Churu District
Churu district (Hindi: चुरू जिला) is a district of the Indian state Rajasthan in western India. The town Churu is the administrative headquarters of the district.
Churu lies in the Jangladesh region of northern Rajasthan. Churu lies in 28° 18' N latitude and 74° 58' E longitude. It is bounded by Hanumangarh District to the north, Haryana state to the east, Jhunjhunun and Sikar districts to the southeast, Nagaur District to the south, and Bikaner District to the west.
The district has an area 16,830 km², with a road length of 1901 km. The population is 2,041,172 (as of 2011) The sex ratio is 938 females per thousand males and literacy percentage is 67.46%. There are 6 tehsils in the district, namely - Churu, Ratangarh, Taranagar, Rajgarh, Sardarshahar, and Sujangarh. The major crops are bajra and gram. The major minerals found in the district are copper and gypsum.
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