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| Settlement type | District of Haryana |
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Karnal district is one of the 22 districts of Haryana state in northern India. Karnal city is the administrative headquarters of the district. It is one of the 22 Districts which constitutes the National Capital Region (NCR) of India. Karnal is a city part of the National Capital Region (NCR) and located in the state of Haryana, India and is the administrative headquarters of the district.
Also as it lies on National highway 44 (old NH-1), it has a well connected transport system to the nearby major cities like Delhi and Chandigarh. Karnal District is also well connected by railways. Karnal Junction lies on Delhi-Kalka line and major trains stops at this station. The district headquarter also have a small aerodrome known as karnal airport.
Demographics
According to the 2011 census Karnal district has a population of 1,505,324,[1] roughly equal to the nation of Gabon[2] or the US state of Hawaii.[3] This gives it a ranking of 333rd in India (out of a total of 640).[1] The district has a population density of Template:Convert .[1] Its population growth rate over the decade 2001-2011 was 18.22%.[1] Karnal has a sex ratio of 996 females for every 1,000 males,[1] and a literacy rate of 74.73%.[1]
At the time of the 2011 Census of India, 87.41% of the population in the district spoke Hindi, 10.86% Punjabi and 1.06% Lahnda as their first language.[4]
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Sub-Divisions
The Karnal district is headed by an IAS officer of the rank of Deputy Commissioner (DC) who is the chief executive officer of the district. The district is divided into 4 sub-divisions, each headed by a Sub-Divisional Magistrate (SDM): Karnal, Indri, Assandh and Gharaunda.
Revenue tehsils
The above 4 sub-divisions are divided into 5 revenue tehsils, namely, Karnal, Indri, Nilokheri, Gharaunda & Assandh and 3 sub-tehsil namely Nigdhu, Nissing and Ballah.
Assembly constituencies
The Karnal district is divided into 5 Vidhan Sabha constituencies:
Karnal district is a part of Karnal (Lok Sabha constituency).
People from Karnal District
- Kalpana Chawla, First Indo-American woman astronaut. In 2003, Chawla was one of the seven crew members that died in the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster[5]
- Nawabzada Liaquat Ali Khan, First Prime Minister of Pakistan.
- Vikramjeet Virk, Indian actor.
- Navdeep Saini, Indian cricketer.
- Manohar Lal Khattar, Current Chief Minister of Haryana
- Kuldeep Sharma, Indian politician.
- Harwinder Kalyan, Indian politician.
- Karan Dev Kamboj, Indian politician.
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 District Census 2011. Census2011.co.in. Retrieved 2011-09-30.
- ↑ Country Comparison:Population. Retrieved 2011-10-01.
- ↑ 2010 Resident Population Data. U. S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 2011-09-30.
- ↑ 2011 Census of India, Population By Mother Tongue
- ↑ Only 98 cities instead of 100 announced: All questions answered about the smart cities project(28 August 2015).