Sadulshahar

For Sadulshahar's tehsil, see Sadulshahar Tehsil.

Sadulshahar Matili
Town
Nickname:  Mandi
Sadulshahar Location in Rajasthan, India Show map of Rajasthan Sadulshahar Sadulshahar (India) Show map of India
Coordinates: 29°56′36″N74°11′15″E / 29.9434°N 74.1875°E / 29.9434; 74.1875
Country	India
State	Rajasthan
District	Ganganagar
Tehsil	Sadulshahar
Named for	Maharaja Sardul Singh
Government
• Body	Nagar Palika
Population  (2011) [1]
• Total	25,465
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
ISO 3166 code	RJ-IN

Sadulshahar is a town and a municipality ^[2] in Sri Ganganagar district in the Indian state of Rajasthan.

History

The town is named after Maharaja Sardul Singh, son of Maharaja Ganga Singh, who established it. It is a great agriculture based industry centre in Rajasthan. This town is situated on the border of Punjab and Rajasthan. It is a peaceful town in SriGanganagar which was part of the Bikaner State before Independence. According to the people^{[ who? ]}, a large village named "Matili" was transformed into Sadulshahar after 1947.^{[ citation needed ]}

It was under the supervision of the 19-year-old Maharaja Ganga Singh who, after witnessing the miseries of the great 1899 famine, vowed to end starvation by building a canal in his State.^{[ citation needed ]} The British pussyfooted, refusing water rights from the Sutlej River in Punjab.^{[ citation needed ]} Ganga Singh persevered and raised a loan of 15 million for his irrigation scheme.^{[ citation needed ]} The Ganges Canal, begun in 1921, was completed in 1927. One of the longest concrete lined canals in the world, it has changed the desert's face around Ganganagar. It's a testimony to land transformation: Desert land was converted to a lush green town, credited to the efforts of the Maharaja who brought the Gang canal which carries the waters from Punjab and Himachal Pradesh to the region. Bumper crops of wheat, cotton, mustard, and citrus fruit have generated industry and a building boom.^{[ citation needed ]} The majority of the population are Sikhs and Hindus, while only a few people constituting other sects stay here.^{[ citation needed ]}

Work profile

Out of total population, 9,395 were engaged in work or business activity. Of this, 7,218 were males while 2,177 were females. In census survey, worker is defined as person who does business, job, service, and cultivator and labour activity. Of total 9395 working population, 82.78 % were engaged in Main Work while 17.22 % of total workers were engaged in Marginal Work.

Demographics

In the 2001 India census, Sadulshahar (Sardul Shahar) recorded a population of 22,326. ^[3] Males constituted 53% of the population and females 47%. Sadulshahar had an average literacy rate of 62%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy was 69%, and female literacy was 53%. In 2001 in Sadulshahar, 14% of the population was under 6 years of age. ^[4]

The Sadulshahar Municipality has a population of 24,980 of which 13,109 are males while 11,871 are females as per report released by Census India 2011.

Population of Children with age of 0–6 is 3260 which is 13.05 % of total population of Sadulshahar (M). In Sadulshahar Municipality, Female Sex Ratio is of 906 against state average of 928. Moreover, Child Sex Ratio in Sadulshahar is around 859 compared to Rajasthan state average of 888. Literacy rate of Sadulshahar city is 74.30 % higher than state average of 66.11 %. In Sadulshahar, Male literacy is around 82.40 % while female literacy rate is 65.41%

Religion

Religion in Sadulshahar city(2011 census) Religion Percent Hinduism   55.1% Sikhism   38.8% Others   7.1%

Transport

The town is well-connected through railroad. The following trains halt at Sadulshahar railway station in both directions:

Firozpur Cantonment–Shri Ganganagar Express, Kota–Shri Ganganagar Superfast Express, Hazur Sahib Nanded–Shri Ganganagar Express, Amrapur Aravali Express.

STATE HIGHWAYS.

SH-7B Sri Ganganagar to Sadulshahar

SH-7A Hanumangarh to Abohor via Sadulshahar.

The transport district code of Sadulshahar DTO office is RJ-56.

References

1. "Census of India Search details". censusindia.gov.in. Retrieved 10 May 2015.
2. Sadulshahar was grandfathered in as a nagar palika, even though its population was well below 100,000.
3. "Census of India 2001: Alphabetical List of Towns and Their Population: Rajasthan" (PDF). Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. p. 7. Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 November 2007.
4. "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.