Bikaner district | |
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     Clockwise from top-left:Junagarh Fort,Karni Mata Temple,Thar Desert, Devikund Sagar,Bhandasar Jain Temple | |
.svg) Location of Bikaner district in Rajasthan | |
| Country |  India |
| State | Rajasthan |
| Division | Bikaner |
| Headquarters | Bikaner |
| Government | |
| • Divisional Commissioner | Vandana Singhavi,IAS[1] |
| • District Collector & Magistrate | Namrata Vrishni,IAS[1] |
| • Superintendent of Police | Kavendra Singh Sagar,IPS[2] |
| • I.G. Police | Om Prakash,IPS[3] |
| Area | |
• Total | 30,247 km2 (11,678 sq mi) |
| Population (2011) | |
• Total | 2,363,937 |
| • Density | 78/km2 (200/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+05:30 (IST) |
| Website | Bikaner District |
Bikaner District is a district of thestate ofRajasthan in western India. The historic city ofBikaner is the district headquarters. The district is located in Bikaner Division along with the three other districts ofChuru,Sri Ganganagar andHanumangarh.
The district is bounded byGanganagar district andAnupgarh district to the north,Hanumangarh district to the northeast,Churu district to the east,Nagaur district to the southeast,Jodhpur district to the south,Jaisalmer district to the southwest, andPunjab Province of Pakistan to the northwest.
Bikaner district lies in theThar Desert. TheIndira Gandhi Canal, also known as theRajasthan Canal, runs through the district from northeast to southwest, providing irrigation water for the district.
In October, 2020 an international group of researchers found a lost river that ran through the centralThar Desert ; 1,72,000 years ago.[4]
| Climate data for Bikaner | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 23.0 (73.4) | 25.5 (77.9) | 31.8 (89.2) | 38.2 (100.8) | 41.7 (107.1) | 41.6 (106.9) | 37.8 (100.0) | 36.6 (97.9) | 36.7 (98.1) | 36.2 (97.2) | 30.7 (87.3) | 25.3 (77.5) | 33.8 (92.8) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 5.6 (42.1) | 8.8 (47.8) | 15.0 (59.0) | 22.1 (71.8) | 26.8 (80.2) | 28.8 (83.8) | 27.7 (81.9) | 26.8 (80.2) | 24.7 (76.5) | 19.1 (66.4) | 12.1 (53.8) | 6.9 (44.4) | 18.7 (65.7) |
| Averageprecipitation mm (inches) | 5 (0.2) | 7 (0.3) | 10 (0.4) | 7 (0.3) | 31 (1.2) | 46 (1.8) | 106 (4.2) | 71 (2.8) | 34 (1.3) | 4 (0.2) | 3 (0.1) | 1 (0.0) | 325 (12.8) |
| Average precipitation days | 0.8 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 0.9 | 2.6 | 3.2 | 6.6 | 5.6 | 3.0 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 26.6 |
| Source:HKO | |||||||||||||
Bikaner district has 9 sub-divisions, which includeBikaner,Khajuwala,Poogal,Chhatargarh,Lunkaransar,Kolayat,Dungargarh,Nokha andBajju.
Apart from this, there are 11tehsils orsub district in the bikaner district.
The above 9 sub-division areas are also tehsils or sub-district areas of the district, and apart from that, a new tehsil or sub-district,Jasrasar, was recently created by the government in the Nokha sub-division area and in the Kolayat sub-division area, tehsil or sub-district Hadan was created.
There are 1498 villages and 290 gram panchayats.[5] There is one municipal corporation (Bikaner) and six municipal councils: Deshnok, Nokha, Dungargarh, Khajuwala, Loonkaransar and Napasar. The collector and district magistrate (DM) of Bikaner is Smt. Namrata Vrishni.
On 30 November 2024, it was announced in theRajasthan Government meeting that Bikaner Development Authority will now be formed in Bikaner, under which the city and some nearby villages will be developed. Now along withBikaner Municipal Corporation, Bikaner Development Authority will also work for urban development.[6]
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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| 1901 | 216,478 | — |
| 1911 | 236,708 | +0.90% |
| 1921 | 228,562 | −0.35% |
| 1931 | 271,449 | +1.73% |
| 1941 | 360,968 | +2.89% |
| 1951 | 395,462 | +0.92% |
| 1961 | 511,317 | +2.60% |
| 1971 | 665,439 | +2.67% |
| 1981 | 973,800 | +3.88% |
| 1991 | 1,381,201 | +3.56% |
| 2001 | 1,902,110 | +3.25% |
| 2011 | 2,363,937 | +2.20% |
| Source:[7] | ||
According to the2011 census Bikaner district has apopulation of 2,363,937, roughly equal to the nation ofLatvia or the US state ofNew Mexico.[9][10] This gives it a ranking of 190th in India (out of a total of640). The district is 30,247.90 km2 (11,678.78 sq mi). The district has a population density of 78 inhabitants per square kilometre (200/sq mi). Itspopulation growth rate over the decade 2001-2011 was 41.42%. Bikaner has asex ratio of 903females for every 1,000 males, and aliteracy rate of 65.92%. 33.86% of the population lives in urban areas. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes make up 20.88% and 0.33% of the population respectively.[11]
At the time of the2011 Census of India, 81.09% of the population spokeRajasthani, 14.94%Marwari, 2.05%Hindi, 1.71%Urdu and 0.98%Sindhi as their first language.[12]
Latvia 2,204,708 July 2011 est.
New Mexico - 2,059,179
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