Raisinghnagar is a beautiful town and a municipality

Municipality

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 in Sri Ganganagar district in the India

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 of Rajasthan

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Raisinghnagar tehsil is one of the 9 tehsils of Ganganagar district known as "the food basket of Rajasthan" & 70km from Shri Ganganagar district. It is located in central-western area of the district. Raisinghnagar is the headquarter of tehsil. It's northern border touches Karanpur tehsil and Padampur tehsil. It's eastern border touches with Suratgarh tehsil. The southern border is with Vijaynagar tehsil and Anoopgarh tehsil. The western border touches Bahawalnagar

Bahawalnagar

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 district of Pakistani Punjab. The waters of Gang canal irrigates farms of this tehsil. Hindi

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 and Bagri

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Bagri is a dialect of Rajasthani language of the Indo-Aryan family. It is spoken by about five million speakers in Hanumangarh and Sriganganagar districts of Rajasthan, Sirsa and Hissar districts of Haryana, Firozepur and Muktsar districts of Punjab of India and Bahawalpur and Bahawalnagar areas...

 (a dialect of Rajasthani language) languages are spoken. The town is surrounded by beautiful green & fertile land.

Demography

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Raisinghnagar had a population of above 27,707. Males constitute 54% of the population and females 46%. Raisinghnagar has an average literacy rate of above 74%.

Tehsils and other towns

There are following tehsils in Ganganagar district.

1.Sri Karanpur

Karanpur

Sri Karanpur is a city and a municipalityConstuince NO.3 in Ganganagar district in the Indian state of Rajasthan-Geography:Sri Karanpur is located at...

 

2.Sadulshahar

Sadulshahar

For Sadulshahar tehsil see Sadulshahar tehsil Sadulshahar is a city and a municipality in Ganganagar district in the Indian state of Rajasthan.-History:...

 

3.Padampur

Padampur

For the Padampur tehsil see Padampur tehsil :for the village in Nepal see Padampur, NepalPadampur is a city and a municipality in Ganganagar district in the Indian state of Rajasthan.Most of the people staying in Padampur are refugees who had come from Pakistan in and after 1947 as it is very near...

 

4.Raisinghnagar

5.Suratgarh

Suratgarh

For tehil see Suratgarh tehsil Suratgarh is a city and a municipality in Ganganagar district in the Indian state of Rajasthan.-Geography:Suratgarh is located at . It has an average elevation of 168 metres  feet-Demographics:...

 

6.Anoopgarh 

7.Shri Vijaynagar 

8.Gharsana

Religion

Most people of Raisinghnagar practices Hindu and Sikh religions. People worships folk gods like Ramdevji, Gogaji etc. many have faith in Pirs, Saint and they visit their khanghahs (shrines). A number of people are followers of Dera-culture such as Sachcha-Sauda, Radha-Soami and Nirankari deras.

Climate

The climate of Raisinghnagar varies to extreme limits. The Summer Temperature reaches up to 50° Celsius and Winter Temperature dips just around -1° Celsius.The average annual rainfall is above 40 cms.

Tourist attractions

1.Historical Gurudwara Buddha Johad- An large amazing gurudwara, which is 85 km from Ganganagar in south-west. This is a place where Bhai Sukha Singh and Mehtab Singh brought the head of Massa Rangarh (guilty of sacrilege of Amritsar

Amritsar

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 Golden temple) and hung it on a tree on August 11, 1740.


2.Bror Village- The ruins of Indus valley civilisation are found here. It is located on Anoopgarh-Ramsinghpur road.


3.Laila-Manjnu ki Mazar (tomb), Binjaur village- It is 11 km far from Anoopgarh in western side.


4.Shri Jagadamba Andh-Vidhyalaya- One of the largest institutes of India for education of visually hearing and speech impaired people. It is situated within Ganganagar city.


5.Anoopgarh fort- It was built by Anoop Singh Rathore.


6.Kalpataru Power Plant situated near Padampur tehsil.http://www.kalpatarupower.com/biomass-power-division.html


7.Suratgarh Super Thermal Power Plant

Suratgarh Super Thermal Power Plant

Suratgarh Super Thermal Power Station is Rajasthan's first super thermal power station. It is located 27 km away from Suratgarh town in Ganganagar district.-Power plant:...

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8.The Raisinghnagar is having a famous Shiv Mandir & Hanuman Mandir (Temple).