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Sikar (Hindi: सीकर, Sīkar ) is a city in the Indian state of Rajasthan. Sikar is the capital of the district of the same and has about 240,000 inhabitants ( 2011 census ). The city lies at an altitude of 427 meters, 110 kilometers north- west of Jaipur on the National Road 11 to Bikaner.

The city was founded in the 17th century and applied at right angles along the lines of Jaipur Rajputs of the regional Shekhawat clan and has a city wall. Beginning of the 19th century, the Regent of Sikar, Rao Raja Laxman Singh, build the Laxmangarh -Fort, a fortified castle on a rocky hill above the town of the same name, 25 kilometers north of Sikar.

12 kilometers from the village Harshanath is a Shiva temple from the 10th century in poor condition from which some sculptures in the museum of Sikar are.