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Karanpur
Sri Karanpur
Town
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Karanpur
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Karanpur
Karanpur (India)
Coordinates: 29°50′29″N73°27′17″E / 29.8414°N 73.4547°E / 29.8414; 73.4547
Country Flag of India.svg  India
State Rajasthan
District Sri Ganganagar
Elevation
185 m (607 ft)
Population
 (2001)
 • Total
20,694
Languages
 • Official Hindi [1]
 • Additional official= English [1]
Time zone UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
335073

Sri Karanpur is a town and a municipality, just 55 km from Sri Ganganagar city in Sri Ganganagar district in the Indian state of Rajasthan.

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Geography

Sri Karanpur is located at 29°50′29″N73°27′17″E / 29.8414°N 73.4547°E / 29.8414; 73.4547 . [2] It has an average elevation of 185 metres (606 feet).

Demographics

As of the 2001 Census of India , [3] Sri Karanpur had a population of 20,694. Males constitute 53% of the population and females constitute 47%. Karanpur has an average literacy rate of 64%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 71%, and female literacy is 56%. In Karanpur, 14% of the population is under 6 years of age. Major languages spoken there are Rajasthani and Bagri.[ citation needed ]

Economy

Sri Karanpur once produced high quality cotton in India and attracted Birlas to set up a mill which still exists today in the town.[ citation needed ] However, after 1995 people shifted to other cash crops. Today, the primary cash crop of the area is kinnow, which is exported to West Asia.[ citation needed ]

Sri Karanpur, also known as Mandi Karanpur, is famous for dealing various crops such as cotton, barley and wheat. The old Mandi is now a Bazaar for cloths, Bus Transporters, jewelers, restaurants, Retail plus Wholesale Medical Stores, Pharmaceutical Medicine Company and Sweet shops.[ citation needed ]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Report of the Commissioner for linguistic minorities: 52nd report (July 2014 to June 2015)" (PDF). Commissioner for Linguistic Minorities, Ministry of Minority Affairs, Government of India. pp. 34–35. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 December 2017. Retrieved 16 February 2016.
  2. ↑ Falling Rain Genomics, Inc - Karanpur
  3. ↑ "Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)". Census Commission of India. Archived from the original on 16 June 2004. Retrieved 1 November 2008.


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