Karnal district explained

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.

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,^[1] roughly equal to the nation of Gabon^[2] or the US state of Hawaii.^[3] This gives it a ranking of 333rd in India (out of a total of 640).^[1] The district has a population density of 598PD/sqkm .^[1] Its population growth rate over the decade 2001-2011 was 18.22%.^[1] Karnal has a sex ratio of 996 females for every 1,000 males,^[1] and a literacy rate of 74.73%. Scheduled Castes made up 22.56% of the population.^[1]

Religion

Religious
group! colspan="2"

2011
	1,341,002
	126,207
	31,650
	2,049
Others	4,416
Total Population	1,505,324

Religious
group! colspan="2"

1901[4]	1911[5] [6]		1921[7]		1931[8]		1941[9]
	623,597		556,203		573,224		570,297		666,301
	241,412		224,920		235,618		259,730		304,346
	12,294		13,531		12,280		16,928		19,887
	4,739		4,213		4,222		4,190		2,789
	1,179		920		3,382		1,469		1,249
	3		0		0		0		0
	1		0		0		0		3
	0		0		0		0		0
Others	0		0		0		0		0
Total population	883,225		799,787		828,726		852,614		994,575

Tehsil! colspan="2"

									Others		Total
Karnal Tehsil	154,965		73,199		2,780		723		940		0		232,607
Panipat Tehsil	119,229		50,664		133		1,298		2,472		0		173,796
Kaithal Tehsil	207,844		61,478		4,606		1,010		784		0		275,722
Thanesar Tehsil	91,186		50,277		4,761		351		26		0		146,601

Tehsil! colspan="2"

									Others		Total
Karnal Tehsil	188,179		100,919		3,291		173		1,021		14		293,597
Panipat Tehsil	135,557		63,254		442		156		1,038		14		200,461
Kaithal Tehsil	241,650		81,039		8,496		423		694		1		332,303
Thanesar Tehsil	100,915		59,134		7,658		471		36		0		168,214

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% Saraiki as their first language.^[10]

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.^[11]
• Nawabzada Liaquat Ali Khan, First Prime Minister of Pakistan
• Vikramjeet Virk, Indian actor
• Navdeep Saini, Indian cricketer
• Manohar Lal Khattar, Current Chief Minister of Haryana
• Kuldeep Sharma, Indian politician
• Harwinder Kalyan, Indian politician
• Karan Dev Kamboj, Indian politician

See also

• Kaimla
• Gagsina

External links

• Official website

Notes and References

1. Web site: District Census 2011 . 2011-09-30 . 2011 . Census2011.co.in.
2. Web site: US Directorate of Intelligence . Country Comparison:Population . https://web.archive.org/web/20070613004507/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2119rank.html . dead . 13 June 2007 . 2011-10-01 . Gabon 1,576,665.
3. Web site: 2010 Resident Population Data . U. S. Census Bureau . 2011-09-30 . Hawaii 1,360,301 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110101090833/http://2010.census.gov/2010census/data/apportionment-pop-text.php . 1 January 2011 .
4. Web site: Census of India 1901. [Vol. 17A]. Imperial tables, I-VIII, X-XV, XVII and XVIII for the Punjab, with the native states under the political control of the Punjab Government, and for the North-west Frontier Province. ]. saoa.crl.25363739 . 17 March 2024 . 1901 . 34.
5. Web site: Census of India 1911. Vol. 14, Punjab. Pt. 2, Tables. . saoa.crl.25393788 . 17 March 2024 . 1911 . 27.
6. Web site: Census Of India 1911 Punjab Vol XIV Part II . 17 March 2024 . 1911 . 27 . Kaul, Harikishan.
7. Web site: Census of India 1921. Vol. 15, Punjab and Delhi. Pt. 2, Tables. . saoa.crl.25430165 . 17 March 2024 . 1921 . 29.
8. Web site: Census of India 1931. Vol. 17, Punjab. Pt. 2, Tables. . saoa.crl.25793242 . 17 March 2024 . 1931 . 277.
9. Web site: Census of India, 1941. Vol. 6, Punjab . saoa.crl.28215541 . 17 March 2024 . 1941 . 42 . India Census Commissioner . 6 .
10. Web site: Table C-16 Population by Mother Tongue: Haryana. . Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India. .
11. Web site: Only 98 cities instead of 100 announced: All questions answered about the smart cities project. 28 August 2015.