Hamirgarh
Hamirgarh is a taluka in the Bhilwara district of Rajasthan. It is historical town and well known for textile industries. Legend has it that its old name was Bankrola and changed into current name after Rana Hamir singh of Mewar Kingdom. He built a fort in Hamirgarh. The town is 19 kilometers away from district headquarters Bhilwara. It has one air strip situated in nearby Takhtpura village on Chittorgarh-Bhilwara district border, which was established by the former chief minister of Rajasthan, Shiv Charan Mathur. The town is situated at the base of outcrops of Aravali mountain chain. There  is a temple of Goddess Mahishasur Mardini Mata atop hill. The town was a feudatory, containing 12 villages, of Mewar Kings before independence. The villages constituted the feudatory were Aujyada, Takhtpura, Kherabad, Bardod, Amli, Kabra, Shadiganj and some other small villages to name. The population of the town has drastically increased in the last decade due to rapid textile industrialisation.