Ganganagar District is the northern- most district of Rajasthan, which is a state in the western part of India. The districts headquarter is the town of Sri Ganganagar. It is also known as Punjab of Rajasthan since the Hindu Punjabi and Sikhs dominates the area. Sri Ganganaar is also simply known as Ganganagar. It is the northernmost city of Rajasthan in the western part of India. It lies on the border of India and Pakistan and also on the state border of Haryana and Punjab, two Indian States. The town derived its name from Maharaja Sri Ganga Singh Bahadur, who was the Maharaja of Bikaner. It is also known by the name of the food basket of Rajasthan and also Green district of Rajasthan.

On 5th December 1925, the foundation stone of the Ferozepurs Gang Canal Head Works was laid. The work was completed in 1927 with the construction of 89 miles of lined canal. On 26 October 1927 the opening ceremony was performed. Amongst all of the well planned cities of India, Sri Ganganagar is one of them. It is said that the town planning of Paris influenced planning of this town. It is divided into two blocks namely residential block and commercial area, which includes Dhan Mandi. Each Residential Block has large parks and at junctions of three or four blocks community centers and places of worship are also there. Major portion of the population speaks Bagri and Punjabi languages. Sri Ganganagars economy is agriculture dependent. Cotton Ginning and Pressing factories, Mustard mills and Sugar Mills Ltd as well as spinning and textile factories are also present in this town. Sri Ganganagar also has a large number of automobiles as a result of the economic prosperity from agriculture. It has one of the largest automobile markets in India.

Ganganagar Climate

The Sri Ganganagar climate ranges to extreme conditions, the summer temperature going upto 50 degree Celsius and the winter temperature going down around 0 degree Celsius. 20 cms is the average annual rainfall.

Ganganagar Tourism

Tourist places in Ganganagar
Gurudwara Sri BudhaJohar Shahab
Baror
Shivpuri Kagad
Fort of Anoopgarh
Suratgarh & Jaitsar Farms
Shivpur Head
Suratgarh Super Critical Thermal Power Stations
Sri Jagdamba Anand Vidhalaya
Hindumalkot Border