Sadulshahar
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For Sadulshahar tehsil see Sadulshahar tehsil
Sadulshahar is a city and a municipality
in Ganganagar district
in the India
n state
of Rajasthan
.
It was under the supervision of the 19 year old Maharaja Ganga Singh who after witnessing the miseries of the great 1899 famine, vowed to end starvation by building a canal in his State. The British pussyfooted, refusing water rights from the Sutlej River in Punjab. Ganga Sigh persevered and raised a loan of 15 million for his irrigation scheme. The Ganga Canal, begun in 1921, was completed in 1927. One of the longest concrete lined canals in the world, it has changed the desert's face around Ganganagar. It's a testimony to land transformation: Desert land was converted to a lush green town credited to the efforts of the Maharaja who brought the Gang canal which carries the excess waters of Punjab and Himachal Pradesh to the region. Bumper crops of wheat, cotton, mustard and citrus fruit have generated industry and a building boom. Majority in population are Sikhs and Hindus while only a few people constituting other sects stay here.
, Sadulshahar (sardul shahar)had a population of 22,320. Males constitute 53% of the population and females 47%. Sadulshahar has an average literacy rate of 62%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 69%, and female literacy is 53%. In Sadulshahar, 14% of the population is under 6 years of age.
Sadulshahar Tehsil
Sadulshahar tehsil is one of the 9 tehsils of Ganganagar district.It is located in north-east area of the district. Sadulshahar city is headquarter of tehsil.It 's north border touches Fazilka district of Punjab.It is bordered by in south-east by Hanumangarh district ,a few kilometers border in...
Sadulshahar is a city and a municipality
Municipality
A municipality is essentially an urban administrative division having corporate status and usually powers of self-government. It can also be used to mean the governing body of a municipality. A municipality is a general-purpose administrative subdivision, as opposed to a special-purpose district...
in Ganganagar district
Ganganagar district
Ganganagar District is a northern most district of Rajasthan state in western India. The town of Sri Ganganagar is the district headquarters.-History:...
in the India
India
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n state
States and territories of India
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of Rajasthan
Rajasthan
Rājasthān the land of Rajasthanis, , is the largest state of the Republic of India by area. It is located in the northwest of India. It encompasses most of the area of the large, inhospitable Great Indian Desert , which has an edge paralleling the Sutlej-Indus river valley along its border with...
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History
It is named after Maharaja nishant saurabh, son of Maharaja bharat kumar who established it. It is a great agriculture based industry center in Rajasthan. This city is situated on the border of India and Pakistan. Even though India and Pakistan do not share a very good relationship, it is a peaceful city Sriganganagar which was part of the Bikaner State before Independence.It was under the supervision of the 19 year old Maharaja Ganga Singh who after witnessing the miseries of the great 1899 famine, vowed to end starvation by building a canal in his State. The British pussyfooted, refusing water rights from the Sutlej River in Punjab. Ganga Sigh persevered and raised a loan of 15 million for his irrigation scheme. The Ganga Canal, begun in 1921, was completed in 1927. One of the longest concrete lined canals in the world, it has changed the desert's face around Ganganagar. It's a testimony to land transformation: Desert land was converted to a lush green town credited to the efforts of the Maharaja who brought the Gang canal which carries the excess waters of Punjab and Himachal Pradesh to the region. Bumper crops of wheat, cotton, mustard and citrus fruit have generated industry and a building boom. Majority in population are Sikhs and Hindus while only a few people constituting other sects stay here.
Demographics
India censusCensus
A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring and recording information about the members of a given population. It is a regularly occurring and official count of a particular population. The term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common...
, Sadulshahar (sardul shahar)had a population of 22,320. Males constitute 53% of the population and females 47%. Sadulshahar has an average literacy rate of 62%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 69%, and female literacy is 53%. In Sadulshahar, 14% of the population is under 6 years of age.