Ganganagar District

Sri Ganganagar district
District of Rajasthan
Location of Sri Ganganagar district in Rajasthan
Country	India
State	Rajasthan
Administrative division	Bikaner Division
Headquarters	Sri Ganganagar
Tehsils	Sri Ganganagar Sri Karanpur Sadulshahar Padampur Raisinghnagar Suratgarh Anoopgarh Shri Vijaynagar Gharsana
Area
• Total	11,154 km² (4,307 sq mi)
Population (2011)
• Total	1,969,520
Demographics
• Literacy	69.6
• Sex ratio	887
Major highways	NH 15
Website	Official website

Sri Ganganagar district is a northernmost district of Rajasthan state in western India.

Named after Maharaja Ganga Singh of Bikaner, Sri Ganganagar district was part of Bikaner state. This was a mostly uninhabited region. The history of this district is testimony to the vision and efforts of Maharaja Ganga Singh, who visualised and built the Gang Canal after the Indian famine of 1899–1900. The waters of the Sutlej River were brought into the region through the 89-mile long Gang Canal in 1927, turning this region into a breadbasket of Rajasthan.

Sri Ganganagar District is located between Latitude 28.4 to 30.6 and Longitude 72.2 to 75.3 The total area of Sri Ganganagar is 11,154.66 km² or 1,115,466 hectares. It is surrounded on the east by Hanumangarh District, (Hanumangarh district was carved out of it on July 12, 1994) on the south by Bikaner District, and on the west by Bahawalnagar district of the Pakistani Punjab and on the north by the Punjab.

There are following nine tehsils in Ganganagar district.

According to the 2011 census Sri Ganganagar district has a population of 1,969,520, roughly equal to the nation of Slovenia or the US state of New Mexico. This gives it a ranking of 235th in India (out of a total of 640). The district has a population density of 179 inhabitants per square kilometre (460/sq mi) . Its population growth rate over the decade 2001-2011 was 10.06%. Ganganagar has a sex ratio of 887 females for every 1000 males, and a literacy rate of 70.25%.

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