Anupgarh Tehsil is the one of ten tehsils of Sri Ganganagar district in Rajasthan, India. The tehsil headquarters are located at the town of

Anupgarh Anupgarh is a town in the state of Rajasthan, India. Located in Sri Ganganagar district, it is the headquarters of the Anupgarh Tehsil. Geography Anoopgarh/Anupgarh has an average elevation of 155 metres (508 feet), and is very close ...

Demographics

People have migrated from other tehsils of Sri Gangagnagar district, and from Bikaner, Punjab and Haryana.

Religion

Hindu Hindus (; ) are people who religiously adhere to Hinduism.Jeffery D. Long (2007), A Vision for Hinduism, IB Tauris, , pages 35–37 Historically, the term has also been used as a geographical, cultural, and later religious identifier for ...

ism and

Sikh Sikhs ( or ; pa, ਸਿੱਖ, ' ) are people who adhere to Sikhism, Sikhism (Sikhi), a Monotheism, monotheistic religion that originated in the late 15th century in the Punjab region of the Indian subcontinent, based on the revelation of Gu ...

ism are practised by the majority of people. As of the

Census of India 2011 The 2011 Census of India or the 15th Indian Census was conducted in two phases, house listing and population enumeration. The House listing phase began on 1 April 2010 and involved the collection of information about all buildings. Information ...

, Anupgarh Tehsil had 184,423 residents, with 153,546 (83.26%) people living in rural areas and 30,877 (16.74%) people living in urban areas. The 2001 census counted a total of 174,413 residents. As per the Population Census 2011 data, following are some quick facts about Anupgarh Tehsil.

Literacy Rate

As of the

the Average literacy rate of Anupgarh Tehsil in 2011 were 66.34% in which, male and female literacy were 75.69% and 55.99% respectively. Total literate in Anupgarh Tehsil were 105,905 of which male and female were 63,473 and 42,432 respectively.

Geography

Anupgarh Tehsil is located in the southern part of Sri Ganganagar District.

Adjacent tehsils

* Raisinghnagar Tehsil (north) *

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(east) * Gharsana Tehsil (southwest) * Chhatargarh Tehsil, Bikaner District (southeast) *

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, Bahawalnagar District, Punjab, Pakistan (southwest)

Physical geography

The northern portion of the tehsil is part of the Nali region, a central area of the Sri Ganganagar District characterized by the flow of the

Ghaggar River The Ghaggar-Hakra River is an intermittent river in India and Pakistan that flows only during the monsoon season. The river is known as Ghaggar in India, before the Ottu barrage, and as the Hakra in Pakistan, downstream of the barrage, ending ...

. The terrain of the southern portion of the tehsil can be characterized by sand dunes. This portion is being irrigated by branches of the

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Languages

Hindi is the official language. Bagri, a dialect of the Rajasthani language, and Punjabi languages are spoken by the majority of people. Sindhi and Sikh Bawri are also spoken by a few people. Odh and Bawri people speak their unique languages.

Transport

Almost all big villages are connected with roads. Anupgarh and

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are connected with a railway line in this tehsil.

Settlements

Major towns and villages within the tehsil include: *

(59Gb) a Sub Tehsil of

Tehsil * 11L.M. * Patroda (11P)) * 27 A * 80Gb * 74Gb * KHALL (4 KAM)

References

External links

* http://beeoanupgarh.webs.com * https://web.archive.org/web/20110713111748/http://www.mgsubikaner.ac.in/colleges.php {{Coord, 29.1978312, N, 73.1605983, E, display=title Tehsils of Sri Ganganagar District