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| name = Ambala Cantonment<br />
| native_name =<br />
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| nickname = Science City<br />
| settlement_type = City<br />
| image_skyline = Busy Grand Trunk Road in India, section Ambala ←→ Delhi 1940s.jpg<br />
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| image_caption = [[Grand Trunk Road]], at Ambala Cantonment, during British Raj<br />
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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Haryana, India<br />
| coordinates = {{coord|30.361915|N|76.8480778|E|display=inline,title}}<br />
| subdivision_type = Country<br />
| subdivision_name = {{flag|India}}<br />
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]<br />
| subdivision_name1 = [[Haryana]]<br />
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]<br />
| subdivision_name2 = [[Ambala district|Ambala]]<br />
| established_title = <!-- Established --><br />
| established_date = 1843(cantonment)<br />
| founder = <br />
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| government_type = <br />
| governing_body = Cantonment Board Ambala<br />
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| population_total = 55,370<br />
| population_as_of = 2011<br />
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| population_density_km2 = auto<br />
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| population_footnotes = <ref name="Census2011">{{cite web|url=http://www.census2011.co.in/data/town/800366-ambala-cantt--haryana.html|title=Ambala Cantt. City Population Census 2011 - Haryana|work=Census 2011}}</ref><br />
| demographics_type1 = Languages<ref name=nclmanurep2010>{{cite web |url = http://www.nclm.nic.in/shared/linkimages/NCLM52ndReport.pdf |title = Report of the Commissioner for linguistic minorities: 52nd report (July 2014 to June 2015) |pages = 85–86 |publisher = Commissioner for Linguistic Minorities, Ministry of Minority Affairs, Government of India |accessdate = 24 March 2019 |df = dmy-all |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20161115133948/http://nclm.nic.in/shared/linkimages/NCLM52ndReport.pdf |archive-date = 15 November 2016 |url-status = dead }}</ref><ref name="punjabiofficial">{{cite web |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india/haryana-grants-second-language-status-to-punjabi/story-MTUeEQDE4fRCbEyPkAm63N.html |title=Haryana grants second language status to Punjabi |work=[[Hindustan Times]] |author=IANS |date=28 January 2010 |accessdate=24 March 2019|author-link=Indo-Asian News Service }}</ref><br />
| demographics1_title1 = Official<br />
| demographics1_info1 = [[Hindi]]<br />
| demographics1_title2 = Additional&nbsp;official<br />
| demographics1_info2 = [[English language|English]], [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]]<br />
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]<br />
| utc_offset1 = +5:30<br />
| postal_code_type = <!-- [[Postal Index Number|PIN]] --><br />
| postal_code = 1330XX<br />
| registration_plate = HR 01, HR 85, HR 37<br />
| website = {{URL|haryana.gov.in}} <br />
| footnotes = <br />
}}<br />
'''Ambala Cantonment''' is a [[cantonment]] town in [[Ambala district]] in the state of [[Haryana]], [[India]]. It is 200&nbsp;km north of [[Delhi]] and 55&nbsp;km southwest of [[Chandigarh]]. This cantonment was established in the year 1843 and is an important centre for manufacturing of scientific and surgical instruments.<br />
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== Demographics ==<br />
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{{bar percent|[[Hinduism]]|darkorange|91.77}}<br />
{{bar percent|[[Sikhism]]| darkkhaki|4.48}}<br />
{{bar percent|[[Islam]]|green|2.21}}<br />
{{bar percent|[[Christianity]]|dodgerblue|1.26}}<br />
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{{As of|2011}} India [[census]], Ambala Cantonment had a population of 55,370. Males constitute 61% of the population and females 39%. Ambala Cantonment has an average literacy rate of 91.24%, higher than the national average of 74%; with 95.07% of the males and 85.32% of females literate. 11.41% of the population is under 6 years of age.<ref name="Census2011"/>{{better source needed|reason=site not considered reliable|date=February 2019}}<br />
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==Economy==<br />
Scientific and surgical instruments are manufactured in Ambala Cantonment.<ref name="YellowPages">[http://www.ambalayellowpages.com/about.html Ambala info] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161028010919/http://www.ambalayellowpages.com/about.html |date=28 October 2016 }}, yellowpages.</ref>{{Unreliable source?|date=February 2019}}<br />
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==Transport==<br />
===Railways===<br />
[[Ambala Cantonment Junction railway station]] is a major junction. [[Delhi–Kalka line|Delhi-Kalka]] and Saharanpur-Ludhiana's railway lines pass through this junction<ref name="YellowPages"/><br />
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===By road===<br />
[[Grand Trunk Road|G.T. Road]] passes through Ambala Cantonment.<br />
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==Places of interest==<br />
* [[European Cemetery]]<br />
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==Education==<br />
Historic Colleges which were established before independence of [[India]] are also present. An example of that is [[Sanatan Dharma College]] on [[Ambala–Jagadhri Highway]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Ambala: Convocation |work=[[The Tribune (Chandigarh)]] |url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2004/20040305/region.htm |date=5 March 2004| accessdate=6 February 2019 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=S.D. College graduates get degrees|work=The Tribune, Chandigarh |url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2000/20000415/haryana.htm#5 |date= 15 April 2000| accessdate=6 February 2019 }}</ref> [[Convent of Jesus and Mary, Ambala|Convent of Jesus and Mary]] is a girls' day-school in Ambala Cantonment.<ref>{{cite news |title=Divjot Kaur Jaggi a topper from Ambala Cantonment |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/education/news/divjot-kaur-jaggi-a-topper-from-ambala-cantonment/articleshow/69208095.cms |access-date=9 April 2021 |work=The Times of India |date=6 May 2019}}</ref><br />
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==Gallery==<br />
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File:A Temple in Ambala.jpeg|Ambala Cantonment Temple.<br />
File:Gurudwara Panjokhra Sahib, Haryana.jpg|Panjokhra sahib.<br />
File:St Paul's Church Ambala Haryana - c1868.jpg|St Paul's Church before being bombed by the Pakistani Air Force in the 1965 conflict.<br />
File:12920 (JAT-INDB) Malwa Express at Ambala Cantonment station.jpg|[[Ambala Cantonment railway station]].<br />
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==References==<br />
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[[Category:Cities and towns in Ambala district]]<br />
[[Category:Cantonments of India]]<br />
[[Category:Cantonments of British India]]<br />
[[Category:Ambala]]<br />
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