Robertsganj


Robertsganj also known as ""Sonbhadra City"" is a city and a municipal board in Sonbhadra district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.
Robertsganj is 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 found in abundance in this region.

Geography

Robertsganj is located at. It has an average elevation of 330 metres from sea level.
Robertsganj is located in the south-eastern ranges of the Vindhyachal mountain.
It lies in Vindhya range and in Chota Nagpur plateau region.

History

, 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.fort in Chunar that inspired Khatri to write the novel.
Vijaygarh Fort is in Sonbhadra City.
Robertsganj is named after the Kanpur-born Field Frederick Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts, Commander-in-Chief of the British Indian Army in 1885–93.

Transport

Air

Robertsganj is located about 90 km from the city of Varanasi, which has also the nearest airport. Flights are available to all major Indian cities including Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Lucknow, Agra, Bangalore, Chennai, Patna, Khajuraho, Bhubaneswar,
Hyderabad, Gaya etc. International connections are Bangkok, Colombo, Hong Kong, Mecca and Kathmandu.

Rail

The Sonbhadra Railway Station connects Delhi, Jammu, Allahabad, Ranchi, Tatanagar, Lucknow, Bareilly, Varanasi and Kanpur by rail. Some notable trains passing through the town are
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 hours to cover the distance. SH 5A a 6 lane highway built by UPSHA runs through the city from Varansi To Hathinala where it merges with national highway 75E.
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 Dalla, Renukoot, 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.

Demographics

India census, 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 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.

Literacy rate

Literacy rate of Robertsganj 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 authorized to build roads within Nagar Palika Parishad limits and impose taxes on properties coming under its jurisdiction.

Caste factor

Scheduled Caste constitutes 13.72% while Scheduled Tribe were 0.50% of total population in Sonbhadra city.

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 labor 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

Schools

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