Sri Vijaynagar Tehsil is one of the

tehsil A tehsil (, also known as tahsil, taluk, or taluka () is a local unit of administrative division in India and Pakistan. It is a subdistrict of the area within a Zila (country subdivision), district including the designated populated place that ser ...

s of

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

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 ...

, India. It is located in the Eastern part of District Anupgarh. It is bordered by Anoopgarh tehsil in the west, by Raisinghnagar tehsil in the north,

Suratgarh tehsil Suratgarh tehsil is the largest administrative region (tehsil) in the Ganganagar district. It is bordered on the north by Padampur tehsil, on the west by Vijaynagar tehsil and Raisinghnagar tehsil, on the south by Bikaner district, and on t ...

in the east, and Bikaner district in the south.

History

Earlier it was area of sandy dunes, horny shrubs and trees. Arrival of waters of Gang canal and Indira Gandhi Canal by Anoopgarh branch has important role of flora and fauna of this area. People from other tehsils of Sriganganagar District, Bikaner and from

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and

Haryana Haryana () is a States and union territories of India, state located in the northern part of India. It was carved out after the linguistic reorganisation of Punjab, India, Punjab on 1 November 1966. It is ranked 21st in terms of area, with les ...

came here and composite culture took its place. The name of this tehsil is in the memory of Prince Bijay Singh who is related to Bikaner State and its actual name is Shri Bijay Nagar but later on it is being called Sri Vijay Nagar. In older time Vijayanagar was the main tax collector's office.

Geography

This Tehsil is a part of

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. Sandy dunes and horny shrubs, trees are basic characteristics of the area. Ghaggar river is only river runs in rainy season. Irrigation by Gang canal in the name of the late Maharaja Shri

Ganga Singh General Maharaja Sir Ganga Singh (13 October 1880 – 2 February 1943) was the ruling Maharaja of the princely state of Bikaner (in present-day Rajasthan, India) from 1888 to 1943. As a member of the Imperial War Cabinet, he was present in the ...

Ji Bahadur, His Highness Bikaner and Anoopgarh branch Distributry of Indira Gandhi canal has encouraged agricultural activities in the area. Major towns and villages include Vijaynagar, the taluk headquarters, Jaitsar Shivpuri, Haripura, 22GB, 40GB, 23GB, 20 GB,19GB, 18GB, Ram Singh Pur, 10AS Kupli, Motasar, Gomawali, 45GB, 46GB, Bilochiya, 4 BLD, 31GB, 15 bld Ratnewala, Raghunathpura, Kalyankot, and 39GB.

Demographics

Hinduism and Sikhism is practised by a majority of the people. Islam is the third most practised religion in the tehsil.

Economy

Agriculture is main occupation of people. cotton, Wheat, Rice, Jawar, Gwar, mustard and paddy are the main crops. Entire market is based on Agriculture.

Transport

Almost all large villages and cities are connected with roads. Sri Vijay Nagar is connected by railway line from

Suratgarh Suratgarh is a city/tehsil and a municipality in Sri Ganganagar district and is the biggest tehsil among all the 7 tehsils in Sri Ganganagar district. Suratgarh is also known as "Cotton city" and "Bowl of grain" of Rajasthan due to the high ...

Anupgarh Anupgarh is a town in the Sri Ganganagar district of the state of Rajasthan in India. It is about 123 km from the city of Sri Ganganagar, the district headquarters. Geography Anupgarh has an average elevation of 155 metres (508 feet ...

. Buses are easily available and preferred by the people as this facility is available for all the major districts of Rajasthan and

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, and

. The first train was started in Sri Vijaynagar on 1 April 1930.

External links

* https://sites.google.com/site/svnrpepole/ * https://srivijaynagar.neocities.org/ * http://beeoanupgarh.webs.com {{coord missing, Rajasthan Tehsils of Rajasthan Cities and towns in Anupgarh district