Indian Railways' Kishangarh Railway Station and National Highway 8 and 79. It is the birthplace of the Kishangarh style of painting, which is known for the depiction of a courtesan known as Bani Thani. Kishangarh has come to be known as the Marble city of India. It has heritage lake named as Gundolav Lake. Kishangarh Nepheline Syenite, located about 500 m after the bypass bifurcation of Kishangarh towards Jaipur on NH-8, has been notified as one of the National Geographical Monument of India. It is purported to be the only place in the world with a temple of nine planets.

There are many picnic and religious places situated at the banks of Gundolav Lake such as Mukham Vilas and Bhairu Ghat. The city also have a small temple of nine planets known as NavGrah. The Kishangarh Fort is being surrounded by canal that was built by Kishan Singh.

By Air

The KISHANGARH AIRPORT is situated 6 Kms  from the College .It connects the city to all the major parts of India . It has the facility of domestic flights to Delhi, Surat, Mumbai, Indore, and Hyderabad.

By Train

Kishangarh is well connected to almost every part of India through the means of Indian Railways.Railway Station is 5 Kms  from the College.

By Road

From Ratanlal Kanwarlal Patni  Bus stand you can easily reach to the college which is around 4 kms from the college.

Demographics

As of 2001 India census, Kishangarh had a population of 116,156. Males constitute 53% of the population and females 47%. Kishangarh has an average literacy rate of 62%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 80%, and female literacy is 64%. In Kishangarh, 12% of the population is under 6 years of age.

Economy

Kishangarh economy mainly depends on the marble production and trading. Kishangarh has more than 1000 gangsaws, 5000 edge cutting machines, around 25000 godowns and more than 25000 marble traders and it gives employment to around 1lac peoples. Kishangarh also have good market for powerloom and boil mills sector.

Bani Thani

The most famous Kishangarh painting is called Bani Thani. The Indian government has engraved it on one of its postal stamps. The Bani Thani style of painting got its name from a story with a twist of romance to it. In the Kishangarh court during the 18th century there ruled a poet-king called Raja Samant Singh (1699–1764) who had eyes only for Bani Thani, a court singer and poet. Bani Thani’s eyes were what drew Samant Singh to her, and so did her singing. Seeing Bani Thani singing in his court each day helped the king’s heart grow fonder. Now Samant Singh wrote poetry under the name of Nagari Das, and since Bani Thani was a poet in her own right too, love was not far behind.