Sikar is a city and municipal council in Sikar district of the state of Rajasthan in India.
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13 Facts About Sikar
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Sikar is surrounded by fortified walls consisting of seven "Pols".
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Sikar city is the district headquarters of Rajasthan's Sikar district, which is situated in the eastern part of Rajasthan.
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Sikar City had a population of about 237,579 people according to the census of 2011.
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The total population of children in Sikar City is about 32,189, consisting of 17,236 boys and 14,953 girls.
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Rajasthan's Sikar is the top performer in the Union government's index for performance of school education system at the district level.
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Sikar city is governed by a Municipal Council, which comes under the Sikar Urban Agglomeration.
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The current Member of Parliament from Sikar is Swami Sumedhanand Saraswati elected in May 2014 and continue in May 2019.
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The District Magistrate and Collector of Sikar is Mr Avichal Chaturvedi and Superintendent of Police is Dr Gagan Deep Singla.
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Sikar is well connected by roads from all the major cities of Rajasthan and nearby states.
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Thousands of high school students from neighboring areas, and increasingly from far-flung corners, flock every year to enroll in one of the wide array of Sikar's premier coaching institutes, which prepare them for the notoriously competitive engineering and medical entrance examinations that preface the greatly coveted IITs and Medical Colleges.
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