Jagadhri is a city and a
municipal council
A municipal council is the legislative body of a municipality or local government area. Depending on the location and classification of the municipality it may be known as a city council, town council, town board, community council, borough cou ...
in the
Yamunanagar district of the
Indian state
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of Haryana. The town is adjacent to the city of
Yamunanagar, around 90 km from
Chandigarh
Chandigarh is a city and union territory in northern India, serving as the shared capital of the states of Punjab and Haryana. Situated near the foothills of the Shivalik range of Himalayas, it borders Haryana to the east and Punjab in the ...
, the capital city of Haryana state.
Etymology
Jagadhri may be named after Yugandhari, legendary king of the Yugandharas.
[Yamunanagar History]
, Gazatteer of Haryana: Yamunanagar.
Demographics
As of
2011 Indian Census, Jagadhri had 26,716 households with a total population of 124,894 of which 67,685 were male and 57,209 were females. Population within the age group of 0 to 6 years was 14,011. The total number of literates in Jagadhri was 94,468, which constituted 75.6% of the population with male literacy of 78.3% and female literacy of 72.5%. The effective literacy rate of 7+ population of Jagadhri was 85.2%, of which male literacy rate was 88.3% and female literacy rate was 81.5%. The
Scheduled Castes population was 15,460.
Education
Local schools include:
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Maharaja Agrasen College, Jagadhri
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Maharaja Agrasen Institute of Management and Technology
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S.D. Public School, Jagadhri
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Sacred Heart School, Jagadhri
References
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Cities and towns in Yamunanagar district
Cities and towns in Haryana