Jagadhri is a city and a

municipal council A municipal council is the legislative body of a municipality or local government area. Depending on the location and classification of the municipality it may be known as a city council, town council, town board, community council, borough cou ...

in the

Yamunanagar district Yamunanagar district is one of the 22 districts of the Indian state of Haryana. The district came into existence on 1November 1989 and occupies an area of . Yamunanagar town is the district headquarters. Yamunanagar's average rainfall in Mons ...

of the

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of Haryana. The town is adjacent to the city of

Yamunanagar Yamunanagar () is a city and a municipal corporation in Yamunanagar district in the Indian state of Haryana. This town is known for the cluster of plywood units and paper factories. It provides timber to larger industries. The older town is ...

, around 90 km from

Chandigarh Chandigarh is a city and union territory in northern India, serving as the shared capital of the states of Punjab and Haryana. Situated near the foothills of the Shivalik range of Himalayas, it borders Haryana to the east and Punjab in the ...

, the capital city of Haryana state.

Etymology

Jagadhri may be named after Yugandhari, legendary king of the Yugandharas.Yamunanagar History
, Gazatteer of Haryana: Yamunanagar.

Demographics

As of 2011 Indian Census, Jagadhri had 26,716 households with a total population of 124,894 of which 67,685 were male and 57,209 were females. Population within the age group of 0 to 6 years was 14,011. The total number of literates in Jagadhri was 94,468, which constituted 75.6% of the population with male literacy of 78.3% and female literacy of 72.5%. The effective literacy rate of 7+ population of Jagadhri was 85.2%, of which male literacy rate was 88.3% and female literacy rate was 81.5%. The Scheduled Castes population was 15,460.

Education

Local schools include: *

Maharaja Agrasen College, Jagadhri Maharaja Agrasen College (informally Agrasen College or simply Agrasen Jagadhri) is a government aided private college of Arts and Commerce, located in Jagadhri, in the state of Haryana, India. Academic provision The College is co-educational ...

Maharaja Agrasen Institute of Management and Technology Maharaja Agrasen Institute of Management and Technology (MAIMT) was founded in 1997, under Kurukshetra University with the approval of AICTE. It is located in Jagadhri, near Chandigarh. It is being run by Maharaja Agrasen Sabha which runs anoth ...

* S.D. Public School, Jagadhri *

Sacred Heart School, Jagadhri Sacred Heart Convent School is an English-medium Catholic education private school run by the Congregation of the Sisters of the Destitute in the city of Jagadhri, India. It is affiliated to CBSE The school has education levels from kinderga ...

References

{{reflist Cities and towns in Yamunanagar district Cities and towns in Haryana