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Karnal district

Field	Value
name	Karnal district
settlement_type	District of Haryana
total_type	Total
image_skyline	Prithviraj Chauhan' Fort-2, Taraori, Haryana.jpeg
image_caption	Fort of Prithviraj Chauhan in Taraori
image_map	Karnal in Haryana (India).svg
map_caption	Location in Haryana
coor_pinpoint	Karnal
subdivision_type2	Country
subdivision_name2	India
subdivision_type3	State
subdivision_name3	Haryana
subdivision_type4	Division
subdivision_name4	Karnal
established_title	Established
seat_type	Headquarters
seat	Karnal
parts_type	Tehsils
parts_style	para
p1	1. Gharaunda, 2. Nilokheri, 3. Indri, 4. Karnal, 5. Assandh
area_total_km2	2520
population_as_of	2011
population_total	1,505,324
population_urban	26.51%
population_density_km2	auto
demographics_type1	Demographics
demographics1_title1	Literacy
demographics1_info1	74.73%
demographics1_title2	Sex ratio
demographics1_info2	887
timezone1	IST
utc_offset1	+05:30
blank_name_sec2	Lok Sabha constituencies
blank_info_sec2	Karnal (shared with Panipat district)
blank1_name_sec2	Vidhan Sabha constituencies
blank1_info_sec2	5
website	http://www.karnal.gov.in/

the district

Karnal district is one of the 22 districts of Haryana, a state in North India which constitutes the National Capital Region (NCR) of the country. The city of Karnal is a part of the National Capital Region (NCR) and is the administrative headquarters of the district.

As it lies on National highway 44 (old NH-1), it has a well connected transport system to the nearby major cities like Delhi and Chandigarh. Karnal District is also well connected via railways. Karnal Junction lies on Delhi-Kalka line and major trains stops at this station. The district headquarter also has a small aerodrome known as karnal airport.

History

Karnal district was conquered by the British in 1803. On 30 December 1803, the Daulat Scindia signed the Treaty of Surji-Anjangaon with the British after the Battle of Assaye and Battle of Laswari and ceded to the British, Hisar, Panipat, Rohtak, Rewari, Gurgaon, Ganges-Jumna Doab, the Delhi-Agra region, parts of Bundelkhand, Broach, some districts of Gujarat and the fort of Ahmmadnagar.

On 1 November 1966, when Haryana was carved out of Punjab as a separate state, Karnal was already an existing district of newly formed state of Haryana.

Sub-Divisions

The Karnal district is headed by an IAS officer of the rank of Deputy Commissioner (DC) who is the chief executive officer of the district. The district is divided into 4 sub-divisions, each headed by a Sub-Divisional Magistrate (SDM): Karnal, Indri, Assandh and Gharaunda.

Revenue tehsils

The four sub-divisions are divided into five revenue tehsils, namely Karnal, Indri, Nilokheri, Gharaunda and Assandh, and three sub-tehsils, namely Nigdhu, Nissing and Kaimla. Kaimla is the largest village in Karnal district.

Assembly constituencies

The Karnal district is divided into 5 Vidhan Sabha constituencies:

Gharaunda
Indri
Karnal
Nilokheri
Assandh
Kaimla Karnal district is a part of Karnal (Lok Sabha constituency).

Demographics

According to the 2011 census Karnal district has a population of 1,505,324, roughly equal to the nation of Gabon{{cite web | author = US Directorate of Intelligence | title = Country Comparison:Population | url = https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2119rank.html | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070613004507/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2119rank.html | url-status = dead | archive-date = 13 June 2007 | access-date = 1 October 2011 | quote = Gabon 1,576,665 |access-date=30 September 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110101090833/http://2010.census.gov/2010census/data/apportionment-pop-text.php |archive-date=1 January 2011 }} This gives it a ranking of 333rd in India (out of a total of 640). The district has a population density of 598 PD/sqkm . Its population growth rate over the decade 2001-2011 was 18.22%. Karnal has a sex ratio of 996 females for every 1,000 males, and a literacy rate of 74.73%. Scheduled Castes made up 22.56% of the population.

Religion

Religious
group	2011	Pop.	%	Total Population	1,505,324
Hinduism [[File:Om.svg	15px]]	1,341,002
Sikhism [[File:Khanda.svg	15px]]	126,207
Islam [[File:Star and Crescent.svg	15px]]	31,650
Christianity [[File:Christian cross.svg	15px]]	2,049
Others	4,416

Religious
group	1881	1891	1901	1911	1921	1931	1941	Pop.	%	Pop.	%	Pop.	%	Pop.	%	Pop.	%	Pop.	%	Pop.	%	Hinduism [[File:Om.svg	15px]]	Islam [[File:Star and Crescent.svg	15px]]	Sikhism [[File:Khanda.svg	15px]]	Jainism [[File:Jain_Prateek_Chihna.svg	15px]]	Christianity [[File:Christian cross.svg	15px]]	Zoroastrianism [[File:Faravahar.svg	15px]]	Buddhism [[File:Dharma_Wheel_(2).svg	15px]]	Judaism [[File:Star_of_David.svg	15px]]	Others	Total population	622,621	683,718	883,225	799,787	828,726	852,614	994,575
453,662		499,784		623,597		556,203		573,224		570,297		666,301
156,183		171,712		241,412		224,920		235,618		259,730		304,346
8,036		8,037		12,294		13,531		12,280		16,928		19,887
4,655		4,065		4,739		4,213		4,222		4,190		2,789
85		120		1,179		920		3,382		1,469		1,249
0		0		1		0		0		0		3
0		0		0		0		0		0		0
		0		3		0		0		0		0
0		0		0		0		0		0		0
Note: British Punjab province era district borders are not an exact match in the present-day due to various bifurcations to district borders — which since created new districts — throughout the historic Punjab Province region during the post-independence era that have taken into account population increases.

Tehsil	15px]]	15px]]	15px]]	15px]]	15px]]
154,965	73,199	2,780	723	940	0
119,229	50,664	133	1,298	2,472	0
207,844	61,478	4,606	1,010	784	0
91,186	50,277	4,761	351	26	0
Note: British Punjab province era tehsil borders are not an exact match in the present-day due to various bifurcations to tehsil borders — which since created new tehsils — throughout the historic Punjab Province region during the post-independence era that have taken into account population increases.

Tehsil	15px]]	15px]]	15px]]	15px]]	15px]]
188,179	100,919	3,291	173	1,021	14
135,557	63,254	442	156	1,038	14
241,650	81,039	8,496	423	694	1
100,915	59,134	7,658	471	36	0
Note1: British Punjab province era tehsil borders are not an exact match in the present-day due to various bifurcations to tehsil borders — which since created new tehsils — throughout the historic Punjab Province region during the post-independence era that have taken into account population increases.
Note2: Tehsil religious breakdown figures for Christianity only includes local Christians, labelled as "Indian Christians" on census. Does not include Anglo-Indian Christians or British Christians, who were classified under "Other" category.

Languages

At the time of the 2011 Census of India, 54.28% of the population in the district spoke Hindi, 32.04 Haryanvi, 10.86% Punjabi and 1.06% Western Punjabi as their first language.

People from Karnal District

Kalpana Chawla, first Indo-American woman astronaut. In 2003, Chawla was one of the seven crew members that died in the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster.
Nawabzada Liaquat Ali Khan, First Prime Minister of Pakistan
Vikramjeet Virk, Indian actor
Navdeep Saini, Indian cricketer
Manohar Lal Khattar, former Chief Minister of Haryana
Kuldeep Sharma, Indian politician
Harwinder Kalyan, Indian politician
Karan Dev Kamboj, Indian politician

Notes

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