About Nokha

Nokha is a city and a municipality in Bikaner district in the Indian state of Rajasthan. Nokha was established as a 'mandi'(market) by contemporary king of bikaner state Maharaja Gangasingh ji. nokha is a well equipped city and it has cross sectioned streets like jaipur. Nokha is located at 2736N 7325E / 27.6N 73.42E / 27.6; 73.42. It has an average elevation of 325metres (1066feet). As of 2001 India census, Nokha had a population of 49,704. Males constitute 53% of the population and females 47%. Nokha has an average literacy rate of 58%, lower than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 68%, and female literacy is 48%. In Nokha, 19% of the population is under 6 years of age. Nokha has plenty of small scale industries including industries which manufacture woolen blankets,tailes, electric bulbs, fans& cable, food processing etc. Food corporation of India has a very big storage godown here and farmers around the town come and sell their produce to FCI directly....