Suratgarh
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Place details
- Locality
- Suratgarh
- Region
- Rajasthan
- Country
- India
- Population
- 70,536
- Timezone
- Asia/Kolkata
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Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Suratgarh
- Settlement.other_name
- Sodhal (सोढल)
- Settlement.nickname
- Cotton City
- Settlement.settlement_type
- City
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Suratgarh Super Thermal Power Plant.JPG
- Settlement.image_alt
- Suratgarh thermal power in Suratgarh, Sri Ganganagar district, Rajasthan, India
- Settlement.image_caption
- Suratgarh thermal power in Suratgarh, Sri Ganganagar district, Rajasthan, India
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- India Rajasthan
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Rajasthan, India
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- State
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Rajasthan
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Sri Ganganagar
- Settlement.founder
- Raja Surat Singh (Bikaner)
- Settlement.named_for
- Raja Surat Singh
- Settlement.government_type
- MLA
- Settlement.governing_body
- Municipality
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Encyclopedic overview
13 sectionsContents
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Suratgarh is a city/tehsil and a municipality in Sri Ganganagar district and is the biggest of the district's 7 tehsils. Suratgarh is also known as "Cotton city" and "Bowl of grain" of Rajasthan due to the high cotton and wheat production in this area. Suratgarh is 77 km away in South from it district headquarters just nearby Sri Ganganagar city in Sri Ganganagar district in the Indian state of Rajasthan. Founded by Maharaja Surat Singh (1765 - 1828). Hindi, Bagri and Rajasthani are the widely spoken languages of the city.
==Geography== Suratgarh is located at . It has an average elevation of 168 metres (551) feet. It is a Northern Part of Thar desert. Seasonal Ghaghar river runs through Northern part of tehsil. Suratgarh has Greenary in Northern part and Desert called tibba in southern part. From tibbas near Hanuman khejri and Manaksar this difference can be seen.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Suratgarh” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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