Nim Ka Thana नीम का थाना |
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Tahsil | |
Location in Rajasthan, India | |
Coordinates: 27°44′06″N 75°46′47″E / 27.735018°N 75.779730°ECoordinates: 27°44′06″N 75°46′47″E / 27.735018°N 75.779730°E | |
Country | India |
State | Rajasthan |
District | Sikar |
Tehsil | Neem Ka Thana |
Government | |
• M.L.A. | Prem Singh Bajor |
Elevation | 446 m (1,463 ft) |
Population | |
• Total | 75,021 |
Languages | |
• Official | Hindi |
• Spoken | Ahirwati & Shekhawati |
Time zone | IST (UTC+5:30) |
PIN | 332713 |
ISO 3166 code | RJ-IN |
Website | sikar.nic.in |
Nim Ka Thana (Hindi: नीम का थाना) is a tehsil of Sikar district in the Rajasthan state of India. It is one of the six tehsils of the district.
As of 2001[update] Indian census, Nim-Ka-Thana had a population 29,544. Males constitute 53% of the population and females 47%. 16% of the population is under 6 years of age. It has an average literacy rate of 67%, higher than the national average of 59.5%. Male literacy is 77%, and female literacy is 56%.
In 1500 AD, Raja Prithviraj Singh II of Sikar granted the governance of Neem-Ka Thana to his third son, Raja Fateh Singh. Later, on the death of his eldest brother, Raja Bhojaraj Singh (1506-1514) he was chosen as next ruler of Sikar (1514-1526). He fought Battle of Khanawa with Rana Sanga in 1527 and died there but earlier he was captured by Sultan Ibrahim Lodhi in Agra during 1526–1527.