Robertsganj City

Robertsganj City

Robertsganj is a city and a municipal board in Sonbhadra district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. Located in the south eastern 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. The city is named after Frederick Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts.  Robertsganj is located in the south-eastern ranges of the Vindhyachal mountain. Chandrakanta, 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(a renaming of "Chunar-fort", referring to the fort in Chunar that inspired Khatri to write the novel). Vijaygarh Fort is in Sonbhadra City. It is Located at the distance of about 30 km from Robertsganj in south east direction in Mau Kalan village on Robertsganj-Churk road, in the Sonbhadra District.  Built in 5th Century, at a height of 400 feet from the ground level by Kol Kings, the Fort is famous for its rock inscriptions, cave paintings, many statues and its perennial ponds. There are four ponds inside the premises of the fort which never dries up.

 

Distance From Robertsganj.

 

Delhi :-                                                         845 km

 

Lucknow :-                                                    366 km

 

Kanpur :-                                                      378 km

 

Patna :-                                                        296 km

 

How To Reach Robertsganj.

 

By Road :- 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 Renukot, Anpara, Shaktinagar which are sufficiently commercialized areas. 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 2½ hours to cover the distance.

 

By Rail :- The city is connected by rail to delhi, jammu, Allahabad, ranchi, tatanagar, lucknow, ect.

 

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

 

Education In Robertsganj.

 

RSM Intermediate College

 

Vimal Intermediate School

 

Harshevanand Public School

 

St. Keenaram PG College

 

JMB Sonanchal PG College

 

Vindhya Kanya Degree College

 

Rajakiya Mahila Mahavidhyalaya

 

Government Polytechnic College

 

Sonabhadra Degree College

 

Real Estate In Robertsganj.

 

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