Samalkha is a town and Sub district of

Panipat district Panipat district () is one of the 22 districts of Haryana in north India. The historical town of Panipat is the administrative headquarters of the district. The district occupies an area of , making it the nineteenth largest in the state with G ...

that has its own tehsil as well as a municipal committee located in

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n state of

Haryana Haryana (; ) is an Indian state located in the northern part of the country. It was carved out of the former state of East Punjab on 1 Nov 1966 on a linguistic basis. It is ranked 21st in terms of area, with less than 1.4% () of India's land ...

. It is situated on

GT road The Grand Trunk Road (formerly known as Uttarapath, Sarak-e-Azam, Shah Rah-e-Azam, Badshahi Sarak, and Long Walk) is one of Asia's oldest and longest major roads. For at least 2,500 years it has linked Central Asia to the Indian subcontinent. ...

, 19 km (11.7 miles) south of

Panipat Panipat () is a historic city in Haryana, India. It is 95 km north of Delhi and 169 km south of Chandigarh on NH-1. The three major battles fought in 1526, 1556 and 1761 took place near the city. The city is famous in India as the "C ...

, the district headquarter and from the national capital

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. It is center of politics in Haryana after Sohna in gurugram and Faridabad. Industries in the town include cast iron, nuts and bolts, iron rods machine tools and bathroom fittings manufacture. There are about 82 villages in Samalkha block and 17 wards. Main villages are Bapoli, Sanauli, Chulkana, Patti kalyana, Jaurassi, Kiwana, Manana and Naraina.

Geography

Samalkha has an average elevation of . It is situated on

, 19 km (11.7 miles) south of

, 32 km north from Sonipat and from the national capital

, 136 km (84 miles) south of

Ambala Ambala () is a city and a municipal corporation in Ambala district in the state of Haryana, India, located on the border with the Indian state of Punjab and in proximity to both states capital Chandigarh. Politically, Ambala has two sub-area ...

and 178 km (110 miles) southwest of

Chandigarh Chandigarh () is a planned city in India. Chandigarh is bordered by the state of Punjab to the west and the south, and by the state of Haryana to the east. It constitutes the bulk of the Chandigarh Capital Region or Greater Chandigarh, which ...

Connectivity

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is a major road network that connects Samalkha to

Grand Trunk road The Grand Trunk Road (formerly known as Uttarapath, Sarak-e-Azam, Shah Rah-e-Azam, Badshahi Sarak, and Long Walk) is one of Asia's oldest and longest major roads. For at least 2,500 years it has linked Central Asia to the Indian subcontinent ...

network. Some of villages (like- Hathwala, Bilaspur, etc) of Samalkha are also connected to UP through the Yamuna River. Samalkha is connected to all major Indian cities via Samalkha railway station

Demographics

According to the 2011 India census, Samalkha had a population of 39,710. Males are 21,379 and females are 18,331. Samalkha has an average literacy rate of 78%, higher than the national average of 61.5%: male literacy is 78%, and female literacy is 69%. In Samalkha, 20% of the population is under 6 years of age.http://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/0607_PART_B_DCHB_PANIPAT.pdf Samalkha town is inhabited by outsiders mainly vaishyas, Punjabis and local jats.

Market

Samalkha takes the position of ward no. 5 in

. It is in possession of large grain,

jaggery Jaggery is a traditional non-centrifugal cane sugar consumed in the Indian Subcontinent, Southeast Asia, and Africa. It is a concentrated product of cane juice and often date or palm sap without separation of the molasses and crystals, an ...

and wood markets, one of the largest markets is located in the state of Haryana. The market stretches for 1 km from the old bus stand/GT road to the railway station and features prominent companies in the polymer and bath fitting industries. It also receives a high influx of customers from neighboring districts like

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Industries

Nestlé India Nestlé India Limited is the Indian subsidiary of Nestlé which is a Swiss multinational company. The company is headquartered in Gurgaon, Haryana. The company's products include food, beverages, chocolate, and confectioneries. The compan ...

Ltd, situated on Patikalyana-Kiwana Road. * Continental Warehousing Corporation NS Ltd. D P WORLD Group, situated on NH 1 at Diwana, Haryana * Haryana Organics Bear Factory, situated on Chulkana-Samalkha Road * Jai Hind Iron Foundry, situated on GT Road Samalkha * Shri Tirupati Steels, situated on HSIIDC Road Samalkha * Bharat Trading Company, Shop No.155 situated in New Grain Market Samalkha.

Colleges

* Gandhi Adrash College,

Chulkana Chulkana is a village situated in Haryana, India. It comes under district Panipat, municipality Samalkha. The village is situated 3.7 km away from Samalkha. The main landmark is the Baba Lakisher temple, situated in the center of the vill ...

Road * Vaish Girls College, Samalkha * Tau Devi Lal College of Education, Manana * Samalkha Group of Institutions, Hathwala Road * Panipat Institute of Engineering and Technology, near Pattikalyana, N.H. 44 * Geeta Institute of law,Karhans

Politics

Samalkha's politics is very complex. Samalkha is Gurjar dominant legislative constituency.Since many years only a

Gurjar Gurjar or Gujjar (also transliterated as ''Gujar, Gurjara and Gujjer'') is an ethnic nomadic, agricultural and pastoral community, spread mainly in India, Pakistan and Afghanistan, divided internally into various clan groups. They were trad ...

community candidate was winning the MLA election, but this record was broken by Ravindra Machrouli of Non Gurjar community in 2014. In 2019 election a

community candidate named Dharam Singh Chhoker won the elections who previously also served as the MLA of Samalkha from 2009-2014.

References

{{Reflist Cities and towns in Panipat district