Churu (district)

Churu district
State	Rajasthan
Division :	Bikaner
Administrative headquarters :	Churu
Area :	16,830 km²
Residents :	2,039,547 (2011)
Population density :	147 inhabitants / km²
Website :	http://churu.rajasthan.gov.in

Churu ( Hindi : चुरू जिला) is a district in the western Indian state of Rajasthan .

The district is located in the Thar Desert in northern Rajasthan. Before India's independence in 1947, the area was part of the princely state of Bikaner . The Churu District was founded in 1948 and initially had the three Tehsils Churu , Rajgarh and Tarangar . The area is 13,835 km². The administrative seat is the city of the same name Churu .

population

The population at the 2011 census was 2,039,547, 10 years earlier it was 1,923,878. The gender ratio was 940 women for 1,000 men. The literacy rate was 66.75% (78.78% for men, 54.04% for women). 87.17% of the population were followers of Hinduism , 12.24% Muslim .

Administrative division

The district is divided into 6 tehsils :

• Churu
• Rajgarh
• Ratangarh
• Sardarshahar
• Sujangarh
• Taranagar

The city of Churu has the status of a Municipal Council .

Cities with the status of a municipality are:

• Bidasar
• Chhapar
• Rajaldesar
• Rajgarh
• Ratangarh
• Ratannagar
• Sardarshahar
• Sujangarh
• Taranagar

Web links

Commons : Churu District  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• District homepage

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} http://churu.rajasthan.gov.in
2. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g h} www.census2011.co.in