Hathin is a

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and a Municipal Committee, nearby Palwal city in Palwal district of

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Geography

It lies in NCR region, located south of

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, west from NH19 ( Delhi-Mathura Highway) and 10 kilometres south from KMP (Kundli-Manesar-Palwal Expressway) and the upcoming Haryana Orbital Rail Corridor (HORC) and also 10 kilometres east from longest expressway in India (Delhi-Vadodara-Mumbai Expressway).

Governance

Hathin is a Haryana Legislative Assembly constituency segment, within the

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constituency.

History

Circa 150 BCE to 100 CE Shunga Empire or Kushan Empire era

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guard rail pillars were excavated from a filled well of Bhadas village and from Hathin. The pillars are exhibited in the Haryana State Museum.Chander Pal Singh, 2003, "Early Medieval Art Of Haryana", Koshal Book Depot, page 6.1985, Journal of the Indian Society of Oriental Art, Volume 15, Page 1. The railing pillars have images of

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and three mortises carved on them. These pillars may have belonged to the same monument as the

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-shaped mortises because both have the same size, the color of the stone, distances between the three mortises carved on the pillars and ''yaksha'' carvings.Sonya Rhie Quintanilla, 2007
History of Early Stone Sculpture at Mathura: Ca. 150 BCE - 100 CE
page 67. The ''yaksha'' on the Bhadas pillar stands on

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of a

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ed animal, with the raised right hand (now-broken) holding a flower and the left hand on the hip holding up the drapery.

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on top of the pillar is a composite animal with protome of

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and hindquarters of ''makra'' superimposed over a lotus in bloom. On 10 April 1919,

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was arrested at Palwal railway station, accused of sedition and jailed.

Infrastructure

Electricity is provided by DHBVN. State transport Haryana buses connect the town to district Palwal and with cities like Gurgaon, Faridabad, Delhi, and Chandigarh etc. An updated Community Health Center provides health facilities. A new Rest House is under construction. On 27 May 2015, Haryana chief minister ML Khattar announced a budget of Rs 40 crore (400m) for a four-lane highway project from Palwal to Hathin and a bypass from Hathin to link NH-19. 5 crore to Hathin, 150 crore for improvement of irrigation facilities and improvement of existing government girls school buildings.

Demographics

The Hathin Municipal Committee has a population of 17,461 of which 8,308 are male and 6,422 are female according to Census India 2011. The population of children ranging from 0-6 is 2,731, which is 15.64% of the total population of Hathin (MC). The female ratio is on par with state average of 879. The child ratio is 820 against a state average of 834. The literacy rate is 71.97% against the state average of 75.55%.

Transport

Rail

Located from Hathin, Palwal is the nearest railway station. The station has 10 platforms. It is one of the largest in India. Numerous trains connect Palwal to Delhi. Fast trains are available for longer distances. Women-only trains run between Palwal and Delhi.

Education

Schools

* Govt. Model Sanskriti Sr. Sec. School, Hathin * Modish Public School, Hathin * Shanti Niketan Public School, Hathin * Tagore Shiksha Niketan Public School, Hathin * St. John's Public School, Hathin * Yadav Academy School, Hathin * Sehrawat Public School, Hathin * Govt. Model Sanskriti Sr. Sec. School, Buraka Hathin * Govt. Girls Sr. Sec. School, Hathin * Govt. Primary School, Hathin * New D.P.S, Bhanguri Hathin * Krishna Public School, Swamika Hathin * ASM Convent Public School, Hathin * SR Mewat Public School, Hathin * St. John's Public School, Rupraka Hathin * Swami Sarvanand Public School, Hathin

Colleges

* Sehrawat Degree College of Education, Hathin * Yadav Degree College, Hathin * Government Industrial Training Institute, Hathin * Government Polytechnic Uttawar Hathin * Mewat School of Education, Hathin * Government College, Hathin (Palwal)

References

{{reflist Cities and towns in Palwal district