Sonipat district is one of the 22 districts of Haryana state in

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. Sonipat town is the district headquarters. It is a part of

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. It is bordered by

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Panipat Panipat () is a historic city in Haryana, India. It is 95 km north of Delhi and 169 km south of Chandigarh on NH-1. The three major battles fought in 1526, 1556 and 1761 took place near the city. The city is famous in India as the ...

Rohtak Rohtak () is a city and the administrative headquarters of the Rohtak district in the Indian state of Haryana. It lies north-west of New Delhi and south of the state capital Chandigarh on NH 9(old NH 10). Rohtak forms a part of the National ...

, Jind, Jhajjar and Baghpat (

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). The district borders union territory of Delhi in south, Panipat District in the north, Jind District in the north-west,

state in the east with the

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acting as a border and Rohtak District in the west.

Origin of name

The district is named after its administrative headquarters, Sonipat. Sonipat was earlier known as ''Sonprastha'', which later became '' Swarnprastha'' (Golden City), which is derived from two

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words, ''Svarna'' (Gold) and ''Prastha'' (Place). Over a period of time, the classical name Swarnprastha's pronunciation degraded into ''Svarnpat'', and then to its current form, ''Sonipat''. The earliest reference of this city comes in the historical book of

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, and at that time, it was one of the five villages demanded by the

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in lieu of the kingdom of

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History

This district was carved out of the erstwhile Rohtak district on 22 December 1972 with Sonipat as its headquarters.

Battle of Sonipat

The one and only battle fought in Sonipat was Battle of Sonipat. Khanda, Sonipat village witnessed the Battle of Sonipat against Mughals and won the battle under the military leadership of Banda Singh Bahadur.

Geography

Broadly speaking, the entire district is a part of the Punjab plain, but the area is not level in some parts. Over most of the district, the soil is fine loam of rich colour. However, some areas have sandy soil and others Kallar. The plain has a gradual slope to the south and east. The district may be roughly divided into three regions: The Khadar, the upland plain and the sandy region.

The Khadar

Along the River Yamuna which is a narrow flood plain ranging from 2 to 4 miles in width and is formed by the river along its course. The Khader plain is 20 to 30 ft. lower adjoining upland plain. The soil is fine clay loam left by the receding floods of the Yamuna. Farmers in the Khadar area cultivate rice and sugar cane. Recently, the farmers have started planting Banana, Pappaya and other fruits trees in this area.

The upland plain

It consists of Sonipat tehsil lying to the west of the Khadar, and is the most extensive of the three regions: The Upland Plain is covered with old alluvium, which if properly irrigated, is highly productive. There is extensive Farming of crops, oil seeds, horticultural plants, vegetables and flowers in this region. The ridges in Gohana tehsil represent the northernmost extension of the Aravallis.

The sandy region

A much smaller part of the district is covered with soil consisting of sand or sandy loam. Parts of this region have high PH values leading Kallor land.

Administration

The district comprises three sub-divisions:

Ganaur Ganaur is a town located in Sonipat district in the state of Haryana, India India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, an ...

, Sonipat, and

Gohana Gohana is a city and a municipal council, near Sonipat city in the Sonipat district of the Indian state of Haryana. Geography Gohana is located at . Its topography consists mainly of low plains, but its south-central area has a small plateau. ...

. They are further divided in four tehsils:

, Sonipat, Kharkhoda and

. The tehsils of Kharkhoda and Sonipat fall under jurisdiction of Sonipat sub division, while tehsils of Ganaur and Gohana fall under the jurisdiction of their respective sub divisions. These are further divided into seven blocks: Ganaur, Sonipat, Rai, Kharkhoda, Gohana, Kathura and Mundlana. The district comprises 343 villages, out of which 15 are uninhabited. There are six

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constituencies in this district, namely, Ganaur, Rai, Kharkhauda, Sonipat, Gohana and Baroda. All of these are part of Sonipat Lok Sabha constituency. The other three Vidhan Sabha constituencies which are part of Sonipat Lok Sabha constituency, namely, Julana, Safidon and Jind are in Jind District The district comprises a lone

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, Sonipat, and 3

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and Kharkhoda.

Villages

The following villages are under the Sonipat district. * Bidhlan * Aghwanpur * Atail * Bai * Bajana Kalan * Bajana Khurd * Balli Qutabpur * Baraut * Bari * Begah * Bhagan * Bhakharpur * Bhanwar * Bharet * Bhogipur * Bhora Rasulpur * Bhuri * Bulandpur * Chandauli * Chirsami * Dabarpur * Datauli * Ganaur * Garhi Kesri * Ghasoli * Giaspur * Gumar * Jalalabad * Kailana * Kherigujar * Kheritaga * Khizarpur Ahir * Khubru * Lalheri * Larsoli * Machhrauli * Manak Majra * Miana * Mohammadpur Majra * Nayabans * Pabnera * Panchi Gujran * Panchi Jatan * Patti Barahmnan * Pipli Khera * Pogthala * Purkhas Dhiran * Purkhas Rathi * Rajlu * Rajpur * Ramnagar * Rasulpur * Sanpera * Sardhana * Shahpur Taga * Shamashpur * Udesipur * Umedgarh * Sheikhupura * Siha Khera(Ravi bhardwaj's village) * Teha * Teori * Zafarpur * Ahulana * Gohana * Nagar * Barota * Garhi Sharai Namdar khan * Garhi Unale Khan * Lath * Jauli * Bidhal * Tihar * Bhainswal Kalan Mithan * Bhaniswal Kalan Bawala * Giwana * Aanwali * Kheri Damkan * Rabhra * Moi Hooda * Puthi * Bali Barmanan * Sikanderpur Majra * Baroda Thuthan * Khanpur Khurd * Thaske * Kathura * Kahalpa * Banwasa * Bhanderi * Ahulana * Dhanana * Rindhana * Katwal * kohla * Madina * Rukhi * Chhichhrana * Chhapra * Bilbilan * Riwara * Jasrana * Niat * Mirzapur Kheri * Anandpur * Ashrafpur Matindu * Barona * Bidhlan * Chhanauli * Farmana * Ferozepur Bangar * Garhi Sisana * Gopalpur * Gorar * Jataula * Jharaut * Jharauti * Jhinjauli * Kanwail * Karhouli * Katlupur *

Khanda Khanda may refer to: Places * Khanda, Sonipat, a very big and historical village in Sonipat district of Haryana, India * Khanda, Jind, a village in Jind district of Haryana, India * Khanda Kheri, a village in Hansi Tehsil of Hisar district of Ha ...

* Khanda Almaan * Chhota Khanda * Naya Khanda * Kharkhoda * Kheri Dahiya * Kundal * Mandaura * Mandauri * Muzzam Nagar * Nakloi * Nasirpur Cholka *

Nirthan Nirthaan or Nirthan is a village in Sonipat district, Haryana, India. It is mainly inhabited by Dahiya Jats and Bairagi (Vaishnav Brahmins). It is located about 15 km away from the city of Sonipat. Villages in Sonipat district {{Haryan ...

* Nizampur Khurd * Nizampur Majra * Pahladpur * Pai * Pipli * Rampur * Ridhad * Rohna * Sahoti * Saidpur * Sehri * Silana *

Sisana Sisana is a village of Sonipat district, Haryana, India. This village comes under the Tehsil of Kharkhoda. The vehicle RTO falls under the same, the vehicle numbers starts from HR79 and HR10 for private vehicles. The village was first inha ...

* Thana Kalan * Thana Khurd * Turakpur * Ziaudinpur * Pharmana * Ridhau * Abbaspur * Abdulpur * Ahmadpur * Asadpur * Badshahpur Machchhri * Bagru * Bainyapur * Bakhtawarpur * Bandepur * Barauli * Barwasni * Basaudi * Bhadana * Bhadi * Bhatana Jafrabad * Bhatgaon Dungran * Bhatgoan Malian * Bhowapur * Bindhrauli * Bohla * Chatiya Aoliya * Chatiya Deva * Chhatehra bahadurpur * Chitana * Dewru * Dhaturi * Dhikki * Dipalpur * Dodwa * Dubheta * Fatehpur * Fazilpur * Garh shahjanpur * Garhi Bakhtawarpur * Garhi bala * Garhi Brahmnan * Guhna * Halalpur * Harsana Kalan * Harsana khurd * Hasamabad * Hasanpur * Hullaheri * Hushanyarpur tiharkalan * Jagdishpur * Jainpur * Jaji * Jamalpur kalan * Jamalpur khurd * Jawahri * Joshi Chauhan * Kabirpur * Juan * Kakroi * Kalupur * Kamaspur * Kami * karewri * Khijarpur Jat Majra * Kilohard * Kishora * Kurar Ibrahimpur * Ladpur * Lahrara * Liwan * Luhari tibba * Machchhraula * Mahipur * Mahla Majra * Mahlana * Mahra * Majri * Malikpur * Mahendipur * Mimarpur * Mohamdabad * Mohana * Moi * Mukimpur * Murshadpur *

Murthal Murthal is a village in Sonipat district of the Indian state of Haryana. It is located north of Sonipat, from the national capital New Delhi, and southwest of Chandigarh, the state capital. It is famous for its parathas. Demographics Ac ...

* Nahra *

Nahri Nahri is a village in Sonipat district 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 term ...

* Naina tatarpur * Nandnaur * Nangal Khurd * Nasirpur Bangar * Nasirpur Khadar * Pinana * Raipur * Rathdhana * Rehmana * Rewli * Rohat * Rolad latifpur * Salarpur Majra * Salimpur trali * Salimsar majra * Sandal Kalan * Sandal Khurd * Shadipur * Shahpur Turk * Shahzadpur * Sitawali * Sonepat Patti Musalman * Sonepat Patti Jatan * Sultanpur * Tajpur * Tajpur tihar khurd * Tharu * Tharya * Tikaula * Uldepur * Bhainswan khurd * Gudha * Mahmudpur * Kailana Talaka Mahudpur * Siwanka * Chhatera * Ahmadpur Majra * Gangesar * Matand * Jagsi * Gangana * Rana Kheri * Bichpari * Khandri * Butana Kundu * Butana Khetlan * Issapur Kheri * Nuran Khera * Nizampur * Bhawar * Gharwal * Baroda Mor * Sonipat * Dahisra *

kundli Kundli is a town and municipal council in Sonipat, Haryana with a population of 100,000 (2017), on Delhi-Haryana border in Sonipat tehsil of Sonipat district in the Indian state of Haryana. It lies on Western Peripheral Expressway, Eastern ...

* Jakhauli * Sewli * Khatkar * Basantpur * Badmalik * Nathupur * Akbarpur Barota * Jajal * Khewra * Palri khurd * Garh Mirakpur * Rai * Jatheri * Hansapur * Jat joshi * Manoli * Nangal Kalan * Atena * Palri Kalan * Palra * Bazidpur Saboli * Safiabad Pana Paposian * Janti Kalan * Janti khurd * Sersa * Munirpur * Pabsara * Jhundpur * Asawarpur * Orangabad * Patla * Bahalgarh * Liwaspur * Firozpur Khadar * Pritam pura * Badkhalsa * Rasoi * Kheri Manajat * Khurampur * Bharia * Bakipur * Safiabad Kheri Manajat * Khanpur Kalan * Kakana Bhadri * Mundlana No. 1 * Mundlana No. 2 * Bhadoti Taluka Mudlana * Sarsadh * Busana * Bhadoti khas * Bhadoti Taluka Busana * Jawahra * Dhurana * Saragtjal * Kasanda * Kasandi * Shamri Sisan * Shamri Lochab Bairan * Chirana * Shamri Buran * Gamri * Kailana Khas * Lehrara * Garhi Bindhrauli

Education

The district is one of the major education hubs in India. Apart from a number of schools and colleges, the district is home to many universities. Deenbandhu Chhotu Ram University of Science and Technology in

was founded in 1987,

Bhagat Phool Singh Mahila Vishwavidyalaya Bhagat Phool Singh Mahila Vishwavidyalaya, also known as Bhagat Phool Singh Women's University, is the first women's only state university of North India established by the Government of Haryana in August 2006 at Village Khanpur Kalan, of Go ...

in Sonipat was founded in 2006 and O. P. Jindal Global University near Rathdhana was founded in 2009. Recently in 2012, National Institute of Food Technology Entrepreneurship and Management, NIFTEM, a world class institute was founded in Kundli which falls near Delhi border, SRM Institute of Science and Technology Delhi NCR Sonepat in

Rajiv Gandhi Education City, Sonipat Rajiv Gandhi Education City is a planned education city in Sonipat in the Indian state of Haryana. The city comes under the National Capital Region, Delhi and also under the Municipal Corporation and Urban Agglomeration of Sonipat City. It is ...

near Delhi was founded in 2013.

Transport

Sonipat Junction Railway Station is located on the Northern Railways' Ambala-Panipat-Delhi rail route. It lies on one of the most busiest railway line in North India that is Delhi - Chandigarh.. A number of passengers and express trains daily passes through it like Shatabadi Express, Shaan-e-Punjab, Malwa Express, Muri Express, Saryu Yamuna Express, Himalayan Queen, Sachkhand Express, Paschim Express, Kalka Mail, Jammu Mail, Unchahar Express, Amritsar Express, Jhelum Express, Tata Jat Express, Jan Shatabi, Shahid Express etc. In total, 64+ trains available from Sonipat daily. National Highway 1 and National Highway 71A, NH 334B, NH 44,

Western Peripheral Expressway The Western Peripheral Expressway (WPE) or Kundli–Manesar–Palwal Expressway (KMP Expressway), is an operational 6-lane (3 lanes in each direction),Eastern Peripheral Expressway pass through this district.

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plans to make first Bus Port in the pattern of Airport in Sonipat.

Demographics

According to the 2011 census Sonipat district has a

population Population typically refers to the number of people in a single area, whether it be a city or town, region, country, continent, or the world. Governments typically quantify the size of the resident population within their jurisdiction usi ...

of 1,450,001, 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 338th in India (out of a total of 640). The district has a population density of . Its population growth rate over the decade 2001-2011 was 15.71%. Sonipat has a

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of 853 females for every 1000 males, and a

literacy rate Literacy in its broadest sense describes "particular ways of thinking about and doing reading and writing" with the purpose of understanding or expressing thoughts or ideas in written form in some specific context of use. In other words, huma ...

of 80.8%. Scheduled Castes make up 18.62% of the population.

Religion

Languages

At the time of the

2011 Census of India 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. Informatio ...

, 66.89% of the population in the district spoke Haryanvi, 30.15%

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and 1.24%

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as their first language..

References

External links

Sonipat district official websiteRollpanda - Best Website of Sonipat

{{DEFAULTSORT:Sonipat District 1972 establishments in Haryana Populated places established in 1972