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'''Hathin''' is a City and a Municipal Committee in [[Palwal district]] of [[Haryana]] in India.

== Geography ==
It lies in NCR region, located {{convert|67|km|mi}} south of [[Delhi]], {{convert|16|km|mi|0}} east from [[National Highway 2 (India)|NH2]] ([[Delhi-Jaipur Expressway]]) and 10 kilometres south from KMP (Kundli-Manesar-Palwal).

== Governance ==
Hathin is a [[Haryana Legislative Assembly]] constituency segment, within the [[Faridabad (Lok Sabha constituency)|Faridabad]] [[Lok Sabha]] constituency.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ceoharyana.nic.in/pdf/ERoll%202009.pdf|title=Parliamentary/Assembly Constituency wise Electors in Final Roll 2009|publisher=Chief Electoral Officer, Haryana|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090409213734/http://ceoharyana.nic.in/pdf/ERoll%202009.pdf|archivedate=2009-04-09}}</ref>

==History==
{{anchor | Bhadas railings | Bhadas Yaksha | Hathin railings | Hathin Yaksha }}
Circa 150 BCE to 100 CE [[Shunga Empire]] or [[Kushan Empire]] era [[Hindu temple#Nagara Architecture of North Indian temples|Hindu temple]] [[guard rail]] pillars were excavated from a filled well of [[Bhadas, Haryana|Bhadas]] village and from Hathin. The pillars are exhibited in the Haryana State Museum.<ref>Devendra Handa, 2006, Sculptures from Haryana: Iconography and Style, Page 7.</ref><ref name=hist1>Chander Pal Singh, 2003, "Early Medieval Art Of Haryana", Koshal Book Depot, page 6.</ref><ref>1985, Journal of the Indian Society of Oriental Art, Volume 15, Page 1.</ref> The railing pillars have images of [[Yaksha]] and three [[Mortise and tenon|mortises]] carved on them. These pillars may have belonged to the same monument as the [[Lens (optics)|lens]]-shaped mortises because both have the same size, the color of the stone, distances between the three mortises carved on the pillars and ''yaksha'' carvings.<ref name=bhad1>Sonya Rhie Quintanilla, 2007, [https://books.google.com/books?id=X7Cb8IkZVSMC&pg=PA67&dq=bhadas+village+in+haryana&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjzqIK67KHfAhULK48KHayfAiI4ChDoAQhKMAg#v=onepage&q=bhadas%20village%20in%20haryana&f=false History of Early Stone Sculpture at Mathura: Ca. 150 BCE - 100 CE], page 67.</ref> The ''yaksha'' on the Bhadas pillar stands on [[protome]] of a [[Cloven hoof]]ed animal, with the raised right hand (now-broken) holding a flower and the left hand on the hip holding up the drapery.<ref name=bhad1/> [[Roundel]] on top of the pillar is a [[Hybrid beasts in folklore|composite animal]] with protome of [[deer]] and hindquarters of [[Makara (Hindu mythology)|''makra'']] superimposed over a [[Nelumbo nucifera#Flower lotus|lotus]] in bloom.<ref name=bhad1/>

On 10 April 1919, [[Mahatma Gandhi]] was arrested at Palwal railway station, accused of sedition and jailed.

== Infrastructure ==
Electricity is provided by DHBVN.

State transport Haryana buses connect the town to district Palwal and with cities like Gurgaon, Delhi, and Chandigarh.

An updated community health center and am office is under construction.

On 27 May 2015, Haryana chief minister ML Khattar announced a budget of Rs 40 crore (400m) for a four-lane highway project from Palwal to Hathin and a bypass from Hathin to link NH-2. 5 crore to Hathin, 150 crore for improvement of irrigation facilities and improvement of existing government girls school buildings.

== Demographics ==
The Hathin Municipal Committee has a population of 17,461 of which 8,308 are male and 6,422 are female according to Census India 2011.{{Clarify|reason=Numbers do not add up|date=May 2019}} The population of children ranging from 0-6 is 2,731, which is 15.64% of the total population of Hathin (MC). The female ratio is on par with state average of 879. The child ratio is 820 against a state average of 834. The literacy rate is 71.97% against the state average of 75.55%.

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!Town
!Population
!Hindu
!Muslim
!Christian
!Sikh
!Buddhist
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!Not Stated
|-
|'''Hathin'''
|17,461
|80.06%
|18.96%
|0.08%
|0.01%
|0.09%
|0.64%
|0.00%
|0.17%
|}

== Transport ==

=== Rail ===
[[File:Palwal_rly_station.jpg|thumb|Palwal Railway station]]
Located {{convert|15|km|miles|0}} from Hathin, Palwal is the nearest railway station. The station has 10 platforms. It is one of the largest in India. Numerous trains connect Palwal to Delhi. Fast trains are available for longer distances. Women-only trains run between Palwal and Delhi.

== Education ==
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=== Schools ===
* Modish Public School, Hathin
* Shanti Niketan Public School, Hathin
* Tagore Shiksha Niketan Public School, Hathin
* St. John's Public School, Hathin
* Yadav Academy School, Hathin
* Sehrawat Public School, Hathin
* Govt. Boys Sr. Sec. School, Hathin
* Govt. Girls Sr. Sec. School, Hathin
* Govt. Primary School, Hathin
* Mewat Model School Buraka, Hathin|Mewat Model School, Hathin
* New D.P.S, Bhanguri Hathin
* Krishna Public School, Swamika Hathin
* ASM Convent Public School, Hathin
* SR Mewat Public School, Hathin

===Colleges===

* Sehrawat Degree College of Education, Hathin
* Yadav Degree College, Hathin
* Government Industrial Training Institute, Hathin
* Government Polytechnic Uttawar Hathin
* Mewat School of Education, Hathin
* Government College, Hathin (Palwal)

== See also ==
* [[Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor Project]]

== References ==
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[[Category:Cities and towns in Palwal district]]

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