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Indri is a city and a municipal committee in Karnal district in the Indian state of Haryana. It is about 24 km from Karnal City, the district headquarters. Indri is situated on state highway 7. The Indri city is divided into 13 wards for which elections are held every 5 years. Indri is famous for fair of a saint from Pakistan called Simran Das ji (Kachi Samadhi).
Indri | |
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| Indri | |
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  Indri Location in Haryana, India  Indri Indri (India) | |
| Coordinates: 29°53′N 77°04′E / 29.88°N 77.07°E | |
| Country |  India |
| State | Haryana |
| District | Karnal |
| Settled | 1888 |
| Government | |
| • Type | municipal committee |
| • Body | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| • MLA | Ram Kumar Kashyap (BJP) |
| • Mayor | Shivani Goel |
| Population (2011) | |
• Total | 17,487 |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Hindi, Haryanvi |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 132041 |
| Telephone | 0184 |
| ISO 3166 code | IN-HR |
| Vehicle registration | HR 75 |
| Website | haryana |
Demographics
editAs of 2011[update] India census,[1] Indri had a population of 17,487 of which 9,199 are males while 8,288 are females as per report released by Census India 2011.
The population of children with age of 0-6 is 2349 which is 13.43% of the total population of Indri (MC). In Indri Municipal Committee, Female Sex Ratio is of 893[2] against the state average of 879. Moreover, Child Sex Ratio in Indri is around 834 compared to Haryana state average of 834. The literacy rate of Indri city is 75.41%, lower than the state average of 75.55%. In Indri, male literacy is around 80.82% while female literacy rate is 69.47%.
Governance
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Ram Kumar Kashyap is current Member of Legislative Assembly of Indri City constituency and Deputy Speaker of Haryana Assembly.[3] He contested and won the elections from BJP ticket in the Haryana Legislative Assembly. After 2014 the city has gome through various developments. New State Roads, 4 Lane Indri-Karnal,[4] Upgrading Schools, Herbal Park, Upgrading Civil Hospitals.[5]
Sub-Division
editFormer Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda and Ex MLA Bhim Sain Mehta upgraded Indri tehsil as a sub-division after winning by-elections.
The Punjab and Haryana high court has decided to open a sub-divisional court[6] at Indri which is operational in Q4 2011. Vehicles with number plate HR-75 are registered in Indri RTO office[7] in Haryana.
Flora and fauna
editIndri has a lot of biodiversity in flora and fauna. The city has its own new Herbal Park. Trees and plants found in this township region are babul/kikar, eucalyptus, sehtoot/mulberry, jamun, putush bushes, congress grass or gajar ghans etc. Birds found over this township region are sparrows, mynas, pigeons, kingfishers, parrots, egrets, etc. The species of fauna found over this township region include domestic animals such as cows, buffaloes, horses, monkey etc. including some reptiles such as mongoose, snakes etc.
Herbal Park[8] is established(2015) to educate people about the traditional Indian system of medicine for generating awareness, preserving gene pool and production of quality seeds and seedlings for distribution to farmers. Farmers are also being encouraged for ex-situ cultivation and propagation of medicinal plants to save the natural biodiversity and Income Generation. These herbal Parks will help in conservation of species and also serve as gene-pool both for indigenous & exotic species.
Climate
editTemperature is extreme throughout the summer and winter and pleasant in other months of year.[9]
Administration
editIndri is Town with Sub-Division[10] having Regional Transport Office, Subdivisional Court, Tehsil, Civil Hospital & Antyodaya Saral Kendra.[11]
Utility services
editThe water supply in Indri is managed by its Jal Board and is very well managed. Indri Electric Supply Undertaking is managed by the UHBVN.[12] BSNL provides teleservices for landline and mobile and many other services.
References
edit- ^ "Census of India 2011: Data from the 2011 Census, including cities, villages and towns". Census Commission of India.
- ^ 2011 Census datacensusindia.gov.in Archived 16 June 2004 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Indri Election Result 2019 - Candidate list, MLAs, Live Updates & News". www.elections.in. Retrieved 13 March 2024.
- ^ "CM announces projects for 4 Karnal seats". Archived from the original on 30 October 2019. Retrieved 1 November 2019.
- ^ "Telephone Directory | District Karnal | India". Retrieved 13 March 2024.
- ^ "Sub-divisional court at Indri soon: HC judge". 4 November 2014.
- ^ "Vehicle Registration | District Karnal | India". Retrieved 13 March 2024.
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 October 2019. Retrieved 1 November 2019.
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- ^ "Sub-Divisional Magistrate | District Karnal | India".
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 October 2019. Retrieved 1 November 2019.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ Karnaluhbvn.org.in Archived 30 October 2019 at the Wayback Machine