Sultanpur-Punahana, natively known as Katpuri, is a village in northern India within the
Nuh district
Nuh district, formerly known as the Mewat district, is one of the 22 districts of the northern Indian state of Haryana. The district is known for having the largest Muslim population in Haryana. It lies within the National Capital Region as wel ...
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 ...
. It is under the district sub-division of
Punahana
Punhana is a town in the Nuh district in the Indian state of Haryana. It is also the origin place of Chaudhary Rahim Khan. It lies within the National Capital Region as well as the Braj region of India.
Geography
Punahana is the largest town o ...
. It is also the origin place of the
Rahim Khan political dynasty of Haryana.
Demography
It had a total population of 2,084, with 1,069 male population and 1,015 female as per
2011 Census of India. It has a literacy rate of 39.20%.
In 2020, the total population was cited to be 5118.
Administration
The village local governance is managed by the elected
panchayat headed by the
Sarpanch
A sarpanch, gram pradhan, mukhiya, or president is a decision-maker, elected by the village-level constitutional body of local self-government called the gram sabha (village government) in India. The sarpanch, together with other elected panchay ...
.
Notable people
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Chaudhary Rahim Khan, Former Member of Parliament from Faridabad and Cabinet Minister, Government of Haryana.
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Chaudhary Sardar Khan, Former Deputy Home Minister of Haryana.
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Habib Ur Rehman
Chaudhary Habib Ur Rehman (born 1 November 1957), popularly known as Nayab Sahab, is an Indian Politician and former Member of the Legislative Assembly (India), Member of the Haryana Legislative Assembly from the Nuh Assembly constituency, Nuh ...
, Former MLA from Nuh.
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Mohammad Ilyas, MLA from Punhana and Former Cabinet Minister, Government of Haryana.
See also
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Punahana
Punhana is a town in the Nuh district in the Indian state of Haryana. It is also the origin place of Chaudhary Rahim Khan. It lies within the National Capital Region as well as the Braj region of India.
Geography
Punahana is the largest town o ...
*
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 ...
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Gurgaon
Gurgaon (), officially named Gurugram (), is a satellite city of Delhi and administrative headquarters of Gurgaon district, located in the northern Indian state of Haryana. It is situated near the Delhi–Haryana border, about southwest ...
References
Villages in Nuh district
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