Matanhail is a large village and headquarter of eponymous Matanhail Tehsil and Block in
Jhajjar District
Jhajjar district is one of the 22 districts of Haryana state in northern India. Carved out of Rohtak district on 15 July 1997 and with its headquarters in Jhajjar, it lies from Delhi and had developed into an important industrial center. Othe ...
of
Haryana, India.
It belongs to Rohtak Division. It is located 22 km west of the District headquarters
Jhajjar. It is a tehsil headquarter. Matanhail's Pin code is 124106 and postal head office is Matanhail. Matanhail tehsil shares border with Rewari and Charkhi Dadri. Village was founded by Suhag (Sihag) clan
jats.
Forests
Matanhail has a large forested area to its west, which is part of the area's ecological corridor.
This forest is important part of ecological corridor along the route of
Sahibi River which traverses from
Aravalli Aravalli may refer to:
* Aravalli Range, a Mountain range in North-West India
* Aravalli, West Godavari, a village in Andhra Pradesh, India
* Aravalli district
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hills in Rajasthan to
Yamuna via
Masani barrage, Matanhail forest,
Chhuchhakwas-Godhari,
Khaparwas Wildlife Sanctuary,
Bhindawas Wildlife Sanctuary, Outfall Drain Number 8 and 6,
Sarbashirpur,
Sultanpur National Park,
Basai and The Lost Lake (Gurugram).
Education
There are six schools of which three are government, two are private and one is KV which started working from April 2017. Govt. In 2018, Haryana govt announced the establishment of third
Sainik School of the state in Matanhail on 38 acres for which INR50 crore (500 million) has been released.
[https://www.indiatoday.in/education-today/news/story/Third sainik school in Haryana to come up at Matanhail]
India Today, Dec 2018. The village also has an elementary school, a girls senior secondary school and a main senior secondary school for boys and girls along with newly opened Kendriya Vidyalaya for primary children run by government.
* Govt. College Matanhail
* Govt. ITI
*
Kendriya Vidyalaya
*
Sainik School, announced
* Govt. Girls Sr. Sec. School
* Govt. Sr. Sec. School for Boys & Girls
* Govt. Primary School
* M.D. High School
* Hindu High School
Adjacent villages
*Khaparwas (2 km)
*Mundsa (3 km)
*Bir Chhuchakwas (5 km)
*Godhri (5 km)
*Khetawas (6 km)
*NIMLI (4 km)
*Ruriyawas (3Km)
are the nearby villages to Matanhail.
Matanhail is surrounded by Salhawas Tehsil towards the south, Beri Tehsil towards the north, Jhajjar Tehsil towards the east, Dadri-I Tehsil towards the west. Jhajjar, Charkhi Dadri, Rohtak, Bhiwani are the nearby cities to Matanhail.
Notable people
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Geeta Bhukkal
Smt. Geeta Bhukkal (born 16 August 1968) is an Indian National Congress politician representing the Jhajjar Vidhan Sabha constituency in Haryana, India.
She held Education, Health, Women & Child Development, Social Justice & Empowerment, Welfa ...
See also
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List of National Parks & Wildlife Sanctuaries of Haryana, India
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History of Haryana
References
Villages in Jhajjar district
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