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{{Infobox settlement<br />
| name = Anupgarh<br />
| native_name = <br />
| native_name_lang = hi<br />
| other_name = Anoopgarh, chugher(old name)<br />
| nickname = APH<br />
| settlement_type = Town<br />
| image_skyline = Anupgarh fort.jpg<br />
| image_alt = Anoopgarh fort<br />
| image_caption = Anoopgarh fort is located in the town of Anupgarh.<br />
| pushpin_map = India Rajasthan#India<br />
| pushpin_label_position = <br />
| pushpin_map_alt = <br />
| pushpin_map_caption = Location in map<br />
| coordinates = {{coord|29|11|22|N|73|12|30|E|display=inline,title}}<br />
| subdivision_type = Country<br />
| subdivision_name = [[India]]<br />
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and Territories of India|State]]<br />
| subdivision_name1 = [[Rajasthan]]<br />
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]<br />
| subdivision_name2 = [[Anupgarh district|Anupgarh]]<br />
| established_title = <!-- Established --><br />
| established_date = <br />
| founder = maharaja anup singh rule of bikaner<br />
| named_for = <br />
| government_type = <br />
| governing_body = <br />
| unit_pref = Metric<br />
| area_footnotes = <br />
| area_rank = <br />
| area_total_km2 = 4.68<br />
| elevation_footnotes = <br />
| elevation_m = 155<br />
| population_total = 135237<br />
| population_as_of = 2011<br />
| population_rank = <br />
| population_density_km2 = 6598 inh/km2<br />
| population_demonym = <br />
| population_footnotes = <br />
| demographics_type1 = Languages<br />
| demographics1_title1 = Official<br />
| demographics1_info1 = [[Hindi language|Hindi]]<br />
| demographics1_title2 = Other commonly used<br />
| demographics1_info2 = [[Rajasthani language|Rajasthani]], [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]]<br />
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]<br />
| utc_offset1 = +5:30<br />
| postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]<br />
| postal_code = 335701<br />
| area_code_type = Telephone code<br />
| area_code = 01498<br />
| registration_plate = RJ13<br />
| website = <br />
| iso_code = [[ISO 3166-2:IN|RJ-IN]]<br />
| footnotes = <br />
| official_name Anupgarh <br />
}}<br />
'''Anupgarh''' is a town in the Sri Ganganagar District [[States and Territories of India|state]] of [[Rajasthan]], [[India]]. It is the headquarters town for [[Anupgarh Tehsil]].<br />
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==Geography==<br />
[[File:Ghaggar river.jpg|thumb|left|Ghaggar river, near Anupgarh, in the month of September.]] Anoopgarh/Anupgarh has an average elevation of 155&nbsp;metres (508&nbsp;feet), and is very close to the border with Pakistan. The fort at Anupgarh was built about 1689 by the [[Mughal Empire|Mughal]] governor to help suppress the local [[Bhati|Bhati Rajputs]] who were rebelling.<ref name="Singh">{{Cite book|author=Singh, Rajvi Amar|year=1992|title=Mediaeval History of Rajasthan: Western Rajasthan|location=Bikaner, Rajasthan, India|publisher=Singh|page=347|oclc=29798320}}</ref><br />
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==Demographics==<br />
In the 2001 India [[census]], the town of Anupgarh had a population of 29,548. Males constituted 54% of the population and females 46%. Anupgarh had an average literacy rate of 61.2%, higher than the national average of 59.5%; with 67.3% of the males and 54.0% of females literate.<ref name="Table3-2001census">{{Cite web|title=Table-3: Population, population in the age group 0-6 and literates by sex - Cities/Towns (in alphabetic order): 2001|publisher=Office of the Registrar General, India|url=http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20020404212909/http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999|archivedate=4 April 2002|url-status=dead}}</ref> In 2001 in Anupgarh, 15.6% of the population was under six years of age.<ref name="Table3-2001census" /> The majority of the population in Anupgarh speaks the Punjabi, Hindi and Rajasthani language.<br />
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== External links ==<br />
* {{Cite web|title=Website of Anupgarh beeo office |url=http://beeoanupgarh.webs.com}}<br />
* {{Cite web|title=Official web site of Sri Ganganagar |url=http://ganganagar.nic.in/ |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120119115934/http://ganganagar.nic.in/ |archivedate=2012-01-19 }}<br />
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