Samalkha

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Samalkha
Town
Samalkha Location in Haryana, India Samalkha Samalkha (India) Show map of HaryanaShow map of IndiaShow all
Coordinates: 29°14′N 77°01′E / 29.23°N 77.02°E / 29.23; 77.0229°14′N 77°01′E / 29.23°N 77.02°E / 29.23; 77.02
Country	India
State	Haryana
District	Panipat
Elevation	227 m (745 ft)
Population  (2011)
• Total	40,000
Languages
• Official	Hindi
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	132101
Telephone code	0180
ISO 3166 code	IN-HR
Vehicle registration	HR-60
Website	haryana.gov.in

Samalkha is a town and Sub district of Panipat district that has its own tehsil as well as a municipal committee located in Indian state of Haryana. It is situated on GT road, 19 km (11.7 miles) south of Panipat, the district headquarter and 72 kilometres (45 mi) from the national capital Delhi.

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.

Geography[]

Samalkha has an average elevation of 227 metres (745 ft). It is situated on GT road, 19 km (11.7 miles) south of Panipat, 32 km north from Sonipat and 72 kilometres (45 mi) from the national capital Delhi, 136 km (84 miles) south of Ambala and 178 km (110 miles) southwest of Chandigarh.

Connectivity[]

National Highway 44 (India) is a major road network that connects Samalkha to Grand Trunk road network.^[1]

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.^[2]

Market[]

Samalkha takes the position of ward no. 5 in Panipat. It is in possession of large grain, jaggery 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 Baghpat or Uttar Pradesh.

Industries[]

• Nestle India 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
• Jaipal Trading Company, situated in New Grain Market Samalkha.

Colleges[]

• Adarsh College of Education, Dehra
• Gandhi Adrash College, Chulkana Road
• Vaish Girls College
• Tau Devi Lal College of Education, Manana
• Samalkha Group of Institutions, Hathwala Road
• Modern College of Education, Dehra
• Paradise College of Education, 4th Mile Stone, Hathwala Road
• Panipat Institute of Engineering and Technology, near Pattikalyana, N.H. 1

References[]

Politics[]

Samalkha's politics is very complex. Samalkha is Gurjar dominant legislative constituency.Since many years only a Gurjar 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 Gurjar community candidate named Dharam Singh Chhoker won the elections who previously also served as the MLA of Samalkha from 2009-2014.