Hisar Urban Agglomeration is an extended area of the city of Hisar which includes the area under the Municipal Corporation of Hisar and the campus of Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University along with the Mini Secretariat.[3] It is the second biggest urban agglomeration in Haryana after Faridabad.[4]
Hisar | |
|---|---|
City | |
 From top going clockwise: District Administrative Complex, St. Thomas Church, Fort of Firoz Shah, Sheela Mata Temple and observatory at OP Jindal Gyan Kendra. | |
| Nickname: The city of Steel | |
  Hisar  Hisar | |
| Coordinates: 29°09′N 75°42′E / 29.150°N 75.700°E | |
| Country | India |
| State | Haryana |
| District | Hisar[1] |
| Division | Hisar |
| First settled | 1354 |
| Incorporated | 1832 |
| Founded by | Firoz Shah Tughlaq |
| Named for | Firoz Shah Tughlaq |
| Tehsils | Hisar Sadar |
| Government | |
| • Body | Municipal Corporation, Hisar |
| • Mayor | Shakuntla Rajliwala |
| • Member of Parliament | Dushyant Chautala |
| Elevation | 215 m (705 ft) |
| Population (2011) | |
• Total | 301,249 |
| • Rank | 141[2] |
| • Density | 438/km2 (1,130/sq mi) |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Hindi, Punjabi |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 125 xxx |
| UNLOCODE | IN HSS |
| Telephone code | 91-1662 xxx xxx |
| Vehicle registration | HR-20 xxxx (for non-commercial vehicles) HR-39 xxxx (for commercial vehicles) |
| Nearest city | New Delhi, Chandigarh |
| Sex ratio | 844[2] ♂/♀ |
| Literacy | 81.04[2]% |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Hisar |
| Vidhan Sabha constituency | Hisar |
| Planning agency | HUDA |
| Civic agency | Hisar Municipal Corporation |
| Climate | Cw (Köppen) |
| Precipitation | 490.6 millimetres (19.31 in) |
| Avg. summer temperature | 32.5 °C (90.5 °F) |
| Avg. winter temperature | 17.6 °C (63.7 °F) |
| Website | www |
Demographics
editAccording to 2011 Census of India, Hisar Urban Agglomeration has a total population of 306,893 of which 166,623 are males and 140,270 are females.[5] Sex ratio is 842 females per thousand males. Overall Literacy rate is 81.17 percent with male literacy rate at 86.28 percent and female literacy rate at 75.08 percent.[6]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Census of Hisar city". Government of India. Retrieved 23 May 2012.
- ^ a b c Cities having population 1 lakh and above (PDF). censusindia (Report). The Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. Retrieved 28 May 2012.
- ^ "Constituents of Urban Agglomerations having population 1 lakh and above, Census 2011" (PDF). The Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. Retrieved 17 June 2012.
- ^ "Scope for Group Housing project in Haryana". Kunal Haryana Archaeology. Retrieved 17 June 2012.
- ^ "Hisar city". Census 2011. Retrieved 17 June 2012.
- ^ "Urban Agglomerations/Cities having population 1 lakh and above" (PDF). The Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. Retrieved 17 June 2012.
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