Chhatargarh is a tehsil in the Bikaner district of Rajasthan, India.[1] Most of the area is covered by agricultural land and is irrigated by IGNL canal.
It is a subdivision and situated approximately 87 km away from district headquarter Bikaner.[2] It comes under Khajuwala assembly and Bikaner parliamentary constituency.
The postal Code is 334021.
A vast majority of the population speaks Bagri language which is a dialect of Rajasthani, with a significant minority proportion of population speaks Hindi and Marwari languages.
Religion
Hinduism and Islam are practised by the majority of people with Sikhism being third most followed religion. A small number of Budhhist and Christians population is also present in the tehsil. The table below shows the religious demographics of the tehsil according to the Census 2011.[3]
| Religions | Total population | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
| Hindu | 59,672 | 72.34% |
| Sikh | 1,311 | 1.59% |
| Muslim | 21,323 | 25.85% |
| Christian | 76 | 0.09% |
| Buddhist | 42 | 0.05% |
| Jain | 17 | 0.02% |
| Other Religion | 0 | 0% |
| No Religion Specified | 47 | 0.06% |
| Total | 82488 | 100% |
Literacy rate
| Contents | Total | Male | Female |
|---|---|---|---|
| Children (Age 0-6) | 14,790 | 7,694 | 7,096 |
| Literacy | 52.37% | 51.94% | 33.09% |
| Scheduled Caste | 23,651 | 12,487 | 11,164 |
| Scheduled Tribe | 228 | 122 | 106 |
| Illiterate | 47,033 | 20,803 | 26,230 |
Front view of Mediaeval Chhatargarh fort
Rajasthan canal(IGNP) near Chhatargarh tehsil
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