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| leader_name = Mohan Lal Yadav, [[Indian Administrative Service|IAS]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Churu District Administration |url=https://churu.rajasthan.gov.in/pages/sm/contact-directory/11701/32/30261 |website=churu.rajasthan.gov.in |access-date=15 May 2024}}</ref>
| leader_title1 = [[District magistrate|District Collector & Magistrate]]
| leader_name1 = Abhishek Surana, [[Indian Administrative Service|IAS]]<ref>{{cite web |title=अभिषेक सुराणा संभालेंगे चूरू जिला कलेक्टर का पदभार|url=https://www.bhaskar.com/local/rajasthan/churu/news/abhishek-surana-will-take-over-as-churu-district-collector-133688626.html |access-date=23 September 2024}}</ref>
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| leader_name2 = Jai Yadav, [[Indian Police Service|IPS]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Churu District Administration |url=https://churu.rajasthan.gov.in/pages/sm/contact-directory/11701/32/30261 |website=churu.rajasthan.gov.in |access-date=15 May 2024}}</ref>
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'''Churu
Churu lies in the [[Bikaner]] region of northern [[Rajasthan]] and shares boundaries with the [[Hanumangarh District]] to the north, the [[Haryana]] state to the east, the [[
The district has an area of approximately 16,830 km<sup>2</sup>, with a road length of 1901
==Attractions==
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{{Pie chart
|caption = Languages of Churu district (2011)<ref name="languages"/>
|label1 = [[Rajasthani
|label2 = [[Marwari language|Marwari]] |value2 = 2.86 |color2 = maroon
|label3 = [[Hindi]] |value3 = 1.48 |color3 = orange
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At the time of the 2011 census, 94.56% of the population spoke [[Rajasthani
===Percentage distribution of local work force===
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* Salt production
* Sewing machine (DABLA)
* Heart of Desert
== Notable people ==
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*[[Khemchand Prakash]]- one of the best music composers of the 1940s.
* [[Nand Kishore Chaudhary]] - chairman and managing director of Jaipur Rugs and social entrepreneur.
* [[Lakshmi Mittal]] - the "Steel King", born at Sadulpur in Churu District.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2007-01-31 |title=Mittal's 5-cr gift to Rajasthan hometown |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/mittals-5-cr-gift-to-rajasthan-hometown/articleshow/1540527.cms |access-date=2024-06-10 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-06-10 |title=The Sunday Times Rich List 2024 |url=https://www.thetimes.com/sunday-times-rich-list |access-date=2024-06-10 |website=www.thetimes.com |language=en}}</ref>
* [[Bimal Jalan]] - former RBI governor
* [[Bharat Vyas]] - Writer of the prayer song, ‘Ae Malik Tere Bande Hum’ and 'Ye Kaun Chitrakar Hai'. He directed a Bollywood film ''Rangeela Rajasthani''.
* [[Kishan Singh Rathore|Col. Thakur Kishan Singh Rathore]] - one of the first recipients of the Maha Vir Chakra (MVC) (second highest military decoration in India)
* [[Devendra Jhajharia]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Desk |first=SportsCafe |date=2016-09-14 |title=Paralympics 2016 {{!}} Devendra Jhajharia breaks World Record to win Gold at Paralympics |url=https://sportscafe.in/sports/articles/2016/sep/14/devendra-jhajharia-breaks-world-record-to-wins-gold-at-paralympics |access-date=2024-06-10 |website=SportsCafe.in |language=en}}</ref> - India's first Paralympic gold medalist. On 2 March 2024, he was announced as the [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]] candidate for the [[2024 Indian general election]] from the [[Churu Lok Sabha constituency|Churu]] constituency in Rajasthan.
* [[Kanhaiyalal Sethia]]- prominent Rajasthani writer.
* Rai Bahadur [[Bhagwandas Bagla]]- the first [[Marwaris|Marwari]] [[Shekhawati]] [[millionaire]]
* [[Rahul Kaswan]] - He is an Indian politician, who first became a [[Member of parliament#India|Member of parliament]] (MP) from [[Churu (Lok Sabha constituency)|Churu]] parliamentary constituency as a candidate of ruling [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] (BJP) party in [[16th Lok Sabha|Sixteenth Lok Sabha]] in [[2014 Indian general election]], and then again in [[2019 Indian general election]] in the [[17th Lok Sabha|Seventeenth Lok Sabha]] . A month before [[2024 Indian general election|2024 general elections]], he joined [[Indian National Congress]] (INC). In [[2024 Indian general election|2024 General Parliamentary Constituency Election]], he won again from [[Churu Lok Sabha constituency]] with a margin of 72,737 Votes.<ref>{{cite web |title= Parliamentary Constituency Result : Churu Lok Sabha Constituency |url=https://results.eci.gov.in/PcResultGenJune2024/candidateswise-S203.htm |access-date= 6 June 2024}}</ref>
* [[Krishna Poonia]] is an international gold-medalist Indian [[discus thrower]], track-and-field athlete and politician from the [[Indian National Congress|Congress party]].
==See also==
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* [[Sardarshahar]]
* [[Bidasar, Churu|Bidasar]]
* [[:Category:Villages in Churu district|List of villages in Churu district]]
* [[Sujangarh]]
* [[Sandwa]]
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