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{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=July 2018}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Sagwara
| other_name =
| nickname =
| settlement_type = city
| image_skyline =
| image_alt =
| image_caption =
| pushpin_map = India Rajasthan#India
| pushpin_label_position = right
| pushpin_map_alt =
| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Rajasthan, India
| coordinates = {{coord|23|40|05|N|74|01|28|E|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = [[India]]
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Rajasthan]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Dungarpur district|Dungarpur]]
| subdivision_type3 = [[Subdivision (land)|subdivision]]
| subdivision_name3 = Sagwara subdistrict
| established_title = 
| established_date =
| founder =
| named_for =
| government_type =
| governing_body = SUB DIVISIONAL MAGISTRATE
| unit_pref = Metric
| area_footnotes =
| area_rank = 1
| area_total_km2 =
| elevation_footnotes =
| elevation_m = 244
| population_total = 30,000
| population_as_of = 2011
| population_rank =
| population_demonym =
| population_footnotes =
| demographics_type1 = Languages
| demographics1_title1 = Official
| demographics1_info1 = [[Hindi language|Hindi]], [[Wagdi language|Wagdi]], English
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +5:30
| postal_code_type = 
| postal_code = 314025
| registration_plate =
| website = http://sagwara.webs.com/
| iso_code = [[ISO 3166-2:IN|RJ-IN]]
| footnotes =

}}

'''Sagwara''' is a [[Nagar Palika (Municipality)|municipality]] in [[Dungarpur district]] in the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[Rajasthan]].<ref name="Census-2011">{{Cite web|author=Census Commission of India|title=Sagwara Population Census 2011 |publisher=Census 2011 |url=http://www.census2011.co.in/data/town/800600-sagwara-rajasthan.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150417003722/http://www.census2011.co.in/data/town/800600-sagwara-rajasthan.html |archive-date=17 April 2015 |url-status=live}}</ref> It is one of two towns in [[Sagwara Tehsil]], and the administrative center for the tehsil.sagwara additional district court and sub jailkshla

== Geography and economy ==
Sagwara is located in east central Dungarpur district in Sagwara Tehsil.<ref>{{Cite web|title=District Wise Health Facilities: District Map: Dungarpur District |publisher=National Health Mission (NHM), Government of Rajastha |url=http://nrhmrajasthan.nic.in/District%20map%20PDF%20Dt.%2026.01.13/District%20Wise/Dungarpur.jpg |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150319175709/http://nrhmrajasthan.nic.in/District%20map%20PDF%20Dt.%2026.01.13/District%20Wise/Dungarpur.jpg |archive-date=19 March 2015 |url-status=live}}</ref> It has an average elevation of {{Convert|244|m|ft|0}}. Sagwara is famous for its sculpture, marble carving, temple architecture and gold jewelry. It is a major trading hub for nearby villages.

== Demographics ==
While in the 2001 Indian [[census]], Sagwara had a population of 30,993,<ref name="Census-2001">{{Cite web|title= Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns |publisher= Census Commission of India|url=http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040616075334/http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999|archive-date=16 June 2004|url-status=live}}</ref> by the 2011 census that number had dropped to 29,439.<ref name="Census-2011" /> Males, while still fewer than females, increased their percentage from 49.3% to 49.9% of the population from 2001 to 2011. Sagwara significantly increased their average literacy rate from 2001 to 2011 going from 59% to 79%. Male literacy rose from 68% to 88%, and female literacy rose from 50% to 71%. From 2001 to 2011 the population in Sagwara aged, going from 16% below the age of six, to 13%.<ref name="Census-2011" /><ref name="Census-2001" />

Sagwara is the third largest populated place after [[Banswara]] and [[Dungarpur]] in the historical [[Dungarpur district#History|Wagad area]] of [[Rajasthan]]. Majority of the population belongs to Hindu religion and it also has a significant population of Jains and Dawoodi Bohras (a Shia Islamic Muslim community).

==Notes and references==
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{{Dungarpur district}}

[[Category:Cities and towns in Dungarpur district]]

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