Sikar district

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{{About|SIKAR|its eponymous headquarters|Sikar}}
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{{Use Indian English|date=October 2018}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Sikar district
| settlement_type = [[List of districts of Rajasthan|District]] of [[Rajasthan]]
| total_type = Total
| native_name =
| image_skyline = Harshnath Temple-Sikar-Rajasthan-DSC0011.jpg
| image_caption = [[Harshnath Temple]], Sikar
| image_map = Sikar in Rajasthan (India).svg
| map_caption = Location of Sikar district in Rajasthan
| coordinates = {{coord|27.21|74.44}} - {{coord|28.12|75.25}}
| coor_pinpoint = Sikar
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{flag|India}}
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and union territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Rajasthan]]
| subdivision_type2 = Division
| subdivision_name2 = [[Jaipur Division|Jaipur]]
| established_title = Established
| established_date =
| seat_type = Headquarters
| seat = [[Sikar]]
| parts_type = [[Tehsils of India|Tehsils]]
| parts_style = para
| p1 = {{Unbulleted list|1. [[Sikar]]| 2. [[Fatehpur, Rajasthan|Fatehpur]]| 3. [[Laxmangarh|Lachhmangarh]]| 4. [[Dantaramgarh]]| 5. [[Sri Madhopur]]| 6. [[Neem-Ka-Thana|Neem Ka Thana]]| 7. [[Khandela]]| 8. [[Dhod]]|9. Ramgarh}} 10. Patan 11. Ringus
| area_total_km2 = 7742.44
| area_footnotes =
| population_as_of = 2011
| population_total = 2,677,333<ref>{{cite web | url =http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011-prov-results/paper2/data_files/Raj/7-popu-10-19.pdf | title = Name Census 2011, Rajasthan data | access-date = 28 Feb 2012 | year = 2012 | publisher = censusindia.gov.in}}</ref>
| population_footnotes =
| population_urban =
| population_density_km2 = auto
| demographics_type1 = Demographics
| demographics1_title1 = [[Literacy in India|Literacy]]
| demographics1_info1 = 72.98
| demographics1_title2 = Sex ratio
| demographics1_info2 = 944
| leader_title =
| leader_name =
| leader_title1 = [[Lok Sabha|Lok Sabha constituencies]]
| leader_name1 = Sikar<ref name="Sikar Parliamentary Constituency">{{cite web | url = http://164.100.9.199/ecimaps/ECIPDF/State_pc_Map/RAJASTHAN.pdf | title = Parliamentary Constituencies of Rajasthan | access-date = 28 Feb 2012 | year = 2012 | publisher = 164.100.9.199/home.html | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130616220354/http://164.100.9.199/ecimaps/ECIPDF/State_pc_Map/RAJASTHAN.pdf | archive-date = 2013-06-16 }}</ref>
| leader_title2 = [[Vidhan Sabha|Vidhan Sabha constituencies]]
| leader_name2 = {{Unbulleted list|1. [[Sikar]]| 2. [[Fatehpur, Rajasthan|Fatehpur]]| 3. [[Laxmangarh|Lachhmangarh]]| 4. [[Dantaramgarh]]| 5. [[Sri Madhopur]]| 6. [[Neem-Ka-Thana|Neem Ka Thana]]| 7. [[Khandela]]| 8. [[Dhod (Rajasthan Assembly constituency)|Dhod]]<ref name="Sikar district Assembly Constituencies" >{{cite web | url = http://gisserver1.nic.in/ecimaps/ECIPDF%5CRaj_Maps%5Cac_sikar.pdf | title = Assembly Constituencies of Sikar district | access-date = 28 February 2012| year = 2012 | publisher = gisserver1.nic.in/}}</ref>}}
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +05:30
| registration_plate = RJ 23
| blank_name_sec1 = [[Roads in India|Major highways]]
| blank_info_sec1 = [[National Highway 11 (India)|NH-11]], State Highway 8
| blank_name_sec2 = Average annual precipitation
| blank_info_sec2 = 459.8 mm
| website = {{URL|http://sikar.rajasthan.gov.in}}
| official_name =
}}
'''Sikar district''' is a district of the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India|state]] [[Rajasthan]] in northern [[India]]. The city [[Sikar]] is the administrative headquarters of the district. Sikar, Laxmangarh, [[Sri Madhopur]], Neem Ka Thana, and Fatehpur Shekahwati are the largest cities and tehsils of the district.

==Cities and towns==
===Cities===
*[[Sikar]]
*[[Shrimadhopur]]
*[[Neem ka thana]]
*[[Fatehpur, Rajasthan|Fatehpur]]

=== Large towns===
*[[Laxmangarh]]
*[[Dantaramgarh]]
*[[Reengus]]
*[[Losal]]
*[[Khatu]]
*[[Ramgarh, Sikar|Ramgarh]]

=== Medium towns===

* [[Ajeetgarh]], Teh. [[Shrimadhopur]]
* Jeelo (Neem ka thana)
* Guhala (Neem ka thana)
* [[Patan, Rajasthan|Patan]], Teh. [[Neem-Ka-Thana]]
* [[Khandela]]
*[[Thoi]], Teh.[[Shrimadhopur]]

*Sarwari(सरवड़ी) is a small town in Sikar district

==Location==
The district is located in the north-eastern part of the state of [[Rajasthan]]. It is bounded on the north by [[Jhunjhunu district]], in the north-west by [[Churu district]], in the south-west by [[Nagaur district]] and in the south-east by [[Jaipur district]]. It also touches [[Mahendragarh district]] of [[Haryana]] on its north-east corner.

The district has an area of 7742.44 km<sup>2</sup> and a population of 26,77,737 (2011 census). Sikar, [[Churu district]] and [[Jhunjhunu district]]'s comprise the [[Shekhawati]] region of [[Rajasthan]]. The old name of Sikar was "Veer Bhan Ka Bas".

{| class="wikitable"
|-
| Longitude || 74.44 degree to 75.25 degree
|-
| Latitude || East 27.21 degree to 28.12 degree North
|}

==Demographics==
{{historical populations|11=1901|12=4,66,624|13=1911|14=4,69,440|15=1921|16=4,62,595|17=1931|18=5,21,159|19=1941|20=6,14,584|21=1951|22=6,76,318|23=1961|24=8,20,286|25=1971|26=10,42,648|27=1981|28=13,77,245|29=1991|30=18,42,914|31=2001|32=22,87,788|33=2011|34=26,77,333|percentages=pagr|footnote=source:<ref>[http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/PCA/A2_Data_Table.html Decadal Variation In Population Since 1901]</ref>|align=right}}
{{bar box
|title=Religions in Sikar district (2011)<ref name="Religion">{{cite web |title=Table C-01 Population By Religion - Rajasthan|url=https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/11390/download/14503/DDW08C-01%20MDDS.XLS|website=census.gov.in|publisher=[[Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India]]}}</ref>
|titlebar=#Fcd116
|left1=Religion
|right1=Percent
|float=right
|bars=
{{bar percent|[[Hindus]]|darkorange|87.48}}
{{bar percent|[[Rajasthani Muslims|Muslims]]|green|12.24}}
{{bar percent|Other or not stated|black|0.28}}
}}
According to the [[2011 census of India|2011 census]] Sikar district has a [[Demographics of India|population]] of 2,677,333,<ref name=districtcensus>{{Cite web |title=District Census Handbook 2011 - Sikar|url=https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/1070/download/3294/DH_2011_0813_PART_A_DCHB_SIKAR.pdf|website=[[Census of India]]|publisher=[[Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India]]}}</ref> roughly equal to the nation of [[Kuwait]]<ref name="cia">{{cite web | author = US Directorate of Intelligence | title = Country Comparison:Population | url = https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2119rank.html | access-date = 2011-10-01 | quote = Kuwait 2,595,62 }}</ref> or the US state of [[Nevada]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://2010.census.gov/2010census/data/apportionment-pop-text.php|title=2010 Resident Population Data|publisher=U. S. Census Bureau|access-date=2011-09-30| quote = Nevada 2,700,551 }}</ref> This gives it a ranking of 150th in India (out of a total of [[Districts of India|640]]).<ref name=districtcensus/> The district has a population density of {{convert|346|PD/sqkm|PD/sqmi}}.<ref name=districtcensus/> Its [[Family planning in India|population growth rate]] over the decade 2001-2011 was 17.04%.<ref name=districtcensus/>

Sikar has a [[sex ratio]] of 944 [[Women in India|females]] for every 1000 males,<ref name=districtcensus/> and a [[Literacy in India|literacy rate]] of 72.98%. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes make up 15.64% and 2.81% of the population respectively.<ref name=districtcensus/>

=== Languages ===
{{Pie chart
|caption = Languages in Sikar district (2011)<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/10220/download/13332/DDW-C16-STMT-MDDS-0800.XLSX|title=Table C-16 Population by Mother Tongue: Rajasthan|website=censusindia.gov.in|publisher=[[Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India]]}}</ref>
|label1 = [[Rajasthani languages|Rajasthani]] |value1 = 92.60 |color1 = red
|label2 = [[Hindi]] |value2 = 2.78 |color2 = orange
|label3 = [[Marwari language|Marwari]] |value3 = 1.94 |color3 = maroon
|label4 = [[Urdu]] |value4 = 1.94 |color4 = green
|label5 = Others |value5 = 0.64 |color5 = grey
}}

==Climate==
The district has a hot summer, scanty rainfall, a chilly winter season and a general dryness of the air, except in the brief 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 459.8 mm.

== Education ==
Sikar district has become a hub for education in Rajasthan state. [[Pandit Deendayal Upadhyaya Shekhawati University]] situated in the Sikar giving student opportunity to complete their dream of higher education in many field.{{citation needed|date=May 2021}} Along with government colleges providing arts, sciences, and commerce education, private educational institutes play a good role in imparting education in the district. [[Mody Institute of Technology and Science]], which is in the [[Lakshmangarh]] town of the district imparts girls' education. Sobhasaria Engineering College is another college in the district.<ref>[http://www.secs.ac.in/ Sobhasaria Engineering College Website]</ref>{{ambiguous|date=May 2021}} There is one Government Polytechnic College in Sikar district. District is also an emerging hub of coaching [[Joint Entrance Examination – Advanced|IIT-JEE]] and NEET.Here some famous institutes provide coaching for engineering and medical exams. Some institutes are Allen, Matrix, Kautilya, GCI, CLC, Impulse, PCP, Samarpan, Swabhiman.<ref>{{cite web |title=Swabhiman |url=http://swabhimanedu.in/ |website=Swabhiman NEET & JEE Academy |access-date=14 January 2020}}</ref> Sikar is the smallest city which has IIT JEE Advance centre. Youth men (below 35) provide a major role in Indian defense services compared to other districts of Rajasthan.

==Administration==

===Sub divisions, tehsils, sub tehsils, panchayat samitis and villages===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
| Total sub divisions ||7
([[Sikar]], [[Fatehpur, Rajasthan|Fatehpur]], [[Laxmangarh]], [[Dantaramgarh]], [[Sri Madhopur]], [[Neem-Ka-Thana|Neem Ka Thana]], [[Khandela]])
|-
| Total tehsils || 7 ([[Sikar]], [[Fatehpur, Rajasthan|Fatehpur]], [[Laxmangarh]], [[Dantaramgarh]], [[Sri Madhopur]], [[Neem-Ka-Thana|Neem Ka Thana]], [[Khandela]])
|-
|Total sub tehsils || 6 ([[Patan, Rajasthan|Patan]], [[Palsana]], [[Ajitgarh]], [[Necchawa]], [[Losal]], [[Ramgarh Shekhawati]])
|-
| Blocks (Panchyat Samitis) || 9 (Dhod, [[Piprali]], [[Fatehpur, Rajasthan|Fatehpur]], [[Laxmangarh]], [[Dantaramgarh]], [[Sri Madhopur]], [[Khandela]], [[Neem-Ka-Thana|Neem Ka Thana]],Patan)
|-
| Total villages || 1183
|}

===Local bodies===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
| Total Gram Panchayat || 342
|-
| Total Nagar-Palika || 8
|-
| Total Nagar-Parishad||| 1
|}

===Police===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
| Total Police-Thana || 23
|-
| Police-Chowki || 27
|-
| Jails (prisons) || 333
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons category|Sikar district}}
* [https://sikar.rajasthan.gov.in/ Official website]

{{Geographic location
|Centre = Sikar district
|North = [[Jhunjhunun district]]
|Northeast = [[Mahendragarh district]], [[Haryana]]
|East =
|Southeast = [[Jaipur district]]
|South =
|Southwest = [[Nagaur district]]
|West =
|Northwest = [[Churu district]]
}}

{{Sikar district}}
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