Hathin is a town and a Municipal Committee in Palwal district of

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 ...

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. It has the highest Muslim population in the Palwal district. It lies within the National Capital Region as well as the historical

Mewat Mewat (; ) is a historical and cultural region which encompasses parts of the modern-day states of Haryana, Rajasthan, and Uttar Pradesh in northwestern India. Geography The loose boundaries of the Mewat region generally include parts of th ...

and

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of India

Geography

It lies in NCR region, located 65 kilometres south of

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, 10 kilometres west from NH44 and 10 kilometres south from KMP (

Western Peripheral Expressway The Western Peripheral Expressway (WPE) or Kundli–Manesar–Palwal Expressway (KMP Expressway), is an operational 6-lane (3 lanes in each direction),Delhi-Vadodara-Mumbai Expressway).

Governance

Hathin is a

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constituency segment, within the

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History

Circa 150 BCE to 100 CE

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era

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pillars were excavated from a filled well of Bhadas village and from Hathin. The pillars are exhibited in the Haryana State Museum.Chander Pal Singh, 2003, "Early Medieval Art Of Haryana", Koshal Book Depot, page 6.1985, Journal of the Indian Society of Oriental Art, Volume 15, Page 1. The railing pillars have images of

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and three mortises carved on them. These pillars may have belonged to the same monument as the

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-shaped mortises because both have the same size, the color of the stone, distances between the three mortises carved on the pillars and ''yaksha'' carvings.Sonya Rhie Quintanilla, 2007
History of Early Stone Sculpture at Mathura: Ca. 150 BCE - 100 CE
page 67. The ''yaksha'' on the Bhadas pillar stands on

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of a

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ed animal, with the raised right hand (now-broken) holding a flower and the left hand on the hip holding up the drapery.

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on top of the pillar is a composite animal with protome of

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and hindquarters of ''makra'' superimposed over a lotus in bloom. Hathin is part of the historical Mewat region and

of India.

Infrastructure

Electricity is provided by DHBVN. State transport Haryana buses connects the town to Palwal and with cities like Gurgaon, Faridabad, Delhi, Sohna and Chandigarh etc. An updated Community Health Center provides health facilities. A new Rest House is under construction. On 27 May 2015, Haryana chief minister

Manohar Lal Khattar Manohar Lal Khattar (born 5 May 1954) is an Indian politician who has been serving as the Minister of Power and Minister of Housing and Urban Affairs in the central Modi government since June 2024. A prominent leader of the Bharatiya Janata P ...

announced a budget of Rs 40 crore (400m) for a four-lane highway project from Palwal to Hathin and a bypass from Hathin to link NH-44. 5 crore to Hathin, 150 crore for improvement of irrigation facilities and improvement of existing government girls school buildings.

Demographics

The Hathin Municipal Committee has a population of 17,461 of which 10,089 are male and 7,372 are female according to Census India 2011. The population of children ranging from 0-6 is 2,731, which is 15.64% of the total population of Hathin (MC). The female ratio is on par with state average of 879. The child ratio is 820 against a state average of 834. The literacy rate is 71.97% against the state average of 75.55%.

Transport

Rail

Located from Hathin, Palwal is the nearest railway station. The station has 10 platforms. It is one of the largest in India. Numerous trains connect Palwal to Delhi. Fast trains are available for longer distances. Women-only trains run between Palwal and Delhi. Nearest Metro Station to Hathin is Raja Nahar Singh Ballabhgarh located 37 kilometres towards Faridabad.

Education

Schools

* Govt. Model Sanskriti Sr. Sec. School, Hathin * Modish Public School, Hathin * KCM World School, Bhamnola Jogi Hathin * Shanti Niketan Public School, Hathin * Tagore Shiksha Niketan Public School, Hathin * St. John's Public School, Hathin * Yadav Academy School, Hathin * Sehrawat Sr. Sec. School, Hathin * Govt. Model Sanskriti Sr. Sec. School, Buraka Hathin * Govt. Girls Sr. Sec. School, Hathin * Govt. Primary School, Hathin * New D.P.S, Bhanguri Hathin * Krishna Public School, Swamika Hathin * ASM Convent Public School, Hathin * SR Mewat Public School, Hathin * St. John's Public School, Rupraka Hathin * Swami Sarvanand Public School, Hathin * Sehrawat World School, Hathin

Colleges

* Sehrawat Degree College of Education, Hathin * Yadav Degree College, Hathin * Government Industrial Training Institute, Hathin * Government Polytechnic Uttawar Hathin * Mewat School of Education, Hathin * Government College, Hathin (Palwal)

References

{{reflist Cities and towns in Palwal district