Hailymandi is a town and a
municipal council
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in
Gurgaon district
Gurgaon district, officially known as Gurugram district, is one of the 22 districts of Haryana in northern India. The city of Gurgaon is the administrative headquarters of the district. The population is 1,514,432. It is one of the southern dist ...
in the
India
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n
state
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of
Haryana
Haryana (; ) is an Indian state located in the northern part of the country. It was carved out of the former state of East Punjab on 1 Nov 1966 on a linguistic basis. It is ranked 21st in terms of area, with less than 1.4% () of India's land a ...
. It was the market town of the erstwhile
Pataudi State
Pataudi State was a small princely state in India, established in 1804 during the East India Company rule in India.
The state formed a part of the Delhi Territory in the Ceded and Conquered Provinces. It was under the suzerainty of the Commi ...
before
Indian independence. Nearby is the temple of 'Baba Hardeva'.
History
As per historical background given in district gazette, in the beginning of the nineteenth century, a
British
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man established a bungalow near the railway station village of Jatauli. Lord Haily from Britain was placed here and was in charge of the area during British Raj. With the passage of time, the commercial activities (Mandi) developed due to the nearness to railway
station. The place derives its name from the name of Bungalow i.e. "Haily" and "Mandi". With the passage of time, mandi has been developed into a major
grain market
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and became the main source of employment of the area.
In the year 1937 onwards two small hamlets (villages) namely TODAPUR was established by Late Seth TODAR MAL JAIN
24/02/1910-15/03/1947 by giving land free of cost particularly to poor and very poor people who were
later called HARIJANS. Now that TODAPUR consists of ward no. 1, 2 and 3 of Haily Mandi, Municipal Council .
Demographics
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,
Hailymandi had a population of 17,072. Males constitute 53% of the population and females 47%. Hailymandi has an average
literacy
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rate of 69%, lower than the national average of 74%: male literacy is 89%, and female literacy is 58%. In Hailymandi, 14% of the population is under 6 years of age.
References
External links
Haileymandi (Haily Mandi)at
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Cities and towns in Gurgaon district
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