District of Haryana in India
Panchkula district
Location of Panchkula district in Haryana
Country India State Haryana Headquarters Panchkula Tehsils • Lok Sabha constituencies Ambala (shared with Ambala and Yamuna Nagar districts) • Vidhan Sabha constituencies 2 • Total 898 km2 (347 sq mi) • Total 561,293 • Density 630/km2 (1,600/sq mi) • Literacy 74.00 • Sex ratio 823 Time zone UTC+05:30 (IST )Website http://panchkula.gov.in/
Panchkula district was formed as the 17th district of Haryana state in India on 15 August 1995. It comprises two sub divisions and two tehsils : Panchkula and Kalka . It has 264 villages out of which twelve are un-inhabited and ten wholly merged with towns or treated as census towns according to the 1991 census. There are five towns in the district: Barwala , Kalka , Panchkula , Pinjore and Raipur Rani . The total population of the district is 319,398 out of which 173,557 are males and 145,841 are females.
As of the 2011 Census of India [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 of India, Panchkula district had a population of 561,293,[1] 640 districts .[1] [1] population growth rate over the decade 2001-2011 was 19.32%.[1] sex ratio of 870 females for every 1,000 males,[1] literacy rate of 83.4%.[1]
At the time of the 2011 Census of India , 87.50% of the population in the district spoke Hindi , 9.52% Punjabi and 0.51% Nepali as their first language.[2]
Historical population Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1901 73,413 — 1911 61,578 −1.74% 1921 57,319 −0.71% 1931 66,103 +1.44% 1941 75,444 +1.33% 1951 81,104 +0.73% 1961 105,868 +2.70% 1971 141,291 +2.93% 1981 196,939 +3.38% 1991 310,396 +4.65% 2001 468,411 +4.20% 2011 561,293 +1.83% source:[3]
Religion in Panchkula district[4]
Religion
Percent
Hinduism
87.42%
Sikhism
7.30%
Islam
4.18%
Christianity
0.46%
Jainism
0.29%
Others
0.35%
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Coordinates : 30°41′24″N 76°51′36″E / 30.69000°N 76.86000°E / 30.69000; 76.86000
Panchkula district
State of Haryana
