The Hanumangarh district is located extremely north of Rajasthan. The district came into existence in 1998 as earlier was the tehsil of Sri Ganganagar district. It is the 31st district of Rajasthan. Hanumangarh was the kingdom of Bhati Kings in northern Rajasthan and hence its earlier name was Bhatner. Since it was won on Tuesday by Maharaja Soorat Singh of Bikaner, which is the auspicious day of the Hindu God Hanuman, it was rechristened Hanumangarh or the Fort of Hanuman the Hindu-god. The area around Hanumangarh appears to be quite ancient. The remains of nearly 5000 years old Indus valley civilization are found in Kalibanga (Pilibanga), part of the district for instance human skeleton, unknown scripts, stamps, coins, utensils, jewelry, toys, statues, wells, bathrooms, fort, streets, and markets etc.

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Geographically, it has total area of 9,656 sq km including waste land of 329.30 sq km. It lies at 29°62'N latitude, 74°29'E longitudes and 192 m altitude. In the year 2021, there was a total 0.96% forest area of total geographical area. It is bounded by the Punjab in North and Haryana in East. The region has semi dry climate. It is extremely hot in summer and extremely cold in winter. It is located on the bank of river Ghaggar also identified as an ancient Saraswati river. The district is well connected with rail transport as ‘Hanumangarh Junction’ is a major railway station in Jodhpur-Bhathindia line; Sadalpur, Rewari, Jaipur, Sriganganagar, Anupgarh. The actual rainfall in the district was 420.5 mm in the year of 2021-22.

The district has its administrative office in Hanumangarh city at the distance of 405 km. from the capital of the state. It has 7 sub-districts namely Hanumanendira colne garh, Sangaria, Rawatsar , Nohar, Bhadra, Tibbi, Pillibanga. It has 6 towns and 1,907 villages. Hindi is official language of the district.

According to 2011 census, the district has 17, 74,692 total population. Bagri is commonly used regional language. The population growth rate during the period of 2001 to 2011 was 16.91% including 16.18% were males and 17.72% were females. The density of population of the district is 184 persons per sq km. The sex ratio is pegged at 906 (females per 1000 males) while the child ratio stands at 878 (females per 1000 males). As per 2011 census the percentage of religions practiced by the people of this region is Hindu with 80.75% of the total population. A large number of festivals are held in the region such as Gogaman mela and Nohar Gogameri mela. According to 2011 census the principal languages in the district are Hindi and Punjabi with 68.01% and 30.16%. In the year 2020 the number of live births in the district was 33,706 out of which 17,536 were males and 16,169 were females. In the same year the number of deaths in the district was 11,300 out of which 6,698 were males and 4,601 were females.

The main source of income for the people of this region comes from agriculture either through cultivation of their own pieces of land or from working as labourers on a daily wage rate or contractual rate on the land of their neighbors or counterparts. In the year 2020-21 the gross domestic product in the district was Rs. 28,72,500 lakhs at current price and Rs. 19,79,784 lakhs at constant prices in the year 2011-2012. The net domestic product in the district during the period 2020-21 was Rs. 25,87,478 lakh at current price and Rs. 17,63,228 lakh at constant prices in the year 2011-2012. The Per Capita Income or NDDP, At Factor Cost during the period 2020-21 was Rs. 1,26,733 at current price and Rs. 86,362 at constant prices in the year 2011-2012. Industrial area Hanumangarh I and II set up by RICCO, has well developed infrastructural facilities such as national highways, state highways, district highways and electric supply. It also has well developed civil infrastructural facilities like post offices, government dispensary, banks, schools and colleges.

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According to 2011 census, the total literate population of the district is 10,34,136 out of 6,24,281 are males and 4, 09,855 are females. The literacy rate in the district is 67.13% including 77.41% are male and 55.84% are female. Several educational institutes have been found here such as Nehru Memorial P.G. College, Nehru Memorial Children School and National Pubic School etc. Famous Professors includes Professor R.S. Sharma, Professor L.K. Sharma (Gold medalist) and professor Cheema, etc.

The district contains the archeological site of Kalibangan, Indus valley civilization and Palli. Temple of Shri Gogaji, Temple of Dhuna Shri Gorakh Nathji, Brahmani Mata Temple, Kalibangan Archaeological Museum, Kalibangan Archaeological Site, Sila Mata, Sila Peer Temple, Shri Kabootar Sahib Gurdwara, and Gurdwara of Shri Sukha Singh Mehtab Singh are main tourist attractions of the district.