Karnal district


Karnal district is one of the 22 districts of Haryana, a state in North India which constitutes the National Capital Region of the country. The city of Karnal is a part of the National Capital Region and is the administrative headquarters of the district.
As it lies on National [Highway 44 |National highway 44], 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 who is the chief executive officer of the district. The district is divided into 4 sub-divisions, each headed by a Sub-Divisional Magistrate : 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:
Karnal district is a part of Karnal .

Demographics

According to the 2011 census Karnal district has a population of 1,505,324, roughly equal to the nation of Gabon or the US state of Hawaii. This gives it a ranking of 333rd in India. The district has a population density of . 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

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