Sardarshahar
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State : | Rajasthan | |
District : | Churu | |
Location : | 28 ° 26 ' N , 74 ° 29' E | |
Residents : | 95,911 (2011) |
Sardarshahar is a city in the Indian state of Rajasthan .
The city is the capital of the Churu District . Sardarshahar has the status of a municipality . The city is divided into 40 wards . On the cut-off date of the 2011 census it had 95,911 inhabitants, of which 49,669 were men and 46,242 women . The literacy rate in 2011 was 74.1% and thus similar to the national average. Hindus make up the majority of the city's population with a share of around 65%. Muslims form a minority with a share of around 31%.
Sardarshahar is 285 kilometers from the federal capital Jaipur and 56 kilometers from the district headquarters in Churu . It has its own RSRTC bus depot, which has been in operation here since 1976. It is also connected to Ratangarh by a railway line .