Matanhail is a large village and headquarter of eponymous Matanhail Tehsil and Block in
Jhajjar District
Jhajjar district is one of the 22 districts of Haryana state in northern India. Carved out of Rohtak district on 15 July 1997 and with its headquarters in Jhajjar, it lies from Delhi and had developed into an important industrial center. Othe ...
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 ...
, India.
It belongs to Rohtak Division. It is located 22 km west of the District headquarters
Jhajjar
Jhajjar is a town in Jhajjar district in the Indian state of Haryana. The city is situated on the road connecting Rewari to Rohtak (NH-352), Loharu to Meerut (NH334B), Charkhi Dadri to Delhi and Gurgaon to Bhiwani. Jhajjar is located west o ...
. It is a tehsil headquarter. Matanhail's Pin code is 124106 and postal head office is Matanhail. Matanhail tehsil shares border with Rewari and Charkhi Dadri. Village was founded by Suhag (Sihag) clan
jats.
Forests
Matanhail has a large forested area to its west, which is part of the area's ecological corridor.
This forest is important part of ecological corridor along the route of
Sahibi River
The Sahibi river, also called the Sabi River, is an ephemeral, rain-fed river flowing through Rajasthan, Haryana (where its canalised portion is called the "Outfall Drain No 8") and Delhi states in India. It drains into Yamuna in Delhi, where it ...
which traverses from
Aravalli hills in Rajasthan to
Yamuna
The Yamuna ( Hindustani: ), also spelt Jumna, is the second-largest tributary river of the Ganges by discharge and the longest tributary in India. Originating from the Yamunotri Glacier at a height of about on the southwestern slopes of B ...
via
Masani barrage, Matanhail forest,
Chhuchhakwas-Godhari,
Khaparwas Wildlife Sanctuary,
Bhindawas Wildlife Sanctuary
Bhindawas Wildlife Sanctuary Ramsar site is located in Jhajjar district, which is about 15 km from Jhajjar in Haryana. On 3 June 2009, it is also declared as bird sanctuary by the Indian Government.
This is an important part of ecologi ...
, Outfall Drain Number 8 and 6,
Sarbashirpur,
Sultanpur National Park
Sultanpur National Park (Ramsar site )(formerly Sultanpur Bird Sanctuary) is located at Sultanpur village on Gurugram-Jhajjar highway, 15 km from Gurugram, Haryana and 50 km from Delhi in India. This covers approximately 142.52 hec ...
,
Basai and The Lost Lake (Gurugram).
Education
There are six schools of which three are government, two are private and one is KV which started working from April 2017. Govt. In 2018, Haryana govt announced the establishment of third
Sainik School
The Sainik Schools are a system of schools in India established and managed by the Sainik Schools Society under Ministry of Defence (MoD). They were conceived in 1961 by V. K. Krishna Menon, the then Defence Minister of India, to rectify the reg ...
of the state in Matanhail on 38 acres for which INR50 crore (500 million) has been released.
[https://www.indiatoday.in/education-today/news/story/Third sainik school in Haryana to come up at Matanhail]
India Today, Dec 2018. The village also has an elementary school, a girls senior secondary school and a main senior secondary school for boys and girls along with newly opened Kendriya Vidyalaya for primary children run by government.
* Govt. College Matanhail
* Govt. ITI
*
Kendriya Vidyalaya
The Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan () is a system of central government schools in India that are instituted under the aegis of the Ministry of Education, Government of India. , it has a total of 1,248 schools in India, and three abroad in Moscow ...
*
Sainik School
The Sainik Schools are a system of schools in India established and managed by the Sainik Schools Society under Ministry of Defence (MoD). They were conceived in 1961 by V. K. Krishna Menon, the then Defence Minister of India, to rectify the reg ...
, announced
* Govt. Girls Sr. Sec. School
* Govt. Sr. Sec. School for Boys & Girls
* Govt. Primary School
* M.D. High School
* Hindu High School
Adjacent villages
*Khaparwas (2 km)
*Mundsa (3 km)
*Bir Chhuchakwas (5 km)
*Godhri (5 km)
*Khetawas (6 km)
*NIMLI (4 km)
*Ruriyawas (3Km)
are the nearby villages to Matanhail.
Matanhail is surrounded by Salhawas Tehsil towards the south, Beri Tehsil towards the north, Jhajjar Tehsil towards the east, Dadri-I Tehsil towards the west. Jhajjar, Charkhi Dadri, Rohtak, Bhiwani are the nearby cities to Matanhail.
Notable people
*
Geeta Bhukkal
See also
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History of Haryana
Haryana is a state in India. The state houses several sites from the Indus Valley Civilization, which was a cradle of civilization. In the Mahabharata, Haryana is mentioned as Bahudanayak Region.
Haryana has been ruled by various non-native ...
References
Villages in Jhajjar district
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