Karanpur

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Town in Rajasthan, India

Karanpur Sri Karanpur
Town
29°50′29″N 73°27′17″E / 29.8414°N 73.4547°E / 29.8414; 73.4547
Country	India
State	Rajasthan
District	Sri Ganganagar
Elevation	185 m (607 ft)
Population (2001)
• Total	20,694
Languages
• Official	Hindi, Rajasthani
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	335073

Sri Karanpur is a town and a municipality, just 55 km from Sri Ganganagar city in Sri Ganganagar district in the Indian state of Rajasthan.

Geography

Sri Karanpur is located at 29°50′29″N 73°27′17″E / 29.8414°N 73.4547°E / 29.8414; 73.4547.^[1] It has an average elevation of 185 metres (606 feet).

Demographics

As of the 2001 Census of India^[update],^[2] Sri Karanpur had a population of 20,694. Males constitute 53% of the population and females constitute 47%. Karanpur has an average literacy rate of 64%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 71%, and female literacy is 56%. In Karanpur, 14% of the population is under 6 years of age. Major languages spoken there are Rajasthani and Bagri.^{[citation needed]}

Economy

Sri Karanpur once produced high quality cotton in India and attracted Birlas to set up a mill which still exists today in the town.^{[citation needed]} However, after 1995 people shifted to other cash crops. Today, the primary cash crop of the area is kinnow, which is exported to West Asia.^{[citation needed]}

Sri Karanpur, also known as Mandi Karanpur, is famous for dealing various crops such as cotton, barley and wheat. The old Mandi is now a Bazaar for cloths,Bus Transporters jewelers, restaurants, Retail plus Wholesale Medical Stores, Pharmaceutical Medicine Company and Sweet shops.^{[citation needed]}

References

^ Falling Rain Genomics, Inc - Karanpur
^ "Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)". Census Commission of India. Archived from the original on 16 June 2004. Retrieved 1 November 2008.