Nuh district (formerly known as Mewat district) is one of the 22
districts in the
India
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Haryana
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. There are four sub-divisions in this district:
Nuh,
Ferozepur Jhirka
Ferozepur Jhirka, also known as Ferojpur Jhirka, is a town, near Nuh city in Nuh district in the state of Haryana, India.
History
Ferozepur Jhirka was founded in 1419 by Wali (patriarch) of Mewat, Khanzada Feroz Khan who styled himself as R ...
,
Punahana, and
Taoru
Taoru or Tauru is a town, near Nuh city in Nuh district in the Indian state of Haryana.
History
Fort
Fort of Taoru, also called Taoru Fort of Raja Nahar Singh, has chambers and rooms surrounded by high walls. It is presently used as a po ...
. It has an area of and had a population of 1.09 million in 2011. It is bounded by
Gurugram 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 distr ...
to the north,
Palwal District of Haryana to the east and
Alwar District of
Rajasthan
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to the south and west. Its boundaries also touch
Bharatpur District
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of
Rajasthan
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and
Mathura District of
Uttar Pradesh
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near Bichhor Village and Nai Village of Punhana Tehsil. It is predominantly populated by farmers of
Meo ethnicity.
In 2018, the
Government of India's premier policy think tank
Niti Aayog named erstwhile Mewat district as the most underdeveloped of India's 739 districts. Despite bordering
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 ...
, Haryana's rich industrial and financial heartland, this district had the worst health and nutrition, education, agriculture and water resources, financial inclusion and skill development and basic infrastructure.
History
The district was created on 4 April 2005, by taking areas from
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 ...
and the Hathin Block of
Faridabad district
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. However, in 2008, Hathin sub-division was reorganized in the new district of
Palwal
Palwal is a city and a municipal council. It is the headquarters of Palwal district, the 21st district of Haryana state in northern India. It is a centre of the cotton trade in the area. It is also a part of National Capital Region.
Etymo ...
. Mewat district was renamed
Nuh in 2016, because
Mewat is a cultural region which spans the state of Haryana, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh.
The district comprises Nuh, Taoru, Nagina, Ferozepur Jhirka, Indri, Punhana and Pinangwan blocks, 431 villages and 297 panchayats. There had been 512 villages and 365 panchayats in district before Hathin Block was transferred to Palwal district.
The
Meo Muslims who inhabited this region were
syncretic
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in past
rituals
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.
In the 1920s the grassroots Islamic movement
Tablighi Jamaat
Tablighi Jamaat (, also translated as "propagation party" or "preaching party")
is a transnational Deobandi Islamic Dawah, missionary movement
that focuses on exhorting Muslims to be more religiously observant
and encouraging fellow memb ...
arose from this region under
Muhammad Ilyas as a reformist movement. This
Muslim region was heavily inflicted by
partition violence of 1947, which in turn naturally altered the
syncretic
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life style of people in the region.
Geography
The soil of the district is light in texture, composed of sandy soil, sandy loam and clay loam. The upper hills are mostly barren. The total area of Nuh district is .
Sub-Divisions
The Nuh district is headed by an IAS officer of the rank of
Deputy Commissioner DC (Ajay Kumar) who is the chief executive officer of the district. The district is divided into 4 sub-divisions, each headed by a
Sub-Divisional Magistrate (SDM):
Nuh,
Ferozepur Jhirka
Ferozepur Jhirka, also known as Ferojpur Jhirka, is a town, near Nuh city in Nuh district in the state of Haryana, India.
History
Ferozepur Jhirka was founded in 1419 by Wali (patriarch) of Mewat, Khanzada Feroz Khan who styled himself as R ...
,
Punahana and
Taoru
Taoru or Tauru is a town, near Nuh city in Nuh district in the Indian state of Haryana.
History
Fort
Fort of Taoru, also called Taoru Fort of Raja Nahar Singh, has chambers and rooms surrounded by high walls. It is presently used as a po ...
.
Assembly constituencies
There are 3
Haryana Vidhan Sabha
The Haryana Legislative Assembly or the Haryana Vidhan Sabha is the unicameral state legislature of Haryana state in India.
The seat of the Vidhan Sabha is at Chandigarh, the capital of the state. The Vidhan Sabha comprises 90 Members of L ...
constituencies located in this district:
Nuh,
Ferozepur Jhirka
Ferozepur Jhirka, also known as Ferojpur Jhirka, is a town, near Nuh city in Nuh district in the state of Haryana, India.
History
Ferozepur Jhirka was founded in 1419 by Wali (patriarch) of Mewat, Khanzada Feroz Khan who styled himself as R ...
and
Punahana. All 3 are part of the
Gurgaon Lok Sabha constituency.
Taoru
Taoru or Tauru is a town, near Nuh city in Nuh district in the Indian state of Haryana.
History
Fort
Fort of Taoru, also called Taoru Fort of Raja Nahar Singh, has chambers and rooms surrounded by high walls. It is presently used as a po ...
Sub-division of
Nuh district
Nuh district (formerly known as Mewat district) is one of the 22 districts in the Indian state of Haryana. There are four sub-divisions in this district: Nuh, Ferozepur Jhirka, Punahana, and Taoru. It has an area of and had a population of 1. ...
comes under
Sohna (Vidhan Sabha constituency) of
Gurugram 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 distr ...
.
Towns
*
Ferozepur Jhirka
Ferozepur Jhirka, also known as Ferojpur Jhirka, is a town, near Nuh city in Nuh district in the state of Haryana, India.
History
Ferozepur Jhirka was founded in 1419 by Wali (patriarch) of Mewat, Khanzada Feroz Khan who styled himself as R ...
*
Nagina (Nuh) – An important town of Ferozepur Jhirka Tehsil, located at the centre of the district. It is the sub-tehsil and block of the district. One
I.T.I. is also located here.
*
Pinangwan
Pinangwan is a town and eponymous block in Nuh District of Haryana state of India. It lies in the Mewat region of Delhi NCR and Delhi–Mumbai Industrial Corridor. It is located on the MDR131 to Punhana and is also adjacent to the Delhi Mumba ...
*
Punahana
*
Tauru - An important town is a sub division of Mewat district this town's border touches with Gurgaon district and Bhiwadi district. Alwar (Rajasthan) is the only town in Mewat with a Hindu majority. One ITI and one college affiliated to MDU University
*
Nuh - It has a medical college established in August 2012 by government of haryana named SHKM GMC Nalhar.
Demographics
According to the
2011 census, Nuh district had a
population
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of 1,089,263.
By population, it ranks 420th among the 640
districts of India
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.
[ The district had a population density of .][ Its ]population growth rate
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over the decade 2001–2011 was 37.94%.[ It had a ]sex ratio
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of 906 females
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A female has larger gametes than a male. Females ...
for every 1000 males,[ and a ]literacy rate
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of 56.1%. Scheduled Castes make up 6.91% of the population.
It's the only Muslim majority district in Haryana
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.
At the time of the 2011 Census of India
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, 36.17% of the population in the district spoke Hindi
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, 34.75% Mewati
Mewati (Devanagri:मेवाती; Perso-Arabic:میواتی) is an Indo-Aryan language spoken by about three million speakers in the Mewat Region (Alwar and Bharatpur, districts of Rajasthan, Nuh district of Haryana).
While other people ...
, 25.76% and 2.84% Haryanvi
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as their first language.[.]
Economy
The main occupation in the district is agriculture, followed by allied and agro-based activities. The Meos are the predominant population group and are all agriculturists. Agriculture is mostly rain-fed except in small pockets where canal irrigation is available, and crop yield per hectare is low compared with the rest of the state. Animal husbandry, particularly dairy, is the secondary source of income for the people; those who live closer to the hilly ranges of Aravali
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also keep sheep and goats. The heavy indebtedness of most of the farmers requires them to sell milk to their lenders at below-market price, which drastically reduces their income.
Towns such as Punhana, Pinangwan, Ferozepur Jhirka, Taoru and Nuh are major hubs of retail shopping and act as backbones of day-to-day life in the area. The district also has a MMTC–PAMP factory located in the Rojka–Meo industrial estate.
Climate
The district falls under the sub-tropical semi-arid climatic zone with extremely hot temperatures in summer. January is the coldest month with temperature ranging between . May and June are the hottest months of the year with the temperature ranging from .
The annual rainfall varies considerably, from . About 80% of the annual rainfall is received during the monsoon season, from June to September with a peak in July. Dryness of air is a standard feature in Mewat district, with high humidity only during the monsoon period. During the monsoon, the sky is heavily clouded, and winds are strong. Winds are generally light during the post-monsoon and winter months. The dry season of minimum humidity (less than 20%) is between April and May, when strong dusty winds are conspicuous.
Nuh district experiences a high incidence of thunderstorms and dust storms, often accompanied by violent squalls (Bengali: ''andhar'' ) from April to June. The thunderstorms may be accompanied by heavy rain and occasionally by hail. In the winter months, fog may appear in the district.
Transport
Nuh town is on National Highway 248A (NH 248A) (previously known as the Gurgaon–Sohna
Sohna is a town and a municipal committee in the Gurgaon district of Haryana, India. A popular tourist weekend and conference retreat, it is on the highway from Gurgaon to Alwar near a vertical rock. Sohna is known for its hot springs and Shiva t ...
–Alwar
Alwar (Pronunciation: lʋəɾ is a city located in India's National Capital Region and the administrative headquarters of Alwar District in the state of Rajasthan. It is located 150 km south of Delhi and 150 km north of Jaipur. ...
road), connecting the district to Gurugram and Alwar. The Kundli–Manesar–Palwal (KMP) Expressway provides high-speed access to the district from Palwal and Manesar. Major District Roads 131 and 135 connect to the Delhi–Agra Highway. The nearest railway station
Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport that transfers passengers and goods on wheeled vehicles running on rails, which are incorporated in tracks. In contrast to road transport, where the vehicles run on a prep ...
is Hodal
Hodal is a city and a municipal council in Palwal district in the Haryana state of India. It is located at and has an average elevation of .
Hodal is a Haryana Legislative Assembly constituency segment, within the Faridabad Lok Sabha const ...
which is around from Punahana town. The closest railway station to the district headquarters, Nuh town, is away in Palwal
Palwal is a city and a municipal council. It is the headquarters of Palwal district, the 21st district of Haryana state in northern India. It is a centre of the cotton trade in the area. It is also a part of National Capital Region.
Etymo ...
.
The planned route of the Delhi–Mumbai Expressway will pass west of Pinangwan
Pinangwan is a town and eponymous block in Nuh District of Haryana state of India. It lies in the Mewat region of Delhi NCR and Delhi–Mumbai Industrial Corridor. It is located on the MDR131 to Punhana and is also adjacent to the Delhi Mumba ...
town and is expected to boost connectivity to cities.
See also
* Mewat State
The Khanzadas of Mewat were a dynasty of chiefs from Rajputana who had their capital at Alwar. The Khanzadas were Muslim Rajputs who descended from Raja Sonpar Pal who was a Yaduvanshi Rajput who converted to Islam during the period of the De ...
* Hodal
Hodal is a city and a municipal council in Palwal district in the Haryana state of India. It is located at and has an average elevation of .
Hodal is a Haryana Legislative Assembly constituency segment, within the Faridabad Lok Sabha const ...
References
External links
Official website of district Nuh
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Districts of Haryana
Minority Concentrated Districts in India
2005 establishments in Haryana
Mewat