Sri Ganganagar (District)

Sri Ganganagar District
State	Rajasthan
Division :	Bikaner
Administrative headquarters :	Sri Ganganagar
Area :	10,978 km²
Residents :	1,969,168 (2011)
Population density :	179 people / km²
Website :	http://sriganganagar.rajasthan.gov.in/content/raj/sri-ganganagar/en/home.html#

Sri Ganganagar ( Hindi : ज़िला श्रीगंगानगर) is a district in the western Indian state of Rajasthan .

The district lies on the border with Pakistan in the northwest of Rajasthan and lies in the Thar desert . The area is 10,978 km². The administrative seat is the city of Sri Ganganagar .

population

The population was 1,969,168 in the 2011 census, 10 years earlier it was 1,789,423. The gender ratio was 887 women for 1,000 men. The literacy rate was 69.64% (78.50% for men, 59.70% for women). 72.98% of the population were followers of Hinduism , 24.11% Sikhs and 2.57% Muslims .

Administrative division

The district is divided into 9 tehsils :

• Anupgarh
• Gharsana
• Karanpur
• Padampur
• Raisinghnagar
• Sadulshahar
• Sri Ganganagar
• Suratgarh
• Vijainagar

Cities with the status of a municipality are:

• Anupgarh
• Gajsinghpur
• Karanpur
• Kesrisinghpur
• Padampur
• Raisinghnagar
• Sadulshahar
• Sri Ganganagar
• Suratgarh
• Vijainagar

Web links

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

• District homepage

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d} www.census2011.co.in
2. ↑ 2011 census (PDF; 398 kB)