Suratgarh tehsil is the largest administrative region (tehsil) in the 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:...

. It is bordered on the north by Padampur tehsil

Padampur tehsil

Padampur tehsil is one of the 9 tehsils of Ganganagar district.It is located in northern area of the district. Padampur city is the headquarter of tehsil.It 's north border touches Ganganagar tehsil.It 's small part borders in east with Sadulshahar Tehsil and with Hanumangarh district.The...

, on the west by Vijaynagar tehsil

Vijaynagar tehsil

Vijaynagar Tehsil is the one of 9 tehsils of Srigangagnagar district of Rajasthan, India.-Location:Vijaynagar tehsil is located in the southern part of District Sri Ganganagar. It is bordered by Anoopgarh tehsil in the west, by Raisingnagar tehshil in the north, and by Suratgarh tehsil in the east...

 and Raisinghnagar tehsil

Raisinghnagar tehsil

Raisinghnagar tehsil is one of the nine tehsils of Ganganagar district. It is located in central-western area of the district. Raisinghnagar city is the headquarter of tehsil. Its northern border touches Karanpur tehsil and Padampur tehsil. Its small part borders on the east with Suratgarh tehsil...

, on the south by Bikaner district

Bikaner district

Bikaner District is a district of the state of Rajasthan in western India. The historic city of Bikaner is the district headquarters. Bikaner is also Division with the four district: Bikaner, Churu, Sri Ganganagar and Hanumangarh.-Geography:...

, and on the east by Hanumangarh district

Hanumangarh district

Hanumangarh District is a district of Rajasthan state of western India. The town of Hanumangarh is the district headquarters.-District profile:...

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Geography

Suratgarh tehsil is located in the Thar desert

Thar Desert

The Thar Desert |Punjab]] province. The Cholistan Desert adjoins the Thar desert spreading into Pakistani Punjab province.-Location and description:...

. The seasonal Ghaggar-Hakra river

Ghaggar-Hakra River

The Ghaggar-Hakra River is an intermittent river in India and Pakistan that flows only during the monsoon season. The river is known as Ghaggar before the Ottu barrage and as the Hakra downstream of the barrage...

 runs in northern area of the tehsil and the south region is called Uncha Tibba. The Indira Gandhi Canal

Indira Gandhi Canal

The Indira Gandhi Canal is one of the biggest canal projects in India.It starts from the Harike Barrage at Sultanpur, a few kilometers below the confluence of the Sutlej and Beas rivers in Punjab state. Irrigation facilities to the north-western region of Rajasthan, a part of the Thar Desert...

 crosses the tehsil.

Major villages

Amarpura Rathan,Ramsara Jakharan,Faridsar,Thukrana,Bhagwansar,Singarasar,Deidaspura,Sardarpura Khartha,Udaipur Godaran,Bhairupura,Padampura,Rajpura Piperan,Somasar,Sanghar,Rajiyasar etc.

Agriculture

Crops include rice, wheat, mustard, guar, and pearl millet.

People

The Bagri and Marwari dialects of the Rajasthani language

Rajasthani language

Rajasthani Rajasthani Rajasthani (Devanagari: , Perso-Arabic: is a language of the Indo-Aryan languages family. It is spoken by 50 million people in Rajasthan and other states of India and in some areas of Pakistan. The number of speakers may be up to 80 million worldwide...

, along with Punjabi

Punjabi language

Punjabi is an Indo-Aryan language spoken by inhabitants of the historical Punjab region . For Sikhs, the Punjabi language stands as the official language in which all ceremonies take place. In Pakistan, Punjabi is the most widely spoken language...

 and Hindi, are spoken in the tehsil. Major towns and villages are Suratgarh

Suratgarh

For tehil see Suratgarh tehsil Suratgarh is a city and a municipality in Ganganagar district in the Indian state of Rajasthan.-Geography:Suratgarh is located at . It has an average elevation of 168 metres  feet-Demographics:...

, Rajiyasar and Birmana.

Transportation

Road is the main medium of transport. N.H.15 crosses the tehsil from north to south. The region is also serviced by rail.