Anupgarh district

Traces of Indus Valley Civilisation have been found at Baror and Binjor near Anupgarh city.

Medieval fort of Anupgarh

The ancient name of Anupgarh city was Chugher. Chugher (Anupgarh) and its surrounding area was occupied by Bhati rulers. The area was occupied by the removal of Bhati Chiefs by Maharaja of the Bikaner princely state under the leadership of chief Bikaji Anoop Singh in 1678 and constructed a fortress whose name was Anupgarh.[3]

After partition of India in 1947, Princely states were abolished and Anupgarh being a Dyodhiwale Rajvi, was made a separate tehsil under Sri Ganganagar District.

On 17 March 2023,[4] following 11 years of peaceful protest by the local citizens under the leadership of Advocate Suresh Kumar Bishnoi, Jalandhar singh Toor with the support of farmers and other respectful leaders, it was carved out of Sri Ganganagar as a separate district.

• After notification on 7 th August 2023 the district was established carved out with parts from Ganganagar district and Bikaner district.
• On 6 October 2023, the Government of Rajasthan issued a notification regarding reorganisation of the Anupgarh district, according to this notification Chhatargarh and Khajuwala tehsils were remerged with Bikaner district.[5]

According to 2011 census of India, the total population of what is now Anupgarh district was 8,69,696. 126,750 (14.57%) lived in urban areas. Anupgarh district had a sex ratio of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes made up 358,881 (41.27%) and 5,215 (0.60%) of the population respectively.[6][7]

At the time of the 2011 census, 36.31% of the population spoke Rajasthani, 28.28% Punjabi, 24.06% Bagri, 4.37% Hindi, 3.56% Marwari and 1.16% Sindhi as their first language.[12] Along the India-Pakistan border, the language merges with the Riasti dialect of Saraiki.

Census 2011 shows that there were 4,95,118 Hindus and 1,87,856 Sikhs in the district with Muslims being third largest community in the district with around 13,832 individuals.[17]

Average literacy rate and Sex ratio in Anupgarh district is 64.25 % and 898.5/1000 respectively.

According to census 2011, with 69.91% literacy and sex ratio of 908/1000 males, Raisinghnagar is the most literate tehsil in Anupgarh district with hights sex ratio with 69.33% of male literates and 52.23% of female literates living in the tehsil. On the other hand Chhatargarh shows least Literacy rate of 52.37% with 51.94% of mes and 33.09% of females literate in the tehsil. Khajuwala had a sex ratio of 891 females/1000 males in year 2011 which was least among all tehsils of Anupgarh District.

There are 5 tehsils in the Anupgarh district.

1. Anoopgarh
2. Shri Vijaynagar
3. Gharsana
4. Rawla Mandi
5. Raisinghnagar

In Anupgarh District There are also 5 Sub tehsils-

1. Sameja
2. Muklawa
3. Jaitsar
4. Ramsinghpur
5. 365 Head.

There are six Panchayat Samitis or Block panchayats and 177 Gram Panchayats in Anupgarh district.

1. Anupgarh - 32 Gram Panchayats
2. Raisinghnagar - 41 Gram Panchayats
3. Vijaynagar - 29 Gram Panchayats
4. Gharsana - 36 Gram Panchayats.