{{Short description|Tehsil in Bikaner district, Rajasthan, India}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}} '''Chhatargarh''' is a tehsil in the Bikaner district of Rajasthan, India.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.census2011.co.in/data/subdistrict/479-chhatargarh-bikaner-rajasthan.html|title=Villages & Towns in Chhatargarh Tehsil of Bikaner, Rajasthan|website=www.census2011.co.in}}</ref> Most of the area is covered by agricultural land and is irrigated by IGNL canal.

It is a subdivision and situated approximately 87&nbsp;km away from district headquarter Bikaner.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://bikaner.rajasthan.gov.in/content/raj/bikaner/en/about-bikaner/administration.html|title=पोर्टल, राजस्थान सरकार|website=bikaner.rajasthan.gov.in}}</ref> It comes under Khajuwala assembly and Bikaner parliamentary constituency.

The postal Code is 334021.

A vast majority of the population speaks Bagri language which is a dialect of Rajasthani, with a significant minority proportion of population speaks Hindi and Marwari languages.

== Religion ==

Hinduism and Islam are practised by the majority of people with Sikhism being third most followed religion. A small number of Budhhist and Christians population is also present in the tehsil. The table below shows the religious demographics of the tehsil according to the Census 2011.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.censusindia2011.com/rajasthan/bikaner/chhatargarh-population.html|title=Chhatargarh Tehsil Population Bikaner, Rajasthan, List of Villages & Towns in Chhatargarh Tehsil|website=Censusindia2011.com}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" |+Religion-wise Population - Chhatargarh Tehsil

!Religions !Total population !Percentage |- |Hindu |59,672 |72.34% |- |Sikh |1,311 |1.59% |- |Muslim |21,323 |25.85% |- |Christian |76 |0.09% |- |Buddhist |42 |0.05% |- |Jain |17 |0.02% |- |Other Religion |0 |0% |- |No Religion Specified |47 |0.06% |- !Total !82488 !100% |}

== Literacy rate == {| class="wikitable" !Contents !Total !Male !Female |- |Children (Age 0-6) |14,790 |7,694 |7,096 |- |Literacy |52.37% |51.94% |33.09% |- |Scheduled Caste |23,651 |12,487 |11,164 |- |Scheduled Tribe |228 |122 |106 |- |Illiterate |47,033 |20,803 |26,230 |}

<gallery> Chhatargarh fort.jpg|Front view of Mediaeval Chhatargarh fort Rajasthan canal Shivender.jpg|Rajasthan canal(IGNP) near Chhatargarh tehsil </gallery>

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