Bikaner District is a district of the state of Rajasthan in western India. The historic city of Bikaner is the district headquarters. Bikaner is also Division with the four district: Bikaner, Churu, Sri Ganganagar and Hanumangarh.
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Geography
The district is bounded by Ganganagar District to the north, Hanumangarh District to the northeast, Churu District to the east, Nagaur District to the southeast, Jodhpur District to the south, Jaisalmer District to the southwest, and Punjab Province of Pakistan to the northwest.
Bikaner District lies in the Thar Desert. The Indira Gandhi Canal, also known as the Rajasthan Canal, runs through the district from northeast to southwest, providing irrigation water for the district. World famous miracle temple of Karnimata in Deshnok near Bikaner also known as Temple of Rats.
Administrative set-up
Bikaner district has five sub-divisions: Bikaner, Nokha, Loonkaransar, Khajuwala and Dungargarh. In Bikaner there are two tehsils Bikaner and Kolayat, while in Khajuwala, there are three tehsils: Khajuwala, Chhattargarh and Pugal. Nokha, Loonkaransar and Dungargarh have only one tehsil with the same name.
There are 923 villages and 219 Gram panchayats. There is one Municipal Corporation (Bikaner) and six Municipal Councils :- Deshnok, Nokha, Dungargarh, Khajuwala, Loonkaransar and Napasar.
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