Chhatargarh is a tehsil in the Bikaner district of Rajasthan, India. 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. 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.
+Religion-wise Population - Chhatargarh TehsilReligionsTotal population Percentage Hindu59,67272.34%Sikh1,3111.59%Muslim21,32325.85%Christian760.09%Buddhist420.05%Jain170.02%Other Religion00%No Religion Specified470.06%Total 82488 100%
Literacy rate ContentsTotal Male FemaleChildren (Age 0-6) 14,7907,6947,096Literacy 52.37%51.94%33.09%Scheduled Caste 23,65112,48711,164Scheduled Tribe 228122106Illiterate 47,03320,80326,230
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