Karnal district is one of the 22 districts of

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state in

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which constitutes the National Capital Region (NCR) of the country. The city of

Karnal Karnal ( is a city located in the state of Haryana, India and is the administrative headquarters of Karnal District. It was used by East India Company army as a refuge during the Indian Rebellion of 1857 in Delhi. The Battle of Karnal between ...

is a part of the National Capital Region (NCR) and is the administrative headquarters of the district. As it lies on

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(old NH-1), it has a well connected transport system to the nearby major cities like

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and

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. Karnal District is also well connected via railways. Karnal Junction lies on Delhi-Kalka line and major trains stops at this station. The district headquarter also has a small aerodrome known as karnal airport.

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):

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Assandh Assandh is a city and a municipal committee in Karnal district in the state of Haryana, India. Assandh is 45 km south-west of Karnal. History Early history Archaeological excavations have revealed Painted Grey Ware, associated with the ...

and Gharaunda.

Revenue tehsils

The above 4 sub-divisions are divided into 5 revenue

tehsil A tehsil (, also known as tahsil, taluka, or taluk) is a local unit of administrative division in some countries of South Asia. It is a subdistrict of the area within a district including the designated populated place that serves as its administ ...

s, namely, Karnal, Indri,

Nilokheri Nilokheri is a town, just 19 km from Karnal city and a municipal committee in Karnal district in the Indian state of Haryana. It has 13 wards. The town is located about 143 km from Delhi on National Highway 1. Demographics India cen ...

, Gharaunda & Assandh and 3 sub-tehsil namely Nigdhu, Nissing and Ballah.

Assembly constituencies

The Karnal district is divided into 5 Vidhan Sabha constituencies: *

* Gharaunda *

Karnal district is a part of Karnal (Lok Sabha constituency).

Demographics

According to the 2011 census Karnal district has a

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of 1,505,324, roughly equal to the nation of

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or the US state of

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. This gives it a ranking of 333rd in India (out of a total of 640). The district has a population density of . Its

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over the decade 2001-2011 was 18.22%. Karnal has a

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of 996

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for every 1,000 males, and a

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of 74.73%. Scheduled Castes made up 22.56% of the population.

Languages

At the time of the

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, 54.28% of the population in the district spoke

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, 32.04

Haryanvi Haryanvi ( ' or '), also known as Bangru, is an Indo-Aryan language spoken in the state of Haryana in India, and to a lesser extent in Delhi. Haryanvi is considered to be part of the dialect group of Western Hindi, which also includes Kharib ...

, 10.86% Punjabi and 1.06% Multani as their first language..

Religion

People from Karnal District

Kalpana Chawla Kalpana Chawla (17 March 1962 – 1 February 2003) was an Indian-born American astronaut and mechanical engineer who was the first woman of Indian origin to go to space. She first flew on Space Shuttle ''Columbia'' in 1997 as a mission speciali ...

, First Indo-American woman astronaut. In 2003, Chawla was one of the seven crew members that died in the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster *

Nawabzada Liaquat Ali Khan Liaquat Ali Khan ( ur, ; 1 October 1895 – 16 October 1951), also referred to in Pakistan as ''Quaid-e-Millat'' () or ''Shaheed-e-Millat'' ( ur, lit=Martyr of the Nation, label=none, ), was a Pakistani statesman, lawyer, political theoris ...

, First

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. * Vikramjeet Virk, Indian actor. * Navdeep Saini, Indian cricketer. * Manohar Lal Khattar, Current Chief Minister of Haryana *

Kuldeep Sharma Kuldeep Sharma (born 3 April 1957) is an Indian politician and a member of Legislative assembly from Ganaur in Haryana. He was first elected in 2009 Haryana Legislative Assembly election, 2009 Haryana Legislative assembly election as an Indian ...

, Indian politician. *

Harwinder Kalyan Harvinder Singh Kalyan (born 1967) is an Indian politician of Bharatiya Janata Party from Madhuban in Karnal, Haryana, India. He represents Gharaunda constituency of Haryana Legislative Assembly in Karnal district of Haryana. Personal life Ha ...

, Indian politician. *

Karan Dev Kamboj Karan Dev Kamboj is a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) politician and 2014-2019, former member of legislative assembly (MLA) of Haryana state in India. He representsIndri constituency in the Haryana Legislative Assembly The Haryana Legislat ...

, Indian politician.

Villages

Chakda Chakda is a village and a Panchayat at Nissing tehsil in Karnal district in the Indian state of Haryana. Chakda is located about 10 km from town Nissing and about 27 km from Karnal district via both state highway 8 and state highway 9. ...

Hemda Hemda is a village in Karnal district of state Haryana, India. It is located on SH-8 between Karnal to Kaithal. Overview Hemda is a village in Karnal district, India. It is located just 9 km from Karnal. The village has a history of more ...

Kaimla Kaimla is a village in Karnal district of Haryana, India. It lies in Gharaunda subdivision, about 3 km from Gharaunda. It is about 10 km from Panipat and 20 km from Karnal. The nearest railway stations are at Kohand, 2.5 km ...

Salwan Salwan is a village of high historical interest and ''biggest village in Karnal District and one of the biggest villages in Haryana.'' ''The'' village belongs to Zamindar A zamindar ( Hindustani: Devanagari: , ; ...

*Padha :The ROYAL VILLAGE

References

External links

Official website
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