Hailymandi is a town and a

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Gurgaon district Gurgaon district, officially known as Gurugram district, is one of the 22 districts of Haryana in northern India. The city of Gurgaon is the administrative headquarters of the district. The population is 1,514,432. It is one of the southern dist ...

in the

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Haryana Haryana () is a States and union territories of India, state located in the northern part of India. It was carved out after the linguistic reorganisation of Punjab, India, Punjab on 1 November 1966. It is ranked 21st in terms of area, with les ...

. It was the market town of the erstwhile

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before Indian independence. Nearby is the temple of 'Baba Hardeva'.

History

As per historical background given in district gazette, in the beginning of the nineteenth century, a

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man established a bungalow near the railway station village of Jatauli. Lord Haily from Britain was placed here and was in charge of the area during British Raj. With the passage of time, the commercial activities (Mandi) developed due to the nearness to railway station. The place derives its name from the name of Bungalow i.e. "Haily" and "Mandi". With the passage of time, mandi has been developed into a major

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and became the main source of employment of the area. In the year 1937 onwards two small hamlets (villages) namely TODAPUR was established by Late Seth TODAR MAL JAIN 24/02/1910-15/03/1947 by giving land free of cost particularly to poor and very poor people who were later called HARIJANS. Now that TODAPUR consists of ward no. 1, 2 and 3 of Haily Mandi, Municipal Council .

Demographics

India

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, Hailymandi had a population of 17,072. Males constitute 53% of the population and females 47%. Hailymandi has an average

literacy Literacy is the ability to read and write, while illiteracy refers to an inability to read and write. Some researchers suggest that the study of "literacy" as a concept can be divided into two periods: the period before 1950, when literacy was ...

rate of 69%, lower than the national average of 74%: male literacy is 89%, and female literacy is 58%. In Hailymandi, 14% of the population is under 6 years of age.

References

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Haileymandi (Haily Mandi)
at wikimapia Cities and towns in Gurgaon district {{Haryana-geo-stub