Anupgarh is a town in the

Sri Ganganagar district Sri Ganganagar district is the northernmost district of Rajasthan state of India. History Named after Maharaja Ganga Singh of Bikaner State, Bikaner, Sri Ganganagar district was part of Bikaner state. This was a mostly uninhabited region. T ...

of the

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. It is about 123 km from the city of

Sri Ganganagar Sri Ganganagar is the northernmost city of the Indian state of Rajasthan, near the international border of India and Pakistan. It is the administrative headquarters of Sri Ganganagar district. It is named after Maharaja Shri Ganga Singh Bahad ...

, the district headquarters.

Geography

Anupgarh has an average elevation of 155 metres (508 feet), and is very close to the border with Pakistan. The fort at Anupgarh was built about 1689 by the

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governor to help suppress the local Bhati Rajputs who were rebelling.

Demographics

In the 2011 census, the town of Anupgarh had a population of 30,877, with male population of 16,343 and female population of 14,534. In the 2001 India

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, the town of Anupgarh had a population of 29,548. Males constituted 54% of the population and females 46%. Anupgarh had an average literacy rate of 61.2%, higher than the national average of 59.5%; with 67.3% of the males and 54.0% of females literate. In 2001 in Anupgarh, 15.6% of the population was under six years of age. Hindus are in majority in the town, followed by a significant

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minority, followed by a small

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population.

References

External links

* * Cities and towns in Anupgarh district Archaeological sites in Rajasthan {{Bikanerdivision-geo-stub