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{{Use Indian English|date=January 2018}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name                            = Ambala district
| settlement_type                 = [[Districts of Haryana|District of Haryana]]
| total_type                      = Total
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| coor_pinpoint                   = Ambala
| subdivision_type                = Country
| subdivision_name                = [[India]]
| subdivision_type1               = [[States and union territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_name1               = [[Haryana]]
| subdivision_type2               = [[Administrative divisions of India|Division]]
| subdivision_name2               = [[Ambala Division|Ambala]]
| established_title               = Established
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| seat_type                       = Headquarters
| seat                            = [[Ambala]]
| parts_type                      = [[Tehsils of India|Tehsils]]
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| p1                              = 1.&nbsp;[[Ambala]], 2.&nbsp; [[Barara]], 3.&nbsp; [[Naraingarh]] 4. [[Ambala Cantt]]
| area_total_km2                  = 1569
| area_footnotes                  = 
| population_as_of                = 2011
| population_total                = 1,128,350
| population_footnotes            = 
| population_urban                = 500,774
| population_density_km2          = auto
| demographics_type1              = Demographics
| demographics1_title1            = [[Literacy in India|Literacy]]
| demographics1_info1             = 87.46%
| demographics1_title2            = Sex ratio
| demographics1_info2             = 885
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| blank_info_sec1                 = [[Ambala (Lok Sabha constituency)|Ambala]] (shared with Panchkula and Yamuna Nagar districts)
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[[File:Ambala-Kos_Minar.jpg|thumb|[[Kos Minar]] near [[Ambala]] along [[Grand Trunk Road]] in [[Haryana]]]]
'''Ambala district''' is one of the 22 [[Districts of Haryana|districts]] of [[Haryana]] [[States and territories of India|state]] in the country of [[India]] with [[Ambala]] town serving as the administrative headquarters of the district. District Ambala lies on the North-Eastern edge of Haryana and borders [[Punjab, India|Punjab]] and [[Himachal Pradesh]]. Ambala District is a part of [[Ambala Division]].

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==Divisions==
This district falls under the [[Ambala (Lok Sabha constituency)|Ambala Lok Sabha constituency]], which is a [[Reserved political positions in India#Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes|reserved for the Scheduled Caste]] candidates only. This district also has four [[List of constituencies of Haryana Legislative Assembly|Vidhan Sabha constituencies]], all of which are part of Ambala Lok Sabha constituency. Those are [[Ambala City (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Ambala City]], [[Ambala Cantt (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Ambala Cantt]], [[Mulana (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Mulana]] and [[Naraingarh (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Naraingarh]].

[[Divisions of Haryana#Revenue divisions|Administration of this district]] falls under the [[Ambala division]] and law and order falls under the [[Divisions of Haryana#Police ranges|Ambala Police Range]]. The district administration has two sub-divisions, Ambala and [[Naraingarh]]. District is further subdivided into 4 community development blocks and 7 revenue tehsils. Community development blocks are Ambala, Ambala Cantt, [[Barara]] and Naraingarh. Tehsils are Ambala, Ambala Cantt, Barara, Mullana, [[Saha, Ambala|Saha]], [[Shahzadpur, Haryana|Shahzadpur]] and Naraingarh.<ref name=ambdiv1>[https://ambala.gov.in/administrative-setup/ Admin setup of Ambala].</ref>

==Demographics==
{{historical populations|11=1901|12=3,30,735|13=1911|14=2,77,417|15=1921|16=2,58,229|17=1931|18=2,97,802|19=1941|20=3,39,882|21=1951|22=3,65,383|23=1961|24=4,53,581|25=1971|26=5,39,297|27=1981|28=6,59,385|29=1991|30=8,06,482|31=2001|32=10,14,411|33=2011|34=11,28,350|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}}

According to the [[2011 census of India|2011 census]], Ambala district had a [[Demographics of India|population]] of 1,128,350<ref name=districtcensus>{{cite web | url = http://www.census2011.co.in/district.php | title = District Census 2011 | access-date = 24 September 2013 | year = 2013 | publisher = Census2011.co.in}}</ref> roughly equal to the nation of [[Cyprus]]<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 = 1 October 2011 | quote = Cyprus 1,120,489 July 2011 est.
}}</ref> or the US state of [[Rhode Island]].<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=30 September 2011 |quote=Rhode Island 1,052,567 
 |url-status=dead 
 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131019160532/http://2010.census.gov/2010census/data/apportionment-pop-text.php 
 |archive-date=19 October 2013 }}</ref> It ranks 410th (out of a total of [[Districts of India|640]]) in India in terms of population.<ref name=districtcensus/> The district has a population density of {{convert|720 |PD/sqkm|PD/sqmi}} .<ref name=districtcensus/> Its [[Family planning in India|population growth rate]] over the decade 2001-2011 was 11.23%.<ref name=districtcensus/> Ambala had a [[sex ratio]] of  885 [[Women in India|females]] for every 1000 males,<ref name=districtcensus/> and a [[Literacy in India|literacy rate]] of 81.75%.<ref name=districtcensus/>

Hindi (In Devanagri Script) is the official languages and thus used for official communication.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://nclm.nic.in/shared/linkimages/NCLM47thReport.pdf |title=Report of the Commissioner for linguistic minorities: 47th report (July 2008 to June 2010) |page=18 |publisher=Commissioner for Linguistic Minorities, Ministry of Minority Affairs, Government of India |access-date=7 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120513161847/http://nclm.nic.in/shared/linkimages/NCLM47thReport.pdf |archive-date=13 May 2012 |url-status=dead  }}</ref> At the time of the [[2011 Census of India]], 84.57% of the population in the district spoke [[Hindi]], 10.95% [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]] and 2.72% [[Haryanvi language|Haryanvi]] as their first language.<ref>{{cite web |title=C-16 Population By Mother Tongue - Haryana |url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/C-16/DDW-C16-STMT-MDDS-0600.XLSX |website=censusindia.gov.in |access-date=29 September 2019}}</ref>

=== Languages ===

{{Pie chart|caption=Languages of Ambala district (2011 Census)
|label1=Hindi
|value1=84.57
|color1=orange
|label2=Punjabi
|value2=10.95
|color2=pink
|label3=Haryanvi
|value3=2.72
|color3=red 
|label4=Others
|value4=1.76
|color4=grey}}

{| class="wikitable"
|-
!|Language<ref name="Note" group="lower-alpha"/>
!|1911<ref name="earlycensuses">{{cite web|url=http://14.139.60.114:8080/jspui/bitstream/123456789/955/8/Pathankot%20Tehsil%20(25-46).pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=12 June 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160807202230/http://14.139.60.114:8080/jspui/bitstream/123456789/955/8/Pathankot%20Tehsil%20%2825-46%29.pdf |archive-date=7 August 2016 }}</ref>
!|1921<ref name="earlycensuses" />
!|1931<ref name="earlycensuses" />
!|1961<ref name="earlycensuses" />
!|1991<ref>{{cite web |url=http://esaharyana.gov.in/Data/StateStatisticalAbstract/2010-11(English)/StateAbst10-11/27-95.pdf |title=Area and Population |website=Department of Economic and Statistical Analysis Haryana |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160313132759/http://esaharyana.gov.in/Data/StateStatisticalAbstract/2010-11%28English%29/StateAbst10-11/27-95.pdf |archive-date=13 March 2016 |access-date=26 June 2022}}</ref>
!|2001<ref>{{cite web |url=http://esaharyana.gov.in/Data/StateStatisticalAbstract/StatisticalAbstract(2011-12).pdf |title=Statistical Abstract Haryana - 2011-12 |website=Department of Economic and Statistical Analysis Haryana |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130817093157/http://esaharyana.gov.in/Data/StateStatisticalAbstract/StatisticalAbstract%282011-12%29.pdf |archive-date=17 August 2013 |access-date=26 June 2022}}</ref>
|-
! [[Hindi]]
| 3.50%
| 5.45%
| —
| 66.72%
| 87.87%
| 85.26%
|-
! [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]]
| 35.71%
| 40.91%
| 36.12%
| 30.48%
| 10.93%
| 13.15%
|-
! [[Urdu]]
| —
| 53.05%
| —
| —
| 0.19%
| 0.11%
|-
! [[Hindustani language|Hindustani]]
| 56.39%
| —
| 60.58%
| —
| —
| —
|-
! Pahari
| 3.10%
| 0.07%
| 2.62%
| 0.23%
| —
| —
|-
! Other
| 1.30%
| 0.52%
| 0.62%
| ~2.57%
| 1.00%
| 1.48%
|}

;Population trends for major religious groups in Ambala district (1941–1961, 2001–2011)<ref name="Note" group="lower-alpha">Note, Ambala district has gone through numerous boundary changes since 1941.</ref>

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="margin:auto;"
|- style="text-align: center;"
! Religious<br />group
! Population <br />% '''1941'''<ref name="1941+1951">{{cite journal |last1=Hill |first1=K. |last2=Seltze |first2=W. |last3=Leaning |first3=J. |last4=Malik |first4=S. J. |last5=Russell |first5=S. S |last6=Makinson |first6=C. |title=A Demographic Case Study of Forced Migration: The 1947 Partition of India |journal=Princeton |url=https://paa2004.princeton.edu/papers/41274}}</ref>
! Population <br />% '''1951'''<ref name="1941+1951"/>
! Population <br />% '''1961'''<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WBrWCgAAQBAJ |title=Minority Politics in the Punjab |author=GBaldev Raj Nayar |access-date=19 June 2016|isbn=9781400875948 |date=8 December 2015 }}</ref>
! Population <br />% '''2001'''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://censusindia.gov.in/Census_Data_2001/Census_Data_Online/Social_and_cultural/Religion.aspx |title=Archived copy |access-date=2 March 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110520054852/http://www.censusindia.gov.in/Census_Data_2001/Census_Data_Online/Social_and_cultural/Religion.aspx |archive-date=20 May 2011 }}</ref>
! Population <br />% '''2011'''<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/c-01.html|title=Census of India Website : Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India|website=www.censusindia.gov.in|access-date=9 August 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.census2011.co.in/census/district/209-ambala.html|title=Ambala District Population Census 2011-2019, Haryana literacy sex ratio and density|website=www.census2011.co.in|access-date=9 August 2019}}</ref>
|-
! style="background:OrangeRed;"| Hinduism
| 48.40% || 72.20% || 71.45% || 84.40% || 84.65%
|-
! style="background:Orange;"| Sikhism
| 18.50% || 24.60% || 24.83% || 13.06% || 12.25%
|-
! style="background:Green;"| Islam
| 31.70% || 2.40% || — || 1.70% || 1.96%
|-
! style="background:Brown;"| Jainism
| — || — || — || 0.52% || 0.43%
|-
! style="background:DodgerBlue;"| Christianity
| — || — || — || 0.28% || 0.33%
|-
! style="background:Gold;"| Buddhism
| — || — || — || 0.02% || 0.03%
|-
! style="background:GreenYellow;"| Other / No religion
| 1.40% || 0.8% || 3.73% || 0.01% || 0.35%
|}
{{clear}}

==Economy==
Being located in the [[Indo-Gangetic Plain]], the land is generally fertile and conducive to agriculture. However, primary sector contributes much lesser to the economy of the district than it does to the economy of Haryana.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://planningcommission.nic.in/plans/stateplan/sdr/sdr_haryana1909.pdf |title=Haryana State Development Report |pages=123–124 |publisher=Planning Commission of India, Government of India |access-date=7 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121102071030/http://planningcommission.nic.in/plans/stateplan/sdr/sdr_haryana1909.pdf |archive-date=2 November 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Small scale industries form the bulk of the industrial landscape in the district. It is one of the largest producers of scientific and surgical instruments in the country and home to a large number of scientific instrument manufacturers due to which it is also referred as ''Science City'' .<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://scientificequipments.com/|title=scientific equipments manufacturers & dealers in ambala india, laboratory equipments manufacturers & dealers in ambala india|website=scientificequipments.com|access-date=9 August 2019}}</ref>

==Cities, towns, villages, and other communities==
{{See also|List of villages in Ambala district}}
* [[Ambala]] (city)
* [[Ambala Cantonment]] (city)
* [[Shahzadpur, Haryana|Shahzadpur]] (town)
* [[Naraingarh]] (city)
* [[Kurali, Haryana|Kurali]]
* [[Harbon]]
* [[Barara]] (town)
* [[Saha, Ambala|Saha]]
* [[Badhauli]] (village)
* [[Mullana]] (town)
* [[Kardhan]] (urban village)
* [[Sountli]] (village)

==References==
{{Notelist}}
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons category|Ambala district}}
*[https://ambala.gov.in/ Ambala district official website]

{{Geographic location
|Centre    = Ambala district
|North     = [[Mohali district]], [[Punjab (India)|Punjab]]
|Northeast = [[Panchkula district]] <br /> [[Sirmaur district]], [[Himachal Pradesh]]
|East      = [[Yamuna Nagar district]]
|Southeast = 
|South     = [[Kurukshetra district]]
|Southwest = 
|West      = [[Patiala district]], [[Punjab (India)|Punjab]]
|Northwest = 
}}

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