Raisinghnagar is a town and a

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(Tehsil) in SriGanga Nagar district in the

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. It also corresponds to the Raisinghnagar constituency in the Rajasthan Assembly. Earlier Raisinghnagar was known as Panwarsar. It is located 200 km North-west of

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and about 465 km from the capital of India,

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. The town is located at a distance of only 10 km from the India-Pakistan border. District headquarters SriGanga Nagar in the Northwest direction at approximately 70 km, small town named Gajsinghpur is north approximately 13 km. Vijaynagar town is in south direction approximately 30 km, Sri Ganganagar city is approximately 70 in the Northeast direction.

Demography

In the 2011 India

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, the town of Raisinghnagar had a population of 28,330. Males constituted 53.25% (15085) of the population and females 46.75% (13245). In 2011, Raisinghnagar had an average literacy rate of above 72.08% (20423).

Language

Economy

The economy of Raisinghnagar is dependent on agriculture in the surrounding area.

Climate

The climate of Raisinghnagar varies to extreme limits. The summer temperature reaches up to 50 °C and winter temperature dips just around −1 °C. The average annual rainfall is above .

References

{{Sri Ganganagar district Cities and towns in Sri Ganganagar district