Raisinghnagar Tehsil | |
Native Name Lang: | hi |
Settlement Type: | Tehsil |
Pushpin Map: | India Rajasthan#India |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | India |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Rajasthan |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Anupgarh district |
Seat Type: | Headquarters |
Seat: | Raisinghnagar |
Population Total: | 185,070 |
Population As Of: | 2001 |
Demographics Type1: | Languages |
Demographics1 Title1: | Official |
Postal Code Type: | PIN |
Area Code Type: | Telephone code |
Official Name: | Raisinghnagar Tehsil |
Raisinghnagar Tehsil is a tehsil of Anupgarh district, Rajasthan, India.[1] It is in the central-western area of the district. Raisinghnagar is the headquarters of the tehsil.Sameja and Muklawa are Sub Tehsil in Raisinghnagar
Raisinghnagar Tehsil is bordered by Karanpur Tehsil to the north, by Padampur Tehsil to the north and northeast, by Suratgarh Tehsil to the east, by Vijaynagar Tehsil to the southeast and south, by Anupgarh Tehsil to the south, and Bahawalnagar District of Pakistani Punjab to the west. The waters of the Bikaner branch of the Gang Canal (Gana Canal) irrigate the farms of this tehsil.
In the 2001 India census, Raisinghnagar Tehsil had 185,070 inhabitants, 97,197 (52.5%) males and 87,873 (47.5%) females, for a gender ratio of 904 females per thousand males.[2]
Punjabi and Bagri (a dialect of the Rajasthani language) are spoken.
Sameja (17Ptd), Muklawa (17 Tk), Kikarwali (60Rb), Dabla (5Np), and Kararwali (8Np) are major villages.