Tohana is a

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and a

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, just 60 km from Fatehabad City in

Fatehabad district Fatehabad District is one of the twenty two districts of the state of Haryana, India. Fatehabad was founded by Firuz Shah Tughlaq. Fatehabad district was carved out of Hisar district on 15 July 1997. It borders districts of Mansa and San ...

in the

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Haryana Haryana (; ) is an Indian state located in the northern part of the country. It was carved out of the former state of East Punjab on 1 Nov 1966 on a linguistic basis. It is ranked 21st in terms of area, with less than 1.4% () of India's land a ...

. Its name comes from the

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'Taushayana'. It is known as the City of Canals (Nahro ki Nagri).

Geography

Tohana is located at . It has an average elevation of 225

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Communities

Tohana is located near the

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border. The majority of people are Hindus, Sikhs, or Jains. Jaat,

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, Agrawal, BHATIA and Arora clans constitute the majority of the population. Other population groups include the

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, and

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s. People mainly speak Punjabi,

Haryanavi 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 ...

, Multani as well as

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Demographics

As per 2011, Tohana had a population of 63,871 in 12,642 households. Males constitute 52.65% of the population and females 47.35%. Tohana has an average literacy rate of 67.81%, lower than the national average of 74.5%; male literacy is 72%, and female literacy is 62.54%. In Tohana, 11.99% of the population is under 6 years of age. Among children under 6, the male to female ratio is 55.48:44.52. Tohana is two kilometres from the Punjab border in north-west Haryana. One of the neighboring cities is Hisar, 72 km away from Tohana, which was the district headquarters of Tohana until 1997. Fatehabad was created as a separate district from Hisar and Tohana was included in the part that went to Fatehabad.All the parks of the city are located between the canals.

History

The area around Tohana used to be a desert land until the Bhakhra Nangal sub-branch canal brought a source of irrigation for the town and neighboring villages. After this, Tohana developed into a major agricultural hub. Credit for the transformation goes to Rai bahadur Kanwar Sen Gupta, who was born in 1899 in Tohana.DIGITAL TOHANA Website
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Transportation

Railways

Tohana railway station lies in

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and in

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.Double electric line is present and a total of 47 trains halt here.India's longest everyday running train Avadh Assam Express also halt at Tohana railway station.

Roadways

Tohana is connected to

Narnaul Narnaul is a city, a Municipal Council, and location of headquarters of the Mahendragarh district in the Indian state of Haryana. It is located in the National Capital Region of India. History Narnaul is built on a prominent tell, but th ...

, Hansi, Moonak,

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with National Highway 148B (India).Tohana is connected to its district Fatehabad via Bhuna and Ratia.

References

{{Fatehabad District Cities and towns in Fatehabad district