Hanumangarh district
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Hanumangarh District is a district of Rajasthan state of western India. The town of Hanumangarh is the district headquarters.
The district is located in the extreme north of Rajasthan, in the Thar Desert. It has an area of 12,645 km², a population of 1,517,390 (2001 census), and a population density of 120 persons/km². It is bounded on the north by Punjab state, on the east by Haryana state, on the south by Churu District of Rajasthan, and on the west by Ganganagar District of Rajasthan. The major work of the district is farming; major crops include rice, bajra, cotton, sonamukhi, wheat, and vegetables.
This is the 31st district of Rajasthan. It was made as district on 12th July, 1994 from division from Sri Ganganagar district.
The district contains the archeological site of Kalibangan, a town of the Indus Valley Civilisation.
The people of Hanumangarh speak Hindi, Bagri, Haryanvi, Punjabi, and Rajasthani and English.
Hanumangarh District has seven tehsils: Hanumangarh, Sangaria, Pilibanga, Rawatsar, Nohar, Bhadra and Tibbi.
| Divisions and Districts of Rajasthan |
|---|
| Ajmer Division: Ajmer | Bhilwara | Nagaur | Tonk |
| Bharatpur Division: Bharatpur | Dholpur | Karauli | Sawai Madhopur |
| Bikaner Division: Bikaner | Churu | Sri Ganganagar | Hanumangarh |
| Jaipur Division: Alwar | Dausa | Jaipur | Jhunjhunu | Sikar |
| Jodhpur Division: Barmer | Jaisalmer | Jalore | Jodhpur | Pali | Sirohi |
| Kota Division: Baran | Bundi | Jhalawar | Kota |
| Udaipur Division: Banswara | Chittorgarh | Dungarpur | Rajsamand | Udaipur |
| State of Rajasthan Rajasthan Topics |
|
|---|---|
| Capital | Jaipur |
| Divisions | Ajmer | Bharatpur | Bikaner | Jaipur | Jodhpur | Kota | Udaipur |
| Districts | Ajmer | Alwar | Banswara | Baran | Barmer | Bhilwara | Bikaner | Bharatpur | Bundi | Chittorgarh | Churu | Dausa | Dholpur | Dungarpur | Ganganagar | Hanumangarh | Jaipur | Jaisalmer | Jalore | Jhalawar | Jhunjhunu | Jodhpur | Karauli | Kota | Nagaur | Pali | Rajsamand | Sawai Madhopur | Sikar | Sirohi | Tonk | Udaipur |
| Major cities | Alwar • Bhilwara • Bikaner • Jaipur • Jaisalmer • Jodhpur • Udaipur |
