Bandikui | |
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City | |
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| Nickname: Rail Nagari[1] | |
  Bandikui Location in Rajasthan, India Show map of Rajasthan Bandikui Bandikui (India) Show map of India | |
| Coordinates:27°03′N76°34′E / 27.05°N 76.57°E /27.05; 76.57 | |
| Country |  India |
| State | Rajasthan |
| District | Dausa |
| Government | |
| • Type | Government Of Rajasthan |
| • Body | Municipality |
| Area | |
• Total | 24 km2 (9 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 280 m (920 ft) |
| Population (2023) | |
• Total | 65,000 |
| • Density | 2,700/km2 (7,000/sq mi) |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Hindi,Rajasthani |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 303313 |
| Telephone code 01420 | 01420 |
| Vehicle registration | RJ-29 |
Bandikui is a city and amunicipality inDausa district in the Indian state ofRajasthan. It is 35 km fromDausa and located onState Highway 25 (SH-25).[2]
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Bandikui sits at the junction of the Agra-Jaipur and theDelhi-Jaipur railway lines. The city is located 200 km south ofDelhi.Rajgarh town (inAlwar district) is about 25 km north of Bandikui. Sikandra is located about 10 km away, while the state capitalJaipur is 75 km by road and 70 km by rail.
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Bandikui was preferred for the tri-junction by British Railway surveyors over Rajgarh, Alwar, due to better alignment. TheBandikui railway station was established in 1874. The first train in Rajasthan ran from Bandikui Junction to Agra Fort, started in April 1874 by the colonial government in India. Most trains traveling between Delhi and Jaipur stop at Bandikui. At the time ofcolonialism, some 1000 British families lived in Bandikui. Some Raj era bungalows can still be found in Bandikui.
The city attracted migration from nearby villages and its population grew to more than 125,000. Many residents work in Delhi and keep their families in Bandikui.
It was in the reign ofLord Northbrook, the Viceroy that the Delhi – Bandikui line was opened in December 1874. Bandikui has had the singular distinction witnessing and passing through its territory the royal saloons of Prince of Wales, later King Edward VII 1874-1875, King George V, in 1911, Prince of Wales, later King Edward VIII 1921-22 and the Queen Elizabeth in 1961 on her way to tiger shoot at Bharatpur.
The city is a major agrarian center.
