Raisinghnagar tehsil

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Raisinghnagar Tehsil
Raisinghnagar Tehsil
Raisinghnagar tehsil
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Location in SriGanga Nagardistrict, Rajasthan, India
CountryIndia
State Rajasthan
District SriGanga Nagar district
Headquarters Raisinghnagar
Population
 (2001)
  Total
185,070
Languages

Raisinghnagar Tehsil is a tehsil of SriGanga Nagar district, Rajasthan, India. [1] It is in the central-western area of the district. Raisinghnagar is the headquarters of the tehsil. Sameja and Muklawa are Sub Tehsil in Raisinghnagar

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Geography

Raisinghnagar Tehsil is bordered by Karanpur Tehsil to the north, by Padampur Tehsil to the north and northeast, by Suratgarh Tehsil to the east, by Vijaynagar Tehsil to the southeast and south, by Anupgarh Tehsil to the south, and Bahawalnagar District of Pakistani Punjab to the west. The waters of the Bikaner branch of the Gang Canal (Gana Canal) irrigate the farms of this tehsil. [2]

Demographics

In the 2001 India census, Raisinghnagar Tehsil had 185,070 inhabitants, 97,197 (52.5%) males and 87,873 (47.5%) females, for a gender ratio of 904 females per thousand males. [3]

Hindi and Bagri (a dialect of the Rajasthani language) are spoken.

Sameja (17Ptd)[ definition needed ], Muklawa (17 Tk)[ definition needed ], Kikarwali (60Rb)[ definition needed ], Dabla (5Np)[ definition needed ], and Kararwali (8Np)[ definition needed ] are major villages.

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Notes

  1. "Rural Ganganagar: SN. Block Names". Ganganagar District.
  2. "Census 2001 Population Finder: Rajasthan: Ganganagar: Raisinghnagar". Office of The Registrar General & Census Commissioner, Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India.