Agroha is a town near

Hisar Hissar () means fort or castle in Arabic, with variants adopted into Persian (hesar, hessar) and Turkish (hisar). Hissar, Hisar and Hesar may refer to: Places Asia (South and Central) India *Hisar (city), a city in Haryana **Hisar Airport in Hi ...

city, Hisar district in Haryana state of northern India, between Hisar city and Fatehabad on NH 09. Ancient structures, pot-shards, coins and seals have been found in archaeological excavations at the

Agroha Mound Agroha, locally known as ''Ther'', is an archaeological site located in Agroha, in the Hisar district of India. Location The mounds are located about 1.5 km from the town of Agroha, 20 km from Hisar city and 190 km from Ne ...

History

Early history

Mughal era

Agroha is listed in the

Ain-i-Akbari The ''Ain-i-Akbari'' (), or the "Administration of Akbar", is a 16th-century detailed document regarding the administration of the Mughal Empire under Emperor Akbar, written by his court historian, Abu'l Fazl, in the Persian language. It forms ...

as a

pargana Pargana or parganah, also spelt pergunnah, equivalent to Mohallah as a subunit of Subah (Suba), was a type of former administrative division in the Indian subcontinent during the time of the Delhi Sultanate, Mughal and British Colonial empire ...

under Hisar sarkar, producing a revenue of 1,743,970

dam A dam is a barrier that stops or restricts the flow of surface water or underground streams. Reservoirs created by dams not only suppress floods but also provide water for activities such as irrigation, human consumption, industrial use, aqua ...

s for the imperial treasury and supplying a force of 2000 infantry and 200 cavalry. It appears with the note "Game of all kind abounds. Sport chiefly hawking."

Demographics

As of 2011 India census, Agroha had a population of 7722 in 1491 households. Males (4068) constitute 52.68% of the population and females (3654) 47.31%. Agroha has an average literacy (4522) rate of 58.55%, less than the national average of 74%: male literacy (2659) is 58.8%, and female literacy (1863) is 41.19%. In Agroha, 13.71% of the population is under 6 years of age (1059).

Development

In 2023, a plan submitted by the

Agarwal Agrawal (Agarwal, Agerwal, Agrawala, Agarwala, Agarwalla, Aggarwal, Agarawal'', ''Agarawala'', or Aggrawal) is a Bania caste. The Banias of northern India are a cluster of several communities, of which the Agrawal Banias, Maheshwari Banias, Osw ...

community to the Chief Minister of Haryana for the development of "Agroha Global City" in the 25 km radius by establishing 18 residential sectors named after 18

gotra In Hindu culture, the term gotra (Sanskrit: गोत्र) is considered to be equivalent to lineage. It broadly refers to people who are descendants in an unbroken male line from a common male ancestor or patriline. Generally, the gotr ...

s of Agarwal community, construction of world's largest statue of

Maharaja Agrasen Agrasen, most commonly known as Maharaja (literally, ''great king'') Agrasen, was a legendary Indian king of Agroha Mound, Agroha, a city of traders in the district of Hisar_district, Hisar, Haryana. He is a descendant of the Hinduism, Hindu dei ...

, AYUSH Hospital, a university, ashrams and dharamshalas for pilgrims, modern busport, and railway station, etc. The development will be done by the agrawal community and the role of government will be limited to providing the legal approvals and helping the land acquisition.हिसार के अग्रोहा में अग्रसेन ग्लोबल सिटी का प्रस्ताव:निकाय मंत्री गुप्ता ने CM को भेजा, 25 किलोमीटर के एरिया में होगा निर्माण
Bhaskar, 1 Sept 2022.

Notable residents

Geetika Jakhar Geetika Jakhar (born 18 August 1985) is an Indian wrestler. Geetika comes from a family of sportspersons. She got Arjuna Award - 2006. She is the only women wrestler in the history of Indian sports to be judged the Best Wrestler of the 2005 Co ...

, wrestler *

Krishna Poonia Krishna Poonia (born 24 April 1977) is an international gold-medalist Indian discus thrower, track-and-field athlete, 2 times Olympics participant, Padma Shri and Arjuna Award recipient, politician from the Congress party and the former MLA ...

discus athlete

References

{{reflist Cities and towns in Hisar district