Jhajjar district

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{{About|the district|its eponymous headquarters|Jhajjar}}
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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Jhajjar district
| settlement_type = [[Districts of Haryana|District of Haryana]]
| total_type = Total
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| map_caption = Location of Jhajjar district in Haryana
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| subdivision_name1 = [[Haryana]]
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| established_title = Established
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| seat_type = Headquarters
| seat = [[Jhajjar]]
| parts_type = [[Tehsils of India|Tehsils]]
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| area_total_km2 = 1834
| area_footnotes =
| population_as_of = 2011
| population_total = 958,405
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| population_urban = 22.17%
| population_density_km2 = auto
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'''Jhajjar district''' is one of the 22 [[districts of Haryana]] [[States and territories of India|state]] in northern India.
Carved out of [[Rohtak district]] on 15 July 1997 and with its headquarters in [[Jhajjar]], it lies {{convert|29|km}} from [[Delhi]] and had developed into an important industrial center. Other towns in the district are [[Bahadurgarh]] and Badli and Beri. [[Bahadurgarh]] is the major city of the district & state. [[Bahadurgarh]] is known as 'The City of Destiny'. Beri used to be a [[village]] fifty years ago.

The district occupies an area of {{convert|1,834|km2}} and {{as of|2001|lc=y}} its population was 709,000. It has two industrial areas with over 3300 industries. Basic industries are [[ceramic]]s, glass, chemicals, engineering, electrical and electronics. [[Bahadurgarh]] is the major Industrial area of the district with over 2800 medium size industries and 200 large-scale industries. There are 3300 units representing a total investment of Rs. 40000 million. Major crops grown here are [[rice]], [[wheat]] and [[maize]]. The total irrigated agricultural land area is about {{convert|670|km2}}.

Jhajjar is said to have been founded by Chhaju Jat as Chhajunagar, which was later changed to Jhajjar. Alternatively, it may be derived from Jharnaghar, meaning a natural fountain or Jhajjar, a water vessel, because the surface drainage of the country for miles around runs into the town as into a sink. [[Bahadurgarh]], founded by Rathee [[Jat people|Jats]], was formerly known as Sharafabad.

==Demographics==
{{historical populations|11=1901|12=2,20,225|13=1911|14=1,89,979|15=1921|16=2,04,808|17=1931|18=2,13,977|19=1941|20=2,53,298|21=1951|22=2,95,085|23=1961|24=3,75,209|25=1971|26=4,79,482|27=1981|28=5,89,212|29=1991|30=7,15,136|31=2001|32=8,80,072|33=2011|34=9,58,405|percentages=pagr|footnote=source:<ref>[http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/PCA/A2_Data_Table.html Decadal Variation In Population Since 1901]</ref>|align=right}}{{As of|2011|alt=As of the [[2011 census of India|2011 census]]}} Jhajjar district had a [[Demographics of India|population]] of 958,405,<ref name=districtcensus>{{cite web | url = http://www.census2011.co.in/district.php | title = District Census 2011 | access-date = 2011-09-30 | year = 2011 | publisher = Census2011.co.in}}</ref> roughly equal to the nation of [[Fiji]]<ref name="cia">{{cite web | author = US Directorate of Intelligence | title = Country Comparison:Population | url = https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2119rank.html | access-date = 2011-10-01 | quote = Fiji 883,125 July 2011 est.
}}</ref> or the US state of [[Montana]].<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://2010.census.gov/2010census/data/apportionment-pop-text.php
|title=2010 Resident Population Data
|publisher=U. S. Census Bureau
|access-date=2011-09-30
|quote=Montana 989,415
|url-status=dead
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131019160532/http://2010.census.gov/2010census/data/apportionment-pop-text.php
|archive-date=2013-10-19
}}</ref> This gives it a ranking of 456th in India (out of a total of [[Districts of India|640]]).<ref name=districtcensus/> The district has a population density of {{convert| 522 |PD/sqkm|PD/sqmi}}.<ref name=districtcensus/> Its [[Family planning in India|population growth rate]] over the decade 2001-2011 was 8.73%.<ref name=districtcensus/> Jhajjar has a [[sex ratio]] of 782 [[Women in India|females]] for every 1000 males,<ref name=districtcensus/> and a [[Literacy in India|literacy rate]] of 80.8%.<ref name=districtcensus/>

At the time of the [[2011 Census of India]], 98.94% of the population in the district spoke [[Hindi]] and 0.40% [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]] as their first language.<ref>[http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/C-16.html 2011 Census of India, Population By Mother Tongue]</ref>

[[Jat]] is the dominant caste in the district. According to census 2011 [[Jhajjar]] city has a population of 48424, [[Beri, Jhajjar|Beri]] has 15934, and the major city of the district [[Bahadurgarh]] has 170,767.

In the 2011 National Census, it was found that Jhajjar district has the lowest sex ratio in India of the 0-6 group, with just 782 girls to 1,000 boys.<ref name=autogenerated1>{{cite news| url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/gurgaon/Ladoo-and-Jalebis-The-code-of-killer-doctors-of-jatland/articleshow/7905297.cms | work=The Times Of India | title=Ladoo and Jalebis: The code of killer doctors of jatland | date=2011-04-08}}</ref> Two villages in Jhajjar have extremely low gender-ratios: Bahrana and Dimana have gender ratios of 378 girls to 1,000 boys and 444 girls to 1,000 boys respectively.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/gurgaon/Jhajjar-village-has-378-girls-for-1000-boys/articleshow/7905293.cms | work=The Times Of India | title=Jhajjar village has 378 girls for 1,000 boys | date=2011-04-08}}</ref> In Jhajjar, parents are able to illegally learn the gender of the fetus through secret early morning ultrasounds at registered clinics and through the use of code-words, Ladoo for boy and Jalebi for girl; these families often go on to abort female fetuses.<ref name=autogenerated1 />

== Divisions ==
{{bar box|width=300px|barwidth=250px|cellpadding="0"|title=Religion in Jhajjar district (2011)<ref>http://www.census2011.co.in/census/district/222-jhajjar.html</ref>|titlebar=#Fcd116|left1=Religion|right1=Percent|float=right|bars={{bar percent|[[Hinduism]]|#FF6600|98.67}} {{bar percent|[[Islam]]|#009000|0.86}} {{bar percent|[[Sikhism]]|#FFFF00|0.11}} {{bar percent|[[Christianity]]|#9955BB|0.08}} {{bar percent|[[Jainism]]|#9955BB|0.07}} {{bar percent|[[Buddhism]]|#EDF990|0.01}} {{bar percent|Not Stated|#9955BB|0.20}}}}Jhajjar district is divided into 4 sub-divisions: [[Jhajjar]], [[Bahadurgarh]], [[Badli]] and [[Beri, Jhajjar|Beri]]. Jhajjar sub-division comprises two tehsils: Jhajjar and [[Matanhail]]. [[Bahadurgarh]] sub-division comprises only one tehsil, Bahadurgarh. Badli and Beri sub-division also comprises only one tehsil each.

There are four [[Haryana Vidhan Sabha]] constituencies in this district: [[Bahadurgarh]], [[Badli]], [[Jhajjar]] and [[Beri, Jhajjar|Beri]]. All of these are part of [[Rohtak (Lok Sabha constituency)|Rohtak Lok Sabha constituency]].

==Industries==
[[Bahadurgarh]] -'The City of Destiny' is the major industrial estate of the district. [[Bahadurgarh]] alone covers 3,000 industries out of 3,300 total industries in district. Basic industries are [[ceramic]]s, glass, chemicals, engineering, electrical and electronics.

===SSI & MSI units===

In Jhajjar District. there are 1818 SSI (Small Scale Industries) units registered as of 31 December 2000. The total approximate investment of these units is 9550.01 lakhs and total employment in these units is 12153. In 2016, there are 3050 SSI or MSI in Jhajjar district, out of which [[Bahadurgarh]] alone have 2800 MSI (Medium Size Industries).

===LSI units===
There are over 250 LSI in the District in 2016 which are engaged in the manufacturing. Out of these 250 LSI (Large Scale Industries), 200 are in [[Bahadurgarh]].

==See also==

* [[Bahadurgarh]]
* [[Rohtak]]
* [[Beri, Jhajjar|Beri]]
* [[Gurgaon]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
* [https://jhajjar.nic.in/ Official website]

{{Geographic location
|Centre = Jhajjar district
|North = [[Rohtak district]]
|Northeast = [[Sonipat district]]
|East = [[Bahadurgarh]], [[New Delhi]]
|Southeast = [[Gurgaon district]]
|South = [[Rewari district]]
|Southwest =
|West = [[Bhiwani district]]
|Northwest =
}}

{{Districts of Haryana}}

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