Raisinghnagar
| Raisinghnagar रायसिंहनगर ਰਾਇਸਿੰਘਨਗਰ Rai Singh Nagar | |
|---|---|
| City | |
| Nickname(s): RSNR | |
  Raisinghnagar Location in Rajasthan, India  Raisinghnagar Raisinghnagar (India) | |
| Coordinates: 29°32′3.09″N 73°26′51.65″E / 29.5341917°N 73.4476806°ECoordinates: 29°32′3.09″N 73°26′51.65″E / 29.5341917°N 73.4476806°E | |
| Country | India |
| State | Rajasthan |
| District | Ganganagar |
| Founded by | Raja Rai Singh Ji |
| Elevation | 160 m (520 ft) |
| Population (2011)[1] | |
| • Total | 28,330 |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 335051 |
| Telephone code | 01507 |
| Vehicle registration | RJ 13 |
Raisinghnagar is a town and a municipality (Tehsil) in Sri Ganganagar district in the Indian state of Rajasthan.[2] The town is surrounded by fertile land.
Demography
In the 2011 India census, 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).[3]
[4]==Economy== The economy of Raisinghnagar is dependent on agriculture in the surrounding area.
This city is based out of a agricultural area but has also been home to liqour Barron Ghanshyam Dass Sharma who also set up a distillery in Kanpur Uttar Pradesh and was famously known as the wine king. He also had great influence on the politics of the area and political parties always took in his consideration before taking any decisions. He was also seen as a saviour and Robinhood by the locals , he along with his business partner who was more like a brother to him, Gurmeet Singh Kooner for years he distributed free flour to the poor and made sure no poor in his area slept hungry. Every day thousands of tonnes of wheat was processed in his mill and the costs incurred were very high but still he continued this distribution system for years until some negative externalities disrupted this philanthropic work. Along with this he made sure that money was never a barrier in attaining education. He not only paid for the underprivileged's school fees but provided with school dresses and books as well and later on went on to set up one of the largest school and college of Sri Ganganagar Gurmeet Singh Ghanshyam Das college located in 25 BB .
He would distribute sweets to the poor on all celebrations and also helped a lot of people in marrying of their daughters by giving them large sums of money charitably and buttermilk distribution was done on all days to the poor. He never made a point to let out his charitable works and was thus never discussed about on a national level and loved the poor as his own and he also helped a lot of upcoming entrepreneurs by giving out large amounts of money and never took it back , he said that this was his part for the society . It was this nature of him due to which all the people in the state loved him and respected him a lot. He died on 22 March 2018 due to complications related to a cancer removal surgery. The area and the whole state of Rajasthan greived this loss and it was a major loss for the people of his area as he was a father figure to many and a person who lived life on Morales and justice . Several politicians , beaurecrats attended his death ceremony and he left behind 2 daughters and a son.
Religion
Most people of Raisinghnagar practice Hinduism or Sikhism And some muslims.
Climate
The climate of Raisinghnagar varies to extreme limits. The summer temperature reaches up to 50° Celsius and winter temperature dips just around −1° Celsius. The average annual rainfall is above 40 centimetres (16 in).
References
- ↑ "Census of India Search details". censusindia.gov.in. Retrieved 10 May 2015.
- ↑ Rāisinghnagar (Approved) at GEOnet Names Server, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
- ↑ "Census of India 2011: Data from the 2011 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)". Census Commission of India. Archived from the original on 2004-06-16. Retrieved 2008-11-01.
- ↑ Rajasthan paprika