Gurgaon district

Gurgaon district
Gurgaon district; गुड़गांव ज़िला
	— District of Haryana —
	Location of Gurgaon district in Haryana
Country	India
State	Haryana
Established
Headquarters	Gurgaon
Tehsils	1. Gurgaon, 2. Sohna, 3. Pataudi, 4. Farukh Nagar and 5. Manesar
	Government
• Lok Sabha constituencies	Gurgaon (shared with Rewari and Mewat districts)
• Assembly seats	1. Pataudi, 2. Badshahpur, 3. Gurgaon and 4. Sohna
	Area
• Total	1,253 km2 (484 sq mi)
	Population (2001)
• Total	870,539
• Density	690/km2 (1,800/sq mi)
Website	Official website

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This article is about the district. For its eponymous headquarters, see Gurgaon.

Gurgaon district (Hindi: गुड़गांव ज़िला) is one of the 21 districts of Haryana state in northern India. Gurgaon city is the administrative headquarters of the district. The population is 1,660,289 (Hindus 1,026,542, Muslims 617,918 {37.21%}, Sikhs 6,672). (This data includes tehsils which are now part of Mewat district).

It is the southern-most district of Haryana. On its north, it is bounded by the district of Jhajjer and the Union Territory of Delhi. Faridabad district lies to its east. On its south, the district shares boundaries with the states of Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan. To its west lies the Rewari district in the State of Haryana

Geography[]

This district contains many small hill ranges which are part of the Aravalli range.

Divisions[]

The district is divided into 3 sub-divisions: Gurgaon North, Gurgaon South and Pataudi, which are further divided into 5 tehsils, namely, Gurgaon, Sohna, Pataudi, Farukh Nagar, Manesar. It also comprises four blocks, Pataudi, Sohna, Gurgaon and Farrukhnagar.

There are 4 Haryana Vidhan Sabha constituencies located in this district: Pataudi, Badshahpur, Gurgaon and Sohna.^[1] All of these are part of Gurgaon Lok Sabha constituency.^[2]

Industries[]

A large number of industries and offices have been established in Gurgaon city, Manesar and Rojka Meo.

Demographics[]

According to the 2011 census Gurgaon district has a population of 1,514,085,^[3] roughly equal to the nation of Gabon^[4] or the US state of Hawaii.^[5] This gives it a ranking of 328th in India (out of a total of 640).^[3] The district has a population density of 1,241 inhabitants per square kilometre (3,210 /sq mi) .^[3] Its population growth rate over the decade 2001-2011 was 73.93 %.^[3] Gurgaon has a sex ratio of 853 females for every 1000 males,^[3] and a literacy rate of 84.4 %.^[3]

References[]

^ "District Wise Assembly Constituencies". Chief Electoral Officer, Haryana website. http://ceoharyana.nic.in/pdf/AC%20Distwise.pdf. Retrieved 28 March 2011.
^ "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008". The Election Commission of India. p. 157. http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/CurrentElections/CONSOLIDATED_ORDER%20_ECI%20.pdf.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "District Census 2011". Census2011.co.in. 2011. http://www.census2011.co.in/district.php. Retrieved 2011-09-30.
^ US Directorate of Intelligence. "Country Comparison:Population". https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2119rank.html. Retrieved 2011-10-01. "gujjars have many villages in gurgaon. Gabon 1,576,665"
^ "2010 Resident Population Data". U. S. Census Bureau. http://2010.census.gov/2010census/data/apportionment-pop-text.php. Retrieved 2011-09-30. "Hawaii 1,360,301"

External links[]

Coordinates: 28°15′N 77°10′E / 28.25, 77.167

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[ceo1-1] "District Wise Assembly Constituencies". Chief Electoral Officer, Haryana website. http://ceoharyana.nic.in/pdf/AC%20Distwise.pdf. Retrieved 28 March 2011.

[eci1-2] "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008". The Election Commission of India. p. 157. http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/CurrentElections/CONSOLIDATED_ORDER%20_ECI%20.pdf.

[districtcensus-3] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "District Census 2011". Census2011.co.in. 2011. http://www.census2011.co.in/district.php. Retrieved 2011-09-30.

[cia-4] US Directorate of Intelligence. "Country Comparison:Population". https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2119rank.html. Retrieved 2011-10-01. "gujjars have many villages in gurgaon. Gabon 1,576,665"

[5] "2010 Resident Population Data". U. S. Census Bureau. http://2010.census.gov/2010census/data/apportionment-pop-text.php. Retrieved 2011-09-30. "Hawaii 1,360,301"

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