Hanumangarh
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| State : | Rajasthan | ||
| District : | Hanumangarh | ||
| Sub-district : | Hanumangarh | ||
| Location : | 29 ° 35 ′ N , 74 ° 20 ′ E | ||
| Height : | 181 m | ||
| Residents : | 150,958 (2011) | ||
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Hanumangarh is a city in the Indian state of Rajasthan .
The city is located in the Thar Desert in northern Rajasthan. Hanumangarh is the capital of the district of the same name . The Ghaggar River flows past Hanumangarh. The city is divided into two centers: the original city of Hanumangarh Town with the fortress Bhatner and Hanumangarh Junction , an important railway junction in the north of Rajasthan with connections to Sri Ganganagar , Mandi Dabwali , Suratgarh and Bhadra . In the 2011 census, the population was 150,958.
The fortress and city was founded as Bhatner (or Bhatnair ) in AD 255 by Bhupat, son of Bhati, king of Jaisalmer . With the conquest of the city in 1805 by Maharaja Surat Singh von Bikaner , it changed its name to Hanumangarh .
climate
Hanumangarh has an arid climate . The monsoon months of July, August and September still have the most rainfall. The average annual rainfall is 241 mm. The annual mean temperature is 25.1 ° C.
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