Panipat district () is one of the 22

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in north

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. The historical town of

Panipat Panipat () is a historic city in Haryana, India. It is 95 km north of Delhi and 169 km south of Chandigarh on List of National Highways in India, NH-1. The three major battles fought in First Battle of Panipat, 1526, Second Battle of ...

is the administrative headquarters of the district. The district occupies an area of , making it the nineteenth largest in the state with

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and

Panchkula Panchkula (PKL) is a planned city and district headquarter in the Panchkula district, part of the Ambala division in Haryana, India. The origin of the name Panchkula came from the place where five irrigation canals meet. Panchkula established ...

following it.

History

The first record of the district is found in

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. It was part of Subah Delhi. When the British took over the area in 1803, it was a part of Delhi territory. In 1819 reorganisation, Panipat, Karnal and Sonipat areas formed part of Panipat district. In 1851 Panipat district was divided into Panipat and Karnal tahsils with headquarters at Panipat and Gharaunda respectively. Three years later, headquarters of the district were shifted to Karnal. Since then numerous intra-district changes occurred. Panipat district was carved out from the erstwhile

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on 1 November 1989. On 24 July 1991 it was again merged with Karnal district. On 1 January 1992 it again became a separate district.

Administration

The district lies in Rohtak Division having two sub-divisional offices located at

and

Samalkha Samalkha is a town and Sub district of Panipat district that has its own tehsil as well as a municipal committee located in Indian state of Haryana. It is situated on GT road, 19 km (11.7 miles) south of Panipat, the district headquarter a ...

. The district has three tahsils viz Panipat,

Israna Israna is a village panchayat and tehsil in Panipat district in Haryana, India. It lies in the panipat Division. It is located towards south from district headquarters Panipat and from state capital Chandigarh towards north. History During ...

and Samalkha. Five Community Development Blocks Madlauda, Panipat, Israna, Samalkha and Bapauli have been set up in the district for the development of rural areas. Panipat district appeared on the Census map for the first time in 1991 comprising Panipat and

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tahsils. It was carved out of Karnal district. At that time, Panipat tahsil had 186 villages and two notified towns of Panipat and Samalkha and Assandh tahsil contained 46 villages and one town, namely, Assandh. Israna and Samalkha tahsils were created in December, 1991 out of Panipat tahsil. Assandh tahsil was transferred back to Karnal in July, 1991. Present position of the district in 2011 Census is that it contains 3 tahsils, namely, Panipat (76 villages and Panipat MCL, Kachrauli C.T., Kabri C.T., Sikanderpur C.T., Asan Khurd C.T., Panipat Taraf Ansar C.T., Panipat Taraf, Makhdum Zadgan C.T., Ugra Kheri C.T., Panipat Taraf Rajputan C.T., Sec. 11&12 Part II C.T., and Kheri Nangal C.T.), Israna (28 villages and no urban area) and Samalkha (82 villages and Samalkha MC). Administratively, the Deputy Commissioner is the overall incharge of the general administration in the district and performs the duties of the District Magistrate and the District Collector. Below the Deputy Commissioner is the Additional Deputy Commissioner who assists the Deputy Commissioner in the work relating to general administration, rural development, etc. The Deputy Commissioner along with ADC, Chief Executive Officer of Zila Parishad, Superintendent of Police and other senior officers of the district looks after the development and regulatory functions in the district.

Sub-Divisions

The Panipat district is headed by an IAS officer of the rank of Deputy Commissioner (DC) who is the chief executive officer of the district. The district is divided into 2 sub-divisions, each headed by a Sub-Divisional Magistrate (SDM):

and

Revenue tehsils

The above 2 sub-divisions are divided into 5 revenue

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s, namely, Panipat, Samalkha,

, Bapoli and Madlauda.

Assembly constituencies

There are four

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constituencies in this district: * Panipat Rural * Panipat City *

Panipat district is a part of the

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Demographics

According to the 2011 census Panipat district has a

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of 1,205,437, roughly equal to the nation of

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or the US state of

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. This gives it a ranking of 396th in India (out of a total of 640). The district has a population density of . Its

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over the decade 2001-2011 was 24.60%. Panipat has a

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of 864

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for every 1000 males, and a

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of 75.94%. Scheduled Castes make up 17.11% of the population.

Languages

At the time of the

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, 47.89% of the population in the district spoke

Haryanvi Haryanvi ( ' or '), also known as Bangru, is an Indo-Aryan language spoken in the state of Haryana in India, and to a lesser extent in Delhi. Haryanvi is considered to be part of the dialect group of Western Hindi, which also includes Kharibo ...

, 42.52%

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and 6.09% Punjabi as their first language. Hindi and Punjabi are primarily spoken in urban areas, while Haryanvi dominates rural areas..

Education

There are several engineering colleges in Panipat district: *APIIT SD India *Panipat Institute Of Engineering & Technology *Geeta group of institutions *NC College Of Engineering

Notable people

Neeraj Chopra Neeraj Chopra (born 24 December 1997) is a track and field athlete from India. He is the reigning Olympic champion, silver medalist in the World Championship, and the Diamond League champion in Javelin throw. He is the first Asian athlete to win ...

- Indian track and field athlete, 2020 Olympic Gold medalist * Deshbandhu Gupta (1901–1951) - independence campaigner *

Altaf Hussain Hali Altaf Hussain Hali ( – ; 1837 – 31 December 1914), also known as Maulana Khawaja Hali, was an Urdu poet and writer. Early life He was born in Panipat to Aizad Baksh and was a descendant of Abu Ayyub al-Ansari. He was in the care of his ...

- Urdu poet *

Satyen Kappu Satyendra Kappu (born Satyendra Sharma; also credited as Satyen Kappu; 7 February 1931 – 27 October 2007), was an Indian character actor in Bollywood films. He has acted in 390 films. His most remembered role is Ramlal in the movie ''Sholay'' ...

- Bollywood actor *

Asees Kaur Asees Kaur (born 26 September 1988) is an Indian singer. She has participated in various singing reality shows including ''Indian Idol'' and'' Awaz Punjab Di''. In 2021, her song "Raatan Lambiyan" from '' Shershaah'', with Tanishk Bagchi, becam ...

- playback singer *

Rohit Kumar Rohit Kumar may refer to: * Rohit Kumar (footballer) * Rohit Kumar (kabaddi) * Rohit Kumar (rower) Rohit Kumar is an Indian professional rower. He won the bronze medal in the men's lightweight double sculls along with his partner Bhagwan Singh ...

- kabaddi player *

Bu Ali Shah Qalandar Sharafuddeen Bu Ali Shah Qalandar Panipati, renowned as Bu Ali Qalandar (1209–1324 CE), born in Panipat, Haryana, India, was a Qalandar and Sufi saint of the Owaisī Order, who lived and taught in India. His shrine or dargah (mausoleum ...

(1209–1324 CE) - Qalandar and Sufi saint * Jasvir Singh - kabaddi player

References

External links

Panipat district website
{{Districts of Haryana Districts of Haryana 1992 establishments in Haryana