Raisinghnagar tehsil
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Raisinghnagar Tehsil is a tehsil of SriGanga Nagar district, Rajasthan, India.{{Cite web|title=Rural Ganganagar: SN. Block Names|publisher=Ganganagar District|url=http://ganganagar.nic.in/evill.htm}} 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.
- {{Citation|date=May 1984|title=Chishtian Mandi, Pakistan; India, Sheet NH 43-9|series=Series 1501-C|publisher=United States Defense Mapping Agency|format=topographic map, scale 1:250,000|url=http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/jog/pakistan/txu-oclc-224096150-nh43-9.jpg}}
- {{Citation|date=April 1982|title=Sri Ganganagar, India, Sheet NH 43-10|series=Series 1501|publisher=United States Defense Mapping Agency|format=topographic map, scale 1:250,000|url=http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/jog/india/txu-oclc-224039079-nh43-10.jpg}}
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.{{Cite web|title=Census 2001 Population Finder: Rajasthan: Ganganagar: Raisinghnagar|publisher=Office of The Registrar General & Census Commissioner, Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India|url=http://censusindia.gov.in/PopulationFinder/Sub_Districts_Master.aspx?state_code=08&district_code=01}}
Hindi and Bagri (a dialect of the Rajasthani language) are spoken.
Sameja (17Ptd){{Definition needed|date=July 2021}}, Muklawa (17 Tk){{Definition needed|date=July 2021}}, Kikarwali (60Rb){{Definition needed|date=July 2021}}, Dabla (5Np){{Definition needed|date=July 2021}}, and Kararwali (8Np){{Definition needed|date=July 2021}} are major villages.
Places of interest
- Historical Gurudwara Buddha Johad – a large gurudwara. This is the place where Bhai Sukha Singh and Mehtab Singh brought the head of Massa Rangarh (guilty of sacrilege of Amritsar Golden temple) and hung it on a tree on 11 August 1740.{{Citation needed|reason=Is this in the tehsil?|date=May 2013}}
- The Raisinghnagar has a famous Shiv Mandir (Temple) and Singh Sabha Gurdwara.{{Citation needed|reason=Where in tehsil is this?|date=May 2013}}
- Raisinghnagar Tehsil has a famous Tripura Sundari Mata Mandir, (Rajasthan 1st Temple) in Shri Dharam Sangh Sanskrit Mahavidhayal, village kikarwalee, Village 24 P.S., Gajsinghpura Road, in Raisinghnagar.{{Citation needed|reason=Verification|date=May 2013}}
- Romana park
- Guru HarKrishan Public School 11 PS Raisinghnagar - Founded by S. Suhel Singh 26 PS, and the Incumbent Chairman is Baldev Brar.
- Bishnoi Mandir & Amrita Devi Park - Dabla
See also
Notes
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