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{{About|the district|its eponymous headquarters|Kaithal}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=January 2018}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Kaithal district
| settlement_type = [[Districts of Haryana|District of Haryana]]
| total_type = Total
| native_name =
| image_map = India - Haryana - Kaithal.svg
| map_caption = Location of Kaithal district in Haryana
| coordinates =
| coor_pinpoint = Kaithal
| 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 = [[Karnal division|Karnal]]
| established_title = Established
| established_date = 1 November 1989
| seat_type = Headquarters
| seat = [[Kaithal]]
| parts_type = [[Tehsils of India|Tehsils]]
| parts_style = para
| p1 = 1. Kaithal, 2. Guhla, 3. [[Pundri]], 4. Kalayat
| area_total_km2 = 2317
| area_footnotes =
| population_as_of = 2011
| population_total = 1,074,304
| population_footnotes =
| population_urban = 19.39
| population_density_km2 = auto
| demographics_type1 = Demographics
| demographics1_title1 = [[Literacy in India|Literacy]]
| demographics1_info1 =
| demographics1_title2 = Sex ratio
| demographics1_info2 = 880 (2011 census)
| leader_title =
| leader_name =
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +05:30
| registration_plate =
| blank_name_sec1 = [[Roads in India|Major highways]]
| blank_info_sec1 = [[National Highway 152 (India)|NH-152]]<ref name="renumber">{{cite web|url=http://dorth.gov.in/writereaddata/sublinkimages/finaldoc6143316640.pdf|title=Rationalisation of Numbering Systems of National Highways|publisher=[[Department of Road Transport and Highways]]|access-date=3 April 2012|location=New Delhi|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160201124738/http://dorth.gov.in/writereaddata/sublinkimages/finaldoc6143316640.pdf|archive-date=1 February 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| blank1_name_sec1 = Average annual precipitation
| blank1_info_sec1 = 563 mm
| blank_name_sec2 = [[Lok Sabha|Lok Sabha constituencies]]
| blank_info_sec2 = [[Kurukshetra (Lok Sabha constituency)|Kurukshetra]] (shared with [[Kurukshetra district|Kurukshetra]] and [[Yamuna Nagar district|Yamuna Nagar]] districts)
| blank1_name_sec2 = [[Vidhan Sabha|Vidhan Sabha constituencies]]
| blank1_info_sec2 = 4
| website = http://kaithal.gov.in/
}}
'''Kaithal district''' is one of the 22 [[Districts of Haryana|districts]] of [[Haryana]], [[States and territories of India|state]] in northern [[India]]. [[Kaithal]] town is the district headquarters. The district occupies an area of 2317 km<sup>2</sup>. It has a population of 1,074,304 (2011 census). It is part of [[Karnal division]]. Kaithal was notified as district by Haryana Govt. on 16 October 1989 and carved out of Kurukshetra and Jind districts, comprising Guhla and Kaithal sub-divisions of Kurukshetra district, Kalayat sub-tahsil and 6 villages of Jind district.

This district came into existence on 1 November 1989.

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==Divisions==
Kaithal district comprises four [[tehsil]]s: [[Kaithal]], [[Guhla]], [[Pundri]] and [[Kalayat]]; and the three sub-tehsils of Rajaund, Dhand and Siwan.<ref name="nic-2">{{cite web|url=http://kaithal.gov.in/basic_statistics.htm|title=Basic Statistics|publisher=Official Website of Kaithal Administration|access-date=13 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170913213713/http://kaithal.gov.in/basic_statistics.htm|archive-date=13 September 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://kaithal.gov.in/history.htm|title=History|publisher=Kaithal District|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180407070605/http://kaithal.gov.in/history.htm|archive-date=7 April 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref> The four [[Haryana Vidhan Sabha]] constituencies located in this district are Guhla, Kalayat, Kaithal and Pundri.<ref name="ceo1">{{cite web|url=http://ceoharyana.nic.in/pdf/AC%20Distwise.pdf |title=District Wise Assembly Constituencies |publisher=Chief Electoral Officer, Haryana website |access-date=28 April 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721163531/http://ceoharyana.nic.in/pdf/AC%20Distwise.pdf |archive-date=21 July 2011 }}</ref> All of these are part of [[Kurukshetra (Lok Sabha constituency)|Kurukshetra Lok Sabha constituency]].

==Kaithal Bar Association==
The Kaithal [[Bar Association]] was established in 1905–06. The membership of Bar in 1970 was 60 (including 3 pleaders) and the District Bar Association was established on 01.11.1989 after creation of District Kaithal. There is also a Bar Association at Sub Division, [[Guhla]]. The name of the eminent Lawyers from the District Bar Association Kaithal are Babu Jyoti Parshad, Pt. Amarnath Tewari, Malik Murari Lal, Mulakh Raj Grover, Ch. Barumal, Chaudhary Shamsul Haq (later became designated Senior Counsel, Lahore High Court in 1963), Shri Dinanath Advocate, Shri Ravi Parkash Gupta, Shri Anurag Gupta, Choudhary Baru Ram Advocate and [[Shri O.P.Tiwari Advocate]], Shri Rajpal Khatkar

==Demographics==
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|title=Religion in Kaithal district (2011)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.census2011.co.in/census/district/212-kaithal.html|title=Kaithal District Population Census 2011-2020, Haryana literacy sex ratio and density|website=www.census2011.co.in}}</ref>
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{{bar percent|[[Islam]]|#009000|0.77}}
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{| class="wikitable"
|-
!|Rank
!|Language
!|1961<ref>http://14.139.60.114:8080/jspui/bitstream/123456789/955/8/Pathankot%20Tehsil%20(25-46).pdf {{webarchive|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 |date=2016-08-07 }}</ref>
!|1991<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://esaharyana.gov.in/Data/StateStatisticalAbstract/2010-11(English)/StateAbst10-11/27-95.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=18 June 2016 |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 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
!|2001<ref>http://esaharyana.gov.in/Data/StateStatisticalAbstract/StatisticalAbstract(2011-12).pdf {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130817093157/http://esaharyana.gov.in/Data/StateStatisticalAbstract/StatisticalAbstract%282011-12%29.pdf |date=2013-08-17 }}</ref>
|-
| 1
! [[Haryanvi]]
| 81.00%
| 89.12%
| 87.28%
|-
| 2
! [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]]
| 18.40%
| 10.81%
| 12.43%
|-
| 3
! [[Urdu]]
| —
| 0.02%
| 0.07%
|-
| —
! Other
| 0.60%
| 0.05%
| 0.22%
|}

According to the [[2011 census of India|2011 census]] Kaithal district has a [[Demographics of India|population]] of 1,074,304,<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 more than 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 = 2011-10-01 | 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=2011-09-30 |quote=Rhode Island 1,052,567 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110817034911/http://2010.census.gov/2010census/data/apportionment-pop-text.php |archive-date=2011-08-17 }}</ref> This gives it a ranking of 423rd in India (out of a total of [[Districts of India|640]]).<ref name=districtcensus/> The district has a population density of {{convert| 463 |PD/sqkm|PD/sqmi}} .<ref name=districtcensus/> Its [[Family planning in India|population growth rate]] over the decade 2001-2011 was 13.39%.<ref name=districtcensus/> Kaithal has a [[sex ratio]] of 880 [[Women in India|females]] for every 1000 males,<ref name=districtcensus/> and a [[Literacy in India|literacy rate]] of 70.6%.<ref name=districtcensus/>

At the time of the [[2011 Census of India]], 89.37% of the population in the district spoke [[Hindi]] and 10.34% [[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>

{{historical populations|21=1951|22=2,27,168|23=1961|24=3,34,804|25=1971|26=4,61,897|27=1981|28=6,46,566|29=1991|30=7,81,814|31=2001|32=9,46,131|33=2011|34=10,74,304|percentages=pagr|footnote=source:<ref>[http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/PCA/A2_Data_Table.html Decadal Variation In Population Since 1901]</ref>|align=middle}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[https://kaithal.gov.in/ Kaithal district, official website]

{{Geographic location
|Centre = Kaithal district
|North =
|Northeast = [[Kurukshetra district]]
|East =
|Southeast = [[Karnal district]]
|South =
|Southwest = [[Jind district]]
|West =
|Northwest = [[Patiala district]], [[Punjab (India)|Punjab]]
}}

{{Districts of Haryana}}
{{Authority control}}

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[[Category:Districts of Haryana]]
[[Category:1989 establishments in Haryana]]

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Kaithal district - Revision history

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