Sri Ganganagar district

Sri Ganganagar श्रीगंगानगर district
District of Rajasthan

Location of Sri Ganganagar श्रीगंगानगर district in Rajasthan
Country India
State Rajasthan
Administrative division Bikaner Division
Headquarters Sri Ganganagar
Tehsils Sri Ganganagar
Sri Karanpur
Sadulshahar
Padampur
Raisinghnagar
Suratgarh
Anoopgarh
Shri Vijaynagar
Gharsana
Area
 • Total 11,154 km2 (4,307 sq mi)
Population (2011)
 • Total 1,969,520[1]
Demographics
 • Literacy 69.6
 • Sex ratio 887
Major highways NH 15
Website Official website

Sri Ganganagar district is a northernmost district of Rajasthan state in western India.

History

Named after Maharaja Ganga Singh of Bikaner, Sri Ganganagar district was part of Bikaner state. This was a mostly uninhabited region. The history of this district is testimony to the vision and efforts of Maharaja Ganga Singh, who visualised and built the Gang Canal after the Indian famine of 1899–1900. The waters of the Sutlej River were brought into the region through the 89-mile long Gang Canal in 1927, turning this region into a breadbasket[2] of Rajasthan.

Geography

Location and area

Sri Ganganagar District is located between Latitude 28.4 to 30.6 and Longitude 72.2 to 75.3[3] The total area of Sri Ganganagar is 11,154.66 km² or 1,115,466 hectares. It is surrounded on the east by Hanumangarh District, (Hanumangarh district was carved out of it on July 12, 1994) on the south by Bikaner District, and on the west by Bahawalnagar district of the Pakistani Punjab and on the north by the Punjab.

Tehsils and other towns

10Tehsils of distt. Ganganagar
Map showing nine tehsils of Sriganganagar District, click this image for large map.

Ganganagar tehsils

There are following ten tehsils in Ganganagar district.

  1. Sri Ganganagar
  2. Sri Karanpur, headquarters in the town of Karanpur
  3. Sadulshahar
  4. Padampur
  5. Raisinghnagar
  6. Suratgarh
  7. Anoopgarh
  8. Shri Vijaynagar
  9. Gharsana
  10. Rawla Mandi

Demographics

According to the 2011 census Sri Ganganagar district has a population of 1,969,520,[4] roughly equal to the nation of Slovenia[5] or the US state of New Mexico.[6] This gives it a ranking of 235th in India (out of a total of 640).[4] The district has a population density of 179 inhabitants per square kilometre (460/sq mi) .[4] Its population growth rate over the decade 2001-2011 was 10.06%.[4] Ganganagar has a sex ratio of 887 females for every 1000 males,[4] and a literacy rate of 70.25%.[4]

Religion

Religion in Sri Ganganagar district[7]
Religion Percent
Hinduism
  
 72.98%
Sikhism
  
 24.11%
Islam
  
 2.57%
Other
  
 0.33%

Media

The district has editions of state level newspapers from Jaipur, which are re-published from Ganganagar and Raisinghnagar. The newspaper Seema Sandesh is published from Ganganagar in Hindi.[8]

"Air Suratgarh", a radio station, broadcasts programmes in Hindi, Rajasthani and Punjabi languages. It was commissioned in 1981 and broadcasts on the 918 kHz frequency.[9]

References

  1. ↑ "Name Census 2011, Rajasthan data" (PDF). censusindia.gov.in. 2012. Retrieved 28 Feb 2012.
  2. ↑ Garg, Balwant (July 27, 2003). "Suicide woes fill the 'food basket'". The Times Of India.
  3. ↑ http://ganganagar.nic.in/
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "District Census 2011". Census2011.co.in. 2011. Retrieved 2011-09-30.
  5. ↑ US Directorate of Intelligence. "Country Comparison:Population". Retrieved 2011-10-01. Slovenia 2,000,092 July 2011 est.
  6. ↑ "2010 Resident Population Data". U. S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 2011-09-30. New Mexico - 2,059,179
  7. ↑ http://www.census2011.co.in/census/district/424-ganganagar.html
  8. ↑ "Seema Sandesh".
  9. ↑ "Air Suratgarh". All India Radio.

Coordinates: 29°55′04″N 73°52′54″E / 29.91778°N 73.88167°E / 29.91778; 73.88167

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