Karanpur tehsil

Karanpur tehsil is one of the nine tehsils of Sri Ganganagar district, Rajasthan. It falls in the north-west of the district. Karanpur city is the headquarters of the tehsil. Its north-west border touches Bahawalnagar district of Pakistani Punjab. It is bordered in the east by Shriganganagar tehsil and Padampur tehsil, and in the south by Raisinghnagar tehsil.

Geography
The Tehsil is mostly plain with rich Alluvial soil with some areas having sandy soil.

Agriculture
The crops of the area are wheat, barley, guar, cotton, moong, sugarcane, mustard, with some areas having kinnow and mangoes.

Demographics
According to the 2011 census of India, the population of Karanpur Tehsil is 146,878, with 77,193 being male and 69,685 being female.

People
The Rural Areas are inhabited Agricultural tribes primarily by Jatt Sikhs of Sidhu, Sandhu, Sooch, Sidubrar, Bains, Pandher, Dhillon, GIll, Dhaliwal etc clans.

citiy is inhabited primary by aroras, brahmans and banias etc.

SC & ST includes meghwal, meenas, nayak, etc.

Literacy
According to the 2011 census of India, Karanpur Tehsil has a literacy rate of 60.09%, with 67.27% of males being literate and 52.15% of females being literate.