Raisinghnagar tehsil explained

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

Geography

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.

Demographics

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.

Places of interest

See also

Notes

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Rural Ganganagar: SN. Block Names. Ganganagar District.
  2. Web site: Census 2001 Population Finder: Rajasthan: Ganganagar: Raisinghnagar. Office of The Registrar General & Census Commissioner, Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India.