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Sri Karanpur is a town and a municipality in Ganganagar district in the Indian state of Rajasthan.
Geography
Sri Karanpur is located at Template:Coord.[1] It has an average elevation of 185 metres (606 feet).
Demographics
Template:As of,[2] 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 and Punjabi.
Economy
Sri Karanpur once produced high quality cotton in India and attracted Birlas to set up a mill which still exists today in the town.Template:Citation needed 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.Template:Citation needed
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.Template:Citation needed
References
- ↑ Falling Rain Genomics, Inc - Karanpur
- ↑ Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional). Census Commission of India. Retrieved 2008-11-01.