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| name = Karanpur<br />
| native_name = Sri Karanpur <br />
| settlement_type = city<br />
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| pushpin_map = India Rajasthan#India<br />
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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Rajasthan, India<br />
| coordinates = {{coord|29.8414|N|73.4547|E|display=inline,title}}<br />
| subdivision_type = Country<br />
| subdivision_name = {{flag|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 = [[Ganganagar district|Ganganagar]]<br />
| established_title = <!-- Established --><br />
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| unit_pref = Metric<br />
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| elevation_m = 185<br />
| population_total = 20694<br />
| population_as_of = 2001<br />
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| population_density_km2 = auto<br />
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| demographics_type1 = Languages<br />
| demographics1_title1 = Official<br />
| demographics1_info1 = [[Hindi language|Hindi]]<br />
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]<br />
| utc_offset1 = +5:30<br />
| postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]<br />
| postal_code = 335073<br />
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'''Sri Karanpur''' is a town and a [[municipality]] in [[Ganganagar district]] in the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[Rajasthan]].<br />
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==Geography==<br />
Sri Karanpur is located at {{Coord|29.8414|N|73.4547|E|}}.<ref>[http://www.fallingrain.com/world/IN/24/Karanpur.html Falling Rain Genomics, Inc - Karanpur]</ref> It has an average elevation of 185&nbsp;metres (606&nbsp;feet).<br />
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==Demographics==<br />
{{As of|2001|alt=As of the [[2001 Census of India]]}},<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040616075334/http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999|archive-date=2004-06-16|title= Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)|access-date=2008-11-01|publisher= Census Commission of India}}</ref> Sri Karanpur had a population of 20,694. Males constitute 53% of the population and females constitute 47%. Karanpur has an average literacy rate of 64%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 71%, and female literacy is 56%. In Karanpur, 14% of the population is under 6 years of age. Major languages spoken there are [[Bagri language|Bagri]] and [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]].<br />
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== Economy ==<br />
Sri Karanpur once produced high quality cotton in India and attracted Birlas to set up a mill which still exists today in the town.{{citation needed|date=April 2020}}<br />
However, after 1995 people shifted to other cash crops. Today, the primary cash crop of the area is [[kinnow]], which is exported to West [[Asia]].{{citation needed|date=April 2020}}<br />
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Sri Karanpur, also known as Mandi Karanpur, is famous for dealing various crops such as [[cotton]], [[barley]] and [[wheat]]. The old Mandi is now a Bazaar for cloths,Bus Transporters jewelers, restaurants, Retail plus Wholesale Medical Stores, Pharmaceutical Medicine Company and Sweet shops.{{citation needed|date=April 2020}}<br />
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{{Sri Ganganagar district}}<br />
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[[Category:Cities and towns in Sri Ganganagar district]]<br />
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