Sirsa is a
city
A city is a human settlement of notable size.Goodall, B. (1987) ''The Penguin Dictionary of Human Geography''. London: Penguin.Kuper, A. and Kuper, J., eds (1996) ''The Social Science Encyclopedia''. 2nd edition. London: Routledge. It can be def ...
and a
municipal council in
Sirsa district in the westernmost region of the
Indian
state of
Haryana, bordering
Punjab and
Rajasthan. It is located in Thar desert. It is located 250 kilometres north-west of
New Delhi and 260 kilometres south-west of state capital
Chandigarh. Sirsa Nearest city
Hisar,
Fatehabad,
Bhadra,
Nohar
Nohar is a city and a municipality in Hanumangarh district in the Indian state of Rajasthan India
Geography
Nohar is at . It has an average elevation of . Nohar is a semi-arid area and experiences very low rainfall. Summer in Nohar is full o ...
,
Mandi Dabwali,
Hanumangarh .Its history dates back to the time of the
Mahabharata. At one time, the
Sarasvati River flowed in this area.
History
Sirsa is listed in the
Ain-i-Akbari
The ''Ain-i-Akbari'' ( fa, ) or the "Administration of Akbar", is a 16th-century detailed document recording the administration of the Mughal Empire under Emperor Akbar, written by his court historian, Abu'l Fazl in the Persian language. It for ...
as a
pargana
Pargana ( bn, পরগনা, , hi, परगना, ur, پرگنہ) or parganah, also spelt pergunnah during the time of the Sultanate period, Mughal times and British Raj, is a former administrative unit of the Indian subcontinent and each ...
under the
sarkar of
Hisar, producing a revenue of 4,361,368
dams for the imperial treasury and supplying a force of 5000 infantry and 500 cavalry.
Geography
Sirsa is located at . It has an average elevation of 205
metres (672
feet).
Demographics
As of
2011 Indian Census
The 2011 Census of India or the 15th Indian Census was conducted in two phases, house listing and population enumeration. The House listing phase began on 1 April 2010 and involved the collection of information about all buildings. Information ...
, Sirsa had a total population of 182,534, of which 96,175 were males and 86,359 were females. Population within the age group of 0 to 6 years was 20,825. The total number of literates in Sirsa was 131,570, which constituted 72.1% of the population with male literacy of 76.0% and female literacy of 67.7%. The effective literacy rate of 7+ population of Sirsa was 81.4%, of which male literacy rate was 86.2% and female literacy rate was 76.0%. The
Scheduled Castes population was 39,208. Sirsa had 36191 households in 2011.
Religion
City
Tehsil
Point of interest
Air Force station
Sirsa has an air base of
Indian Air Force
The Indian Air Force (IAF) is the air arm of the Indian Armed Forces. Its complement of personnel and aircraft assets ranks third amongst the air forces of the world. Its primary mission is to secure Indian airspace and to conduct aerial w ...
named
Sirsa Air Force Station
Sirsa Air Force Station or Sirsa AFS (ICAO: VISX) is an Indian Air Force base under Western Air Command, located at Sirsa in the state of Haryana, India.
History 1971 Indo-Pak war
In Indo-Pakistani War of 1971, Pakistan Air Force launched a pr ...
and this is one of the most important Air Force Station of India near
Pakistan border.
Dera Sacha Sauda
The non-governmental organization
Dera Sacha Sauda
Dera Sacha Sauda ("Camp True-Deal"; colloquially DSS) is an Indian non-governmental organization described as a "religious cult" and "non-profit social welfare dera" that was established on 29 April 1948 by Mastana Balochistani, an ascetic f ...
, established in 1948 by ascetic
Mastana Balochistani
Mastana Balochistani (honorifically known as Shah Mastana Balochistani Ji, was an Indian saint and the founder of Dera Sacha Sauda (DSS) in Sirsa (modern Haryana). He was originally from Balochistan, and later moved to Sirsa.
Life
Shah Masta ...
, has its headquarters in Sirsa.
Shri Tara Baba Kutiya (Tarakeswar Dham)
Shri Tara Baba Kutiya, also known as ''Tarakeswar Dham'', was constructed in the year 2003 with help from Sirsa MLA
Gopal Goyal Kanda
Gopal Kumar Goyal (born 29 December 1965), commonly known as Gopal Goyal Kanda, is a businessman and member of the Haryana Legislative Assembly in India.
Kanda was elected to the legislative assembly of the state of Haryana in 2009 as an Indep ...
. It is near Ramnagarian village on Rania Road. It has a statue of
Shiva and an idol of
Nandi
Nandi may refer to:
People
* Nandy (surname), Indian surname
* Nandi (mother of Shaka) (1760–1827), daughter of Bhebe of the Langeni tribe
* Onandi Lowe (born 1974), Jamaican footballer nicknamed Nandi
* Nandi Bushell (born 2010), South Afri ...
.
References
External links
Official websiteSirsa Newso
Dharatal TV
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Cities and towns in Sirsa district
Sirsa, Haryana