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{{About|the district|its eponymous headquarters|Bikaner}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=October 2018}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Bikaner district
| settlement_type = [[Districts of Rajasthan|District]] of [[Rajasthan]]
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| map_caption = Location of Bikaner district in Rajasthan
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| subdivision_name1 = [[Rajasthan]]
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| established_title = Established
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| seat_type = Headquarters
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| area_total_km2 = 30247
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| population_as_of = 2011
| population_total = 2,363,937
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| demographics1_title2 = Sex ratio
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'''Bikaner District''' is a district of the [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[Rajasthan]] in western [[India]]. The historic city of [[Bikaner]] is the district headquarters. The district is located in Bikaner Division along with the three other districts of [[Churu district|Churu]], [[Sri Ganganagar district|Sri Ganganagar]] and [[Hanumangarh district|Hanumangarh]].

==Geography==
[[File:Rajasthan canal Shivender.jpg|thumb|alt=Rajasthan Canal near Chhattargarh, Rajasthan (India)|Rajasthan Canal (Indira Gandhi Canal) passing through Thar desert near Chhatargarh Bikaner district]]
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, Pakistan|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.

In October, 2020 an international group of researchers found a lost river that ran through the central [[Thar Desert]] ; 1,72,000 years ago.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.wionews.com/science/lost-river-that-flowed-through-thar-desert-172k-years-ago-found-337159|title=Lost River that flowed through That desert 172k years ago|website=Wion News}}</ref>

===Climate===
{{Weather box
|location = Bikaner
|metric first = Yes
|single line = Yes
|Jan high C = 23.0
|Feb high C = 25.5
|Mar high C = 31.8
|Apr high C = 38.2
|May high C = 41.7
|Jun high C = 41.6
|Jul high C = 37.8
|Aug high C = 36.6
|Sep high C = 36.7
|Oct high C = 36.2
|Nov high C = 30.7
|Dec high C = 25.3
|year high C =
|Jan low C = 5.6
|Feb low C = 8.8
|Mar low C = 15.0
|Apr low C = 22.1
|May low C = 26.8
|Jun low C = 28.8
|Jul low C = 27.7
|Aug low C = 26.8
|Sep low C = 24.7
|Oct low C = 19.1
|Nov low C = 12.1
|Dec low C = 6.9
|year low C =
|Jan precipitation mm = 5
|Feb precipitation mm = 7
|Mar precipitation mm = 10
|Apr precipitation mm = 7
|May precipitation mm = 31
|Jun precipitation mm = 46
|Jul precipitation mm = 106
|Aug precipitation mm = 71
|Sep precipitation mm = 34
|Oct precipitation mm = 4
|Nov precipitation mm = 3
|Dec precipitation mm = 1
|year precipitation mm =
|Jan precipitation days = 0.8
|Feb precipitation days = 1.0
|Mar precipitation days = 1.5
|Apr precipitation days = 0.9
|May precipitation days = 2.6
|Jun precipitation days = 3.2
|Jul precipitation days = 6.6
|Aug precipitation days = 5.6
|Sep precipitation days = 3.0
|Oct precipitation days = 0.6
|Nov precipitation days = 0.3
|Dec precipitation days = 0.5
|year precipitation days =
|source 1 = [http://www.hko.gov.hk/wxinfo/climat/world/eng/asia/india/bikaner_e.htm HKO]
|date=August 2011}}

==Administrative set-up==

Bikaner district has eight sub-divisions called tehsils: [[Bikaner]], [[Nokha, Bikaner|Nokha]], [[Loonkaransar]], [[Khajuwala]], [[Dungargarh|Shri Dungargarh]], [[Kolayat]], [[Chhattargarh]] and [[Pugal]]. There are two sub-tehsils: [[Bajju]] is in Kolayat and [[Mahajan]] is in Loonkaransar.

There are 1498 villages and 290 gram panchayats.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://bikaner.rajasthan.gov.in/content/raj/bikaner/en/about-bikaner/blocks-tehsil-pnchayats.html|title=Blocks/ Tehsils/ Panchayats|last=Bikaner-Rajasthan|website=bikaner.rajasthan.gov.in|access-date=2016-09-06}}</ref> There is one municipal corporation (Bikaner) and six municipal councils: Deshnok, Nokha, Dungargarh, Khajuwala, Loonkaransar and Napasar. The collector and district magistrate (DM) of Bikaner is Nimit Mehta<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.patrika.com/bikaner-news/namit-mehta-sent-new-collector-of-bikaner-6240126/ |title= Nimit Mehta IAS (Nimit Mehta IAS) {{!}} Patrika News|website=patrika.com/|access-date=2020-07-03}}</ref> and additional magistrate is Sunita Chaudhary.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2019-10-29|title=Sunita Chaudhary RAS transferred as Addl Collector & ADM (City), Bikaner {{!}} Indian Bureaucracy is an Exclusive News Portal|url=https://www.indianbureaucracy.com/sunita-chaudhary-ras-transferred-as-addl-collector-adm-city-bikaner/|access-date=2020-07-07|language=en-US}}</ref>

==Demographics==
According to the [[2011 census of India|2011 census]] Bikaner district has a [[Demographics of India|population]] of 2,363,937, roughly equal to the nation of [[Latvia]] or the US state of [[New Mexico]].<ref name="cia">{{cite web|author = US Directorate of Intelligence|title = Country Comparison:Population|url = https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2119rank.html|access-date = 2011-10-01|quote = Latvia 2,204,708 July 2011 est.
}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://2010.census.gov/2010census/data/apportionment-pop-text.php |title=2010 Resident Population Data |publisher=U. S. Census Bureau |access-date=2011-09-30 |quote=New Mexico - 2,059,179 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110101090833/http://2010.census.gov/2010census/data/apportionment-pop-text.php |archive-date=1 January 2011 }}</ref> This gives it a ranking of 190th in India (out of a total of [[Districts of India|640]]). Area of district is 30247.90 sq.km. The district has a population density of {{convert|78|PD/sqkm|PD/sqmi}}. Its [[Family planning in India|population growth rate]] over the decade 2001-2011 was 41.42%. Bikaner has a [[sex ratio]] of 903 [[Women in India|females]] for every 1,000 males, and a [[Literacy in India|literacy rate]] of 65.92%.{{citation needed|date=July 2020}}

At the time of the [[2011 Census of India]], 95.94% of the population in the district spoke [[Hindi]] and 1.59% [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]] as their first language.<ref>[http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/C-16.html 2011 Census of India, Population By Mother Tongue]</ref>

{{historical populations|11=1901|12=2,16,478|13=1911|14=2,36,708|15=1921|16=2,28,562|17=1931|18=2,71,449|19=1941|20=3,60,968|21=1951|22=3,95,462|23=1961|24=5,11,317|25=1971|26=6,65,439|27=1981|28=9,73,800|29=1991|30=13,81,201|31=2001|32=19,02,110|33=2011|34=23,63,937|percentages=pagr|footnote=Source:<ref>[http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/PCA/A2_Data_Table.html Decadal Variation In Population Since 1901]</ref>|align=middle}}

==See also==
*[[Government Polytechnic College Bikaner]]
*[[Tahindesar]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons category}}
* {{Official website|http://www.bikaner.rajasthan.gov.in}}

{{Geographic location
|Centre = Bikaner district
|North = [[Ganganagar district]]
|Northeast = [[Hanumangarh district]]
|East = [[Churu district]]
|Southeast = [[Nagaur district]]
|South = [[Jodhpur district]]
|Southwest = [[Jaisalmer district]]
|West = ''[[Pakistan]]''
|Northwest =
}}

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