Sikar district is a district of the state Rajasthan in northern India. It is a part of the Shekhawati of Rajasthan. Rao Daulat Singh laid down the foundation stone of Thikana Sikar in 1687.
Cities and towns
Cities
Large towns
Location
The district is located in the north-eastern part of the state of
Rajasthan. It is bounded on the north by Jhunjhunu district, in the north-west by
Churu district, in the south-west by Didwana Kuchaman district, in the south-east by Jaipur Rural district.
The district has an area of 5191.44 km2 and a population of 16,94,094 (2011 census, excluding NeemKaThana and Sri Madhopur). Sikar, Churu district and Jhunjhunu district's comprise the Shekhawati region of Rajasthan. The old name of Sikar was "Veer Bhan Ka Bas".
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| 74.44 degree to 75.25 degree |
| East 27.21 degree to 28.12 degree North |
Demographics
According to the 2011 census Sikar district has a population of 1,694,094,
roughly equal to the nation of Equatorial Guinea
or the US state of
Nevada.
This gives it a ranking of 150th in India (out of a total of 640).
[ The district has a population density of .][ Its population growth rate over the decade 2001-2011 was 17.04%.][ Sikar has a sex ratio of 944 females for every 1000 males,][ and a literacy rate of 72.98%. 23.68% of the population lives in urban areas. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes make up 15.64% and 2.81% of the population respectively.][
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Languages
At the time of the 2011 census, 92.60% of the population spoke Rajasthani, 2.78% Hindi, 1.94% Marwari language and 1.94% Urdu as their first language.
Climate
The district has a hot semi arid climate (Köppen climate classification: BSh), with a hot and humid summer, rainfall confined into the monsoon season, a chilly winter season and a general dryness of the air, except in the brief yet abundant monsoon season. The maximum and minimum temperatures are 47 to 48 and 1 to 0 degrees Celsius, respectively. The average temperature around the year is about 35 degrees Celsius. The normal rainfall, mostly received from the southwest monsoon, is 469.8 mm.
Education
Sikar district has become a hub for education in Rajasthan state. Pandit Deendayal Upadhyaya Shekhawati University situated in the Sikar.[ Sobhasaria Engineering College Website] There is only One Government Polytechnic College in Sikar district. District is also an emerging hub of coaching IIT-JEE and NEET. Here some famous institutes provide coaching for engineering and medical exams. Sikar is the smallest city which has IIT JEE Advance centre. Shri Kalyan Medical College, Sikar, College is a full-fledged tertiary Medical college in Sikar, Rajasthan, India . Sikar, a small yet academically vibrant city in Rajasthan, has recently made headlines for producing the highest number of selections in the prestigious NEET exam.
In NEET UG 2025, Mahesh Kumar of Hanumangarh got All India Rank 1 with 686 marks out of 720, and topped the exam while studying at a Private coaching institute in Sikar.
Administration
Sub divisions, tehsils, sub tehsils, panchayat samitis and villages
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| 9
(Sikar, Fatehpur, Laxmangarh, Dantaramgarh, Khandela, Nechhwa, Reengus, Ramgarh Sethan, Dhod Assembly constituency) |
| 10(Sikar, Fatehpur, Laxmangarh, Dantaramgarh, Khandela, Nechhwa, Sikar Gramin, Reengus, Ramgarh Sethan, Dhod Assembly constituency) |
| 2 Palsana, Losal |
| 8 (Dhod Assembly constituency, Piprali, Fatehpur, Laxmangarh, Dantaramgarh, Khandela, Nechhwa, Palsana, Rajasthan) |
| 1183 |
Local bodies
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645 |
| 7 Ramgarh Sethan, Khatu, Reengus, Danta, Losal, Khandela, Laxmangarh, |
| 2 Sikar, Fatehpur |
Police
Villages
Temples
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