Sikar district is a district of the

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Rajasthan Rajasthan (; Literal translation, lit. 'Land of Kings') is a States and union territories of India, state in northwestern India. It covers or 10.4 per cent of India's total geographical area. It is the List of states and union territories of ...

in northern

. It is a part of the Shekhawati region of Rajasthan. Rao Daulat Singh laid down the foundation stone of Thikana Sikar in 1687.

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of Sikar is Shri Mukul Sharma while Member of Parliament is Shri Amra Ram.

Cities and towns

Cities

* Sikar * Laxmangarh * Fatehpur * Khandela

Large towns

* Laxmangarh * Reengus * Losal *

Khatu Khatoo or Khatu is a Town of religious importance 43 km from Sikar, Sikar City & 17 km from Reengus town in Sikar District, Sikar district in the Indian State of Rajasthan. The Sikar district falls under the Dhundhar region of Raja ...

* Ramgarh

Location

The district is located in the north-eastern part of the state of

. It is bounded on the north by Jhunjhunu district, in the north-west by Churu district, in the south-west by Didwana Kuchaman district,in the south-east by Jaipur Rural district. The district has an area of 5191.44 km² and a population of 16,94,094 (2011 census, excluding NeemKaThana and Sri Madhopur). Sikar, Churu district and Jhunjhunu district's comprise the

Shekhawati Shekhawati is a region in the northern part of the States and union territories of India, Indian state of Rajasthan, comprising the districts of Sikar, Jhunjhunu, and Churu district, Churu. The language of this region is also called Shekhawat ...

region of

. The old name of Sikar was "Veer Bhan Ka Bas".

Demographics

According to the 2011 census Sikar district has a

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of 1,694,094, roughly equal to the nation of

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or the US state of

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. This gives it a ranking of 150th in India (out of a total of

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). The district has a population density of . Its

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over the decade 2001-2011 was 17.04%. Sikar has a

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of 944 females for every 1000 males, and a

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of 72.98%. 23.68% of the population lives in urban areas. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes make up 15.64% and 2.81% of the population respectively.

Languages

At the time of the 2011 census, 92.60% of the population spoke

Rajasthani Rajasthani may refer to: * something of, from, or related to Rajasthan, a state of India * Rajasthani languages, a group of Indic languages spoken there * Rajasthani people, the native inhabitants of the state * Rajasthani architecture, Indian ar ...

, 2.78%

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, 1.94% Marwari and 1.94%

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as their first language.

Climate

The district has a hot

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climate (

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: BSh), with a hot and humid summer, rainfall confined into the monsoon season, a chilly winter season and a general dryness of the air, except in the brief yet abundant monsoon season. The maximum and minimum temperatures are 47 to 48 and 1 to 0 degrees Celsius, respectively. The average temperature around the year is about 35 degrees Celsius. The normal rainfall, mostly received from the southwest monsoon, is 469.8 mm.

Education

Sikar district has become a hub for education in Rajasthan state. Pandit Deendayal Upadhyaya Shekhawati University situated in the Sikar. Along with government , private colleges providing arts, sciences, and commerce education. Mody Institute of Technology and Science, in Lakshmangarh town imparts girls' education. Bhartiya and Sobhasaria Engineering College is another college in the district. There is only One Government Polytechnic College in Sikar district. District is also an emerging hub of coaching IIT-JEE and

NEET A NEET, an acronym for "Not in Education, Employment, or Training", is a person who is Unemployment, unemployed and not receiving an education or Vocational education, vocational training. The classification originated in the United Kingdom in ...

. Here some famous institutes provide coaching for engineering and medical exams. Sikar is the smallest city which has IIT JEE Advance centre. Shri Kalyan Medical College, Sikar, College is a full-fledged tertiary Medical college in Sikar,

. Sikar, a small yet academically vibrant city in Rajasthan, has recently made headlines for producing the highest number of selections in the prestigious NEET exam. In NEET UG 2025, Mahesh Kumar of Hanumangarh got All India Rank 1 with 686 marks out of 720, and topped the exam while studying at a Private coaching institute in Sikar.

Administration

Sub divisions, tehsils, sub tehsils, panchayat samitis and villages

Local bodies

Police

Villages

* Sigdola Chhota * Ajeetpura * Dhod * Piprali * Sewad Bari

Temples

Khatu Shyam Temple Khatu Shyam Temple (Rajasthani languages, Rajasthani/Hindi: खाटू श्याम मंदिर) is a Hindu temple situated in Khatoo, Rajasthan, Khatoo town in the Sikar district of the Indian State of Rajasthan. It is a site for worsh ...

* Harshnath Temple * Jeenmata * Shakambhari

References

External links

Official website
{{Authority control Districts of Rajasthan Districts in Jaipur division