Rawatsar
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| Coordinates | 29°17′N 74°23′E / 29.28°N 74.38°ECoordinates: 29°17′N 74°23′E / 29.28°N 74.38°E |
| Country | India |
| State | Rajasthan |
| District(s) | Hanumangarh |
| Population | 28,383 (2001[update]) |
| Sex ratio | 950 ♂/♀ |
| Time zone | IST (UTC+05:30) |
| Area |
• 176 metres (577 ft) |
Rawatsar is a city, a municipality, and one of the eight tehsils in Hanumangarh district in the Indian state of Rajasthan.
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[edit] Geography
Rawatsar is located at 29°17′N 74°23′E / 29.28°N 74.38°E.[1] It has an average elevation of 176 metres (577 feet).
[edit] Demographics
As of 2001[update] India census,[2] Rawatsar had a population of 28,383. Males constitute 53% of the population and females 47%. Rawatsar has an average literacy rate of 55%, lower than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 65%, and female literacy is 44%. In Rawatsar, 17% of the population is under 6 years of age.
[edit] Language
Bagri,[3] a dialect of Rajasthani language, is spoken by majority of population. Besides, Punjabi, English,Hindi, and Urdu are also in use in this tehsil. The linguistic survey of Bagri was carried our by a team of scholars of Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi in 1993 and it was a major development for linguistic work on Bagri. A lot of research work (given in references) is done on Bagri in recent times. Now, Bagri has a reference grammar, dictionary, primers, and other reference material. The prominent poet on Bagri was Chander Singh "Birkali" who wrote "Loon" ,"Badli" and "Damfar" poems in the early-twentieth century.
[edit] Education
There are many schools—public and private—up to senior secondary grades. For higher education, two women's colleges and one boys ITI college and one one co-educational college also.and one boy's collage and three B.Ed college also.
[edit] Prominent persons
- Tara Sharma (born 1945 at village Daniyasar) is an Indian actor and director in the Bollywood film industry, Mumbai (Bombay).
- Dr. Hari Prasad Somani is the RPS From Rawatsar
- Jitendra Kumar Soni is the IAS from Rawatsar.[4]
- Dr. Hari Prasad Somani is the RPS From Rawatsar
[edit] References
- ^ Falling Rain Genomics, Inc - Rawatsar
- ^ "Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)". Census Commission of India. Archived from the original on 2004-06-16. http://web.archive.org/web/20040616075334/http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999. Retrieved 2008-11-01.
- ^ Gusain, Lakhan (2000). Bagri Grammar. (Languages of the World/Materials 384). Munich: Lincom Europa. ISBN 389586398X
- ^ "The Tribune, Chandigarh, India - Bathinda Edition". Tribuneindia.com. http://www.tribuneindia.com/2010/20100508/bathinda.htm. Retrieved 2012-01-04.
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