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| Panchkula district पंचकुला़ जिला |
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| — District of Haryana — | |
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| Country | India |
| State | Haryana |
| Established | |
| Headquarters | Panchkula |
| Tehsils | 1. Panchkula, 2. Kalka |
| Government | |
| • Lok Sabha constituencies | Ambala (shared with Ambala and Yamuna Nagar districts) |
| • Assembly seats | 2 |
| Area | |
| • Total | 816 km2 (315 sq mi) |
| Population (2001) | |
| • Total | 468,411 |
| • Density | 570/km2 (1,500/sq mi) |
| Demographics | |
| • Literacy | 74.00 |
| • Sex ratio | 823 |
| Website | Official website |
Panchkula district (Hindi: पंचकुला़ जिला) is the newly formed 17th district of Haryana state in India. As formed 15 August 1995, it comprises two sub divisions and two Tehsils named Panchkula and Kalka. It has 264 villages out of which 12 villages are un-inhabited and 10 villages wholly merged in towns or treated as census towns according to census 1991. There are four towns in the district named Kalka, Panchkula, Pinjore and Raipur Rani. Total population of the district is 319398 out of which 173557 are males and 145841 are females.
As of 2011 it is the least populous district of Haryana (out of 21).[1]
Panchkula city is the headquarters of this district. Chandimandir Cantonment is located in this district, adjoining the Panchkula Urban Estate.
Demographics[]
According to the 2011 census Panchkula district has a population of 558,890,[1] roughly equal to the nation of Solomon Islands[2] or the US state of Wyoming.[3] This gives it a ranking of 537th in India (out of a total of 640).[1] The district has a population density of 622 inhabitants per square kilometre (1,610 /sq mi) .[1] Its population growth rate over the decade 2001-2011 was 19.32 %.[1] Panchkula has a sex ratio of 870 females for every 1000 males,[1] and a literacy rate of 83.4 %.[1]
References[]
- ^ a b c d e f g "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. "Solomon Islands 571,890 July 2011 est."
- ^ "2010 Resident Population Data". U. S. Census Bureau. http://2010.census.gov/2010census/data/apportionment-pop-text.php. Retrieved 2011-09-30. "Wyoming 563,626"
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Mohali district, Punjab | Solan district, Himachal Pradesh |
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| Mohali district, Punjab | Ambala district |
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