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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Anupgarh Tehsil
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| subdivision_name1 = [[Rajasthan]]
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| subdivision_name2 = [[Sri Ganganagar district|Sri Ganganagar]]
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| seat = [[Anupgarh]]
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| population_total = 184423
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'''Anupgarh Tehsil''' is the one of ten [[tehsil|tehsils]] of [[Sri Ganganagar district]] in [[Rajasthan]], [[India]]. The tehsil headquarters are located at the town of [[Anupgarh]].

==Demographics==
People have migrated from other tehsils of Sri Gangagnagar district, and from [[Bikaner]], [[Punjab, India|Punjab]] and [[Haryana]].

=== Religion ===

[[Hindu]]ism (Jaatism) and [[Sikh]]ism are practised by the majority of people. [[Islam]] is a largest important religion.

{| class="wikitable"
|+Religion-wise Population - Anupgarh Tehsil

!Religion
!Total
!Percentages
!Male
!Female
|-
|Hindu
|125,624
|68.12%
|66,075
|59,549
|-
|Sikh
|56,119
|30.43%
|29,557
|26,562
|-
|Muslim
|2,394
|1.3%
|1,265
|1,129
|-
|Christian
|145
|0.08%
|83
|62
|-
|Buddhist
|34
|0.02%
|21
|13
|-
|Jain
|6
|0.003%
|2
|4
|-
|Other Religion
|7
|0.003%
|4
|3
|-
|No Religion Specified
|94
|0.05%
|57
|37
|}

As of the [[Census of India 2011]], Anupgarh Tehsil had 184,423 residents, with 153,546 (83.26%) people living in rural areas and 30,877 (16.74%) people living in urban areas. The 2001 census counted a total of 174,413 residents.<ref name="census"/>

As per the Population Census 2011 data, following are some quick facts about Anupgarh Tehsil.

{| class="wikitable"
!Contents
!Total
!Male
!Female
|-
|Children (Age 0-6)
|24,788
|13,208
|11,580
|-
|Literacy
|66.34%
|65.39%
|48.57%
|-
|Scheduled Caste
|82,483
|43,025
|39,458
|-
|Scheduled Tribe
|1,024
|580
|444
|-
|Illiterate
|78,518
|33,591
|44,927
|}

=== Literacy Rate ===

As of the [[Census of India 2011]] the Average literacy rate of Anupgarh Tehsil in 2011 were 66.34% in which, male and female literacy were 75.69% and 55.99% respectively. Total literate in Anupgarh Tehsil were 105,905 of which male and female were 63,473 and 42,432 respectively.

==Geography==
Anupgarh Tehsil is located in the southern part of Sri Ganganagar District.
===Adjacent tehsils===
* [[Raisinghnagar Tehsil]] (north)
* [[Vijaynagar Tehsil]] (east)
* [[Gharsana Tehsil]] (southwest)
* [[Chhatargarh Tehsil]], [[Bikaner District]] (southeast)
* [[Haroonabad Tehsil]], [[Bahawalnagar District]], [[Punjab, Pakistan]] (northwest)
* [[Fort Abbas Tehsil]], Bahawalnagar District, Punjab, Pakistan (southwest)

===Physical geography===
The northern portion of the tehsil is part of the Nali region, a central area of the Sri Ganganagar District characterized by the flow of the [[Ghaggar River]]. The terrain of the southern portion of the tehsil can be characterized by sand dunes. This portion is being irrigated by branches of the [[Indira Gandhi Canal Project]].<ref name="census"/>

==Languages==
[[Hindi]] is the official language. [[Bagri language|Bagri]], a dialect of the Rajasthani language, and [[Punjabi language]]s are spoken by the majority of people. [[Sindhi language|Sindhi]] and Sikh Bawri are also spoken by a few people. Odh and Bawri people speak their unique languages.

==Transport==
Almost all big villages are connected with roads. Anupgarh and [[Ramsinghpur]] are connected with a railway line in this tehsil.

==Settlements==
Major towns and villages within the tehsil include:
* [[Anupgarh]]
* [[Ramsinghpur]] (59Gb) a Sub [[Tehsil]] of [[Anupgarh]] [[Tehsil]]
* 11L.M.
* Patroda (11P))
* 27 A
* 80Gb
* 74Gb
* KHALL (4 KAM)

==References==
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==External links==
* http://beeoanupgarh.webs.com
* https://web.archive.org/web/20110713111748/http://www.mgsubikaner.ac.in/colleges.php
{{Tehsils of Sri Ganganagar District, Rajasthan}}
{{Coord|29.1978312|N|73.1605983|E|display=title}}

[[Category:Tehsils of Sri Ganganagar District]]

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