Surajgarh is a city and a municipal corporation in the district of Jhunjhunun in the Shekhawati region of the Indian state of Rajasthan.

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Surajgarh
city
Surajgarh Location in Rajasthan, India Show map of Rajasthan Surajgarh Surajgarh (India) Show map of India
Coordinates: 28.32°N 75.73°E / 28.32; 75.73[1]
Country	India
State	Rajasthan
District	Jhunjhunun
Elevation	280 m (920 ft)
Population  (2001)
• Total	18,857
Languages
• Official	Hindi
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	333029
ISO 3166 code	RJ-IN

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Rambilas Sharma served as headmaster Ji, who devoted his life to the development of Surajgarh. A book on his life and on Surajgarh is titled Headmaster ji: The Man with Literacy Mission.^[2][3] The Government of India, Postal Department honored Headmaster Ji's contribution to society and released a special cover in memory of him during the first philately exhibition of Jhunjhunu in 2016.^[4][5] Headmaster Ji, with Vinoba Bhave, Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru, and others took part in Bhoodan Movement in Surajgarh from 1958-1960.

Surajgarh is around 180 Km from Delhi. The town is divided into two parts: Surajgarh Bazar (old Surajgarh), and Surajgarh Mandi.

In the 2001 Indian census,^[6] Surajgarh had a population of 18,857, 53%, male and 47% female. Surajgarh has an average literacy rate of 65%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: The male literacy rate is 75%, while female literacy is 54%. In Surajgarh, 16% of the population is under 6 years of age.

Surajgarh Fort operates as a heritage hotel.^[7]