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Sri Ganganagar district | |
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.svg) Location of Sri Ganganagar district in Rajasthan | |
| Coordinates (Sri Ganganagar):29°55′04″N73°52′54″E / 29.91778°N 73.88167°E /29.91778; 73.88167 | |
| Country |  India |
| State | Rajasthan |
| Division | Bikaner |
| Headquarters | Sri Ganganagar |
| Tehsils | Sri Ganganagar Sri Karanpur Sadulshahar Padampur Suratgarh Gajsinghpur Vijainagar Raisinghnagar Anupgarh Gharsana Rawla Mandi |
| Government | |
| • District Collector & Magistrate | Manju,IAS[1] |
| • Superintendent of Police | Gaurav Yadav,IPS |
| Demographics | |
| • Literacy | 69.6 |
| • Sex ratio | 887 |
| Time zone | UTC+05:30 (IST) |
| Vehicle registration | RJ13, RJ56, RJ62 |
| Major highways | NH 62 (Old 15) |
| Website | sriganganagar |
Sri Ganganagar district is the northernmost district ofRajasthan state ofIndia.
Named afterMaharaja Ganga Singh ofBikaner, 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 theGanga Canal after theIndian famine of 1899–1900. The waters of theSutlej River were brought into the region through the 89-mile long Gang Canal in 1927, turning this region into a "Food Basket"[3] of Rajasthan.
Sri Ganganagar district is located between Latitude 28.4 to 30.6 and Longitude 72.2 to 75.3[4] The total area of Sri Ganganagar is 11,154.66 km2 or 1,115,466 hectares. It is surrounded on the east byHanumangarh district, (Hanumangarh district was carved out of it on 12 July 1994) on the south west byAnupgarh, (Anupgarh district was carved out of it on 7 August 2023 and Re-Merged on 29 December 2024 in it) on the south byBikaner district, and on the west byBahawalnagar district ofPakistani Punjab and on the north byFazilika district ofIndian Punjab.
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
|---|---|---|
| 1901 | 84,281 | — |
| 1911 | 121,077 | +3.69% |
| 1921 | 100,233 | −1.87% |
| 1931 | 202,964 | +7.31% |
| 1941 | 313,741 | +4.45% |
| 1951 | 370,238 | +1.67% |
| 1961 | 604,901 | +5.03% |
| 1971 | 732,152 | +1.93% |
| 1981 | 1,084,161 | +4.00% |
| 1991 | 1,402,444 | +2.61% |
| 2001 | 1,789,423 | +2.47% |
| 2011 | 1,969,168 | +0.96% |
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According to the2011 census Sri Ganganagar district has apopulation of 1,969,168,[6] roughly equal to the nation ofSlovenia[7] or the US state ofNew Mexico.[8] This gives it a ranking of 235th in India (out of a total of640).[6] The district has a population density of 179 inhabitants per square kilometre (460/sq mi) .[6] Itspopulation growth rate over the decade 2001-2011 was 10.06%.[6] Ganganagar has asex ratio of 887females for every 1000 males,[6] and aliteracy rate of 70.25%. 27.19% of the population lives in urban areas. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes make up 36.58% and 0.68% of the population respectively.[6]
After bifurcation of Sri Ganganagar district into Sri Ganganagar and Anupgarh districts, the residual district had a population of 1,270,690. The residual district had a sex ratio of 881 females per 1000 males. 420,513 (33.09%) lived in urban areas. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes made up 412,468 (32.46%) and 9,717 (0.76%) of the population respectively.[6]
| Religion | Percent | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hinduism | 74.13% | |||
| Sikhism | 22.59% | |||
| Islam | 2.90% | |||
| Other or not stated | 0.38% | |||
According to the 2011 Indian census, Hinduism is the dominant religion of the district, followed by a large Sikh population, along few followers of Islam.[9]
At the time of the 2011 census of India, 31.66% of the population spokePunjabi, 25.08%Bagri, 24.22%Rajasthani, 13.02%Hindi and 2.11%Marwari as their first language.[10]
The table below shows the data from the district nutrition profile of children below the age of 5 years, in Ganganagar, as of year 2020.
| Indicators | Number of children (<5 years) | Percent (2020) | Percent (2016) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stunted | 49,628 | 24% | 29% |
| Wasted | 50,440 | 25% | 21% |
| Severely wasted | 21,953 | 12% | 6% |
| Underweight | 52,915 | 26% | 29% |
| Overweight/obesity | 9,171 | 5% | 2% |
| Anemia | 131,775 | 72% | 40% |
| Total children | 202,895 |
The table below shows the district nutrition profile of Ganganagar of women between the ages of 15 and 49 years, as of year 2020.
| Indicators | Number of women (15–49 years) | Percent (2020) | Percent (2016) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Underweight (BMI <18.5 kg/m^2) | 90,716 | 14% | 21% |
| Overweight/obesity | 123,301 | 19% | 20% |
| Hypertension | 102,824 | 16% | 14% |
| Diabetes | 60,478 | 10% | NA |
| Anemia (non-preg) | 372,691 | 59% | 35% |
| Anemia (preg) | 23,429 | 64% | 38% |
| Total women (preg) | 36,466 | ||
| Total women | 633,936 |
There are following Eleventehsils in Ganganagar district (DTO RJ13).
There are also 12 sub-tehsils in Ganganagar district are Lalgarh Jattan, Hindumalkot, Chunawadh, Mirzawala, Binjhbayla, Ridmalsar, Rajiasar, Jaitsar, 365 Head (2KLD), Kesrisinghpur, Muklawa, Sameja.
It has one municipal council inGanganagar city and 10 municipal boards are inSuratgarh,Sadulshahar,Padampur,Karanpur,Gajsinghpur,Kesrisinghpur,Raisinghnagar,Vijainagar,Anupgarh andGharsana.
There are total 409Gram Panchayats in Sri Ganganagar district.Ganganagar has a total of 3061 big and smallvillages which are the highest inRajasthan
Other major towns and villages includeKesrisinghpur,Gajsinghpur,Suratgarh,Sri Gurusar Modia (26 Mod),Rang Mahal, Dhaban (15 Lks), Muklawa (17 Tk), Sameja (15 Ptd), Dullapur Keri (5 D), Sadhuwali (1 d chhoti), Chunawad (30 GG), Netewala (2 Hh), Ganeshgarh, Lalgarh Jattan, Manniwali, Hindumalkot (7 B), Kaliya (3 G), Khatlabana (2 F), Jaitsar (1 Gb), Binjhbayla, Narsinghpura, Mahiyawali, Sardargarh etc.
There are 11Panchayat Samitis in SGNR are
The district has editions of state level newspapers fromJaipur, which are re-published from Ganganagar andRaisinghnagar.
"Air Suratgarh", a radio station, broadcasts programmes in Hindi, Rajasthani and Punjabi languages. It was commissioned in 1981 and broadcasts on the 918 kHz frequency.[12]
Slovenia 2,000,092 July 2011 est.
New Mexico - 2,059,179
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