Sumerpur
Sign in to saveSumerpur is a city in the south part of Pali District of Rajasthan state in India. Named after Maharaja Sumer Singh of Jodhpur, it came into existence in 1912 on the northern bank of Jawai river. The town is headquarters of the Sumerpur revenue subdivision and Sumerpur Tahsil. Sumerpur is an important agricultural mandi (large market) for Pali, Sirohi and Jalore districts.
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Within Vinony's link graph, Sumerpur is referenced by 135 other articles, and connects out to Pali district, India and Hindi.
It is catalogued under the topic Cities and towns in Pali district.
Its subject is documented across 14 Wikipedia language editions.
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Place details
- Locality
- Khejariya
- Region
- Rajasthan
- Country
- India
- Population
- 39,132
- Timezone
- Asia/Kolkata
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Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Sumerpur
- Settlement.settlement_type
- City
- Settlement.nickname
- Textile City
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- India Rajasthan#India
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in India
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- India
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- State
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
- Tehsil
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Rajasthan
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Pali
- Settlement.subdivision_name3
- Sumerpur
- Settlement.unit_pref
- Metric
- Settlement.population_total
- 37093
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2011
- Settlement.population_density_km2
- auto
- Settlement.demographics_type1
- Languages
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Wikidata facts
- Dialing code
- 2933
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- postal code
- 306902
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Sumerpur is a city in the south part of Pali District of Rajasthan state in India. Named after Maharaja Sumer Singh of Jodhpur, it came into existence in 1912 on the northern bank of Jawai river. The town is headquarters of the Sumerpur revenue subdivision and Sumerpur Tahsil. Sumerpur is an important agricultural mandi (large market) for Pali, Sirohi and Jalore districts.
==History== During World War 1, the British government requested the Maharaja of Jodhpur to set up a POW camp to hold Ottoman POWs. Jodhpur Maharaja agreed and POW Camp was set up in Sumerpur in 1915. When Commissioners from International Red Cross visited the Sumerpur POW camp in March 1917, there were 3366 Turkish POWs here, mostly Mesopotamian Arabs, Christians and Armenians. It was expanded later and at one point there were 9000 POWs here. There are 149 graves of Ottoman POWs still present in Sumerpur.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Sumerpur” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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