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Karanpur
Sri Karanpur is a town and a municipality in Ganganagar district in the Indian state of Rajasthan. Geography Sri Karanpur is located at . It has an average elevation of 185 metres (606 feet). Demographics , 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 Punjabi and Bagri. 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. 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. Sri Karanpur, also known as Mandi Karanpur, is famous for dealing various crops such as cotton, barley and wheat Wheat is a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ganganagar District
Sri Ganganagar district is the 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 Ganga 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 "Food Basket" 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 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 12 July 1994) on the south by Bikaner district, and on the west by Bahawalnagar district of Pakistani Punjab and on the n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
