Bikaner district

Bikaner District (बिकानेर जिला) is a district of the state of Rajasthan in western India. The historic city of Bikaner is the district headquarters. Bikaner is also Division with the four district: Bikaner, Churu, Sri Ganganagar and Hanumangarh.

The district is bounded by Ganganagar District to the north, Hanumangarh District to the northeast, Churu District to the east, Nagaur District to the southeast, Jodhpur District to the south, Jaisalmer District to the southwest, and Punjab Province of Pakistan to the northwest.

Bikaner District lies in the Thar Desert. The Indira Gandhi Canal, also known as the Rajasthan Canal, runs through the district from northeast to southwest, providing irrigation water for the district. World famous miracle temple of Karnimata in Deshnok near Bikaner also known as Temple of Rats.

Bikaner district has eight sub-divisions: Bikaner, Nokha, Loonkaransar, Khajuwala, Dungargarh, Kolayat, Chhattargarh and Pugal. In Bikaner there are eight tehsils Bikaner, Nokha, Loonkaransar, Khajuwala, Dungargarh, Kolayat, Chhattargarh and Pugal. there are two sub tehsils of which Bajju is in kolayat and mahajan is in loonkaransar.

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