Raisinghnagar is a town and a
municipality
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The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...
(Tehsil) in
Sri 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 his ...
in the
India
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n
state
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of
Rajasthan
Rajasthan (; lit. 'Land of Kings') is a state in northern India. It covers or 10.4 per cent of India's total geographical area. It is the largest Indian state by area and the seventh largest by population. It is on India's northwestern s ...
. The town is surrounded by fertile land.
It also corresponds to the
Raisinghnagar constituency in the Rajasthan Assembly.
Demography
In the 2011 India
census
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, the town of Raisinghnagar had a population of 28,330. Males constituted 53.25% (15085) of the population and females 46.75% (13245). In 2011, Raisinghnagar had an average literacy rate of above 72.08% (20423).
Earlier Raisinghnagar was known as Panwarsar. It is located 200 km North-west of
Bikaner
Bikaner () is a city in the northwest of the state of Rajasthan, India. It is located northwest of the state capital, Jaipur. Bikaner city is the administrative headquarters of Bikaner District and Bikaner division.
Formerly the capital of ...
and about 465 km from the capital of India,
Delhi
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. The town is located at a distance of only 10 km from the
India-Pakistan border.
[https://urban.rajasthan.gov.in/content/raj/udh/nagar-palika-raisinghnagar/en/about-/history-city-profile.html]
District headquarters Sriganganagar is towards NE direction at approximately 70 km, small town named Gajsinghpur is north approximately 13 km. Vijaynagar town is in south direction approximately 30 km, Anupgarh town is approximately 50 km in SW direction.
Language
Economy
The economy of Raisinghnagar is dependent on agriculture in the surrounding area.
Religion
Most people of Raisinghnagar practice Hinduism and Sikhism with some population of Muslims.
A small population of approx 30 families (200 people) are following Jainism (Terapanth).
Climate
The climate of Raisinghnagar varies to extreme limits. The summer temperature reaches up to 50° Celsius and winter temperature dips just around −1° Celsius. The average annual rainfall is above .
References
{{Sri Ganganagar district
Cities and towns in Sri Ganganagar district