Kaithal district

Kaithal district is one of the 22 districts of Haryana, a state in northern India. Kaithal town is the district headquarters. The district occupies an area of 2317 km2. It has a population of 1,074,304 (2011 census). It is part of Karnal division. Kaithal was notified as district by Haryana Govt. on 16 October 1989 and carved out of Kurukshetra and Jind districts, comprising Guhla and Kaithal sub-divisions of Kurukshetra district, Kalayat sub-tahsil and 6 villages of Jind district.

This article is about the district. For its eponymous headquarters, see Kaithal.

Kaithal district
District of Haryana
Brick Temple in Kalayat
Brick Temple in Kalayat
Location in Haryana
Location in Haryana
CountryIndia
StateHaryana
DivisionKarnal
Established1 November 1989
HeadquartersKaithal
Tehsils1. Kaithal, 2. Guhla, 3. Pundri, 4. Kalayat
Area
 • Total2,317 km2 (895 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)
 • Total1,074,304
 • Density460/km2 (1,200/sq mi)
 • Urban
19.39
Demographics
 • Sex ratio880 (2011 census)
Time zoneUTC+05:30 (IST)
Major highwaysNH-152[1]
Average annual precipitation563 mm
Lok Sabha constituenciesKurukshetra (shared with Kurukshetra and Yamuna Nagar districts)
Vidhan Sabha constituencies4
Websitehttp://kaithal.gov.in/

This district came into existence on 1 November 1989.

Divisions

Kaithal district comprises four tehsils: Kaithal, Guhla, Pundri and Kalayat; and the three sub-tehsils of Rajaund, Dhand and Siwan.[2][3] The four Haryana Vidhan Sabha constituencies located in this district are Guhla, Kalayat, Kaithal and Pundri.[4] All of these are part of Kurukshetra Lok Sabha constituency.

Demographics
Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1951227,168—    
1961334,804+3.95%
1971461,897+3.27%
1981646,566+3.42%
1991781,814+1.92%
2001946,131+1.93%
20111,074,304+1.28%
source:[5]

According to the 2011 census Kaithal district has a population of 1,074,304,[6] roughly more than the nation of Cyprus[7] or the US state of Rhode Island.[8] This gives it a ranking of 423rd in India (out of a total of 640).[6] The district has a population density of 463 inhabitants per square kilometre (1,200/sq mi) .[6] Its population growth rate over the decade 2001-2011 was 13.39%.[6] Kaithal has a sex ratio of 880 females for every 1000 males,[6] and a literacy rate of 70.6%. Scheduled Castes make up 23.04% of the population.[6]

Religion in Kaithal district (2011)[9]
Religion Percent
Hinduism
 
 90.71%
Sikhism
 
 8.15%
Islam
 
 0.77%
Other or not stated
 
 0.37%

Languages

Languages of Kaithal district (2011)[10]

  Haryanvi (61.85%)
  Hindi (26.48%)
  Punjabi (10.42%)
  Others (1.25%)

At the time of the 2011 Census of India, 61.85% of the population in the district spoke Haryanvi, 26.48% Hindi and 10.42% Punjabi as their first language.[10]

Ancient sites

See also: 48 kos parikrama

Theh Polar, the ancient site from the vedic period of mahabharta, is located on the banks of Saraswati river 10 km north of Kaithal on Kaithal-Siwan road. Pulastya rishi - one of the ten Prajapati and one of the mind-born sons of Brahma[11] and also an ancestor of Ravana, had his ashram here. The name Theh Polar is composite of Polar - corrupted version of Pulastya and Theh meaning the ruined mound of an earlier habitation. The archaeological cultural artifacts found here in the partial excavation provide the evidence that this site has been habited for at least 3000 years since the beginning of 1st millennium BC up to the early Mughal period.[12]

There are 3 large archaeological mounds, 2 are 480x635x15.5 ft and third is 779x690x10 ft. In 1933-34, these mounds were partially excavated by H.L. Srivastava who found 465 artifacts including coins, clay seals, beads, pottery, copper vessels, etc. Earlier era punch-marked silver coins have symbols of sun, six-armed Sahasrara chakra, hills with 3 peaks. Coins of Yaudheya (5th century BCE to 4th century CD), Indo-Parthian (19-226 CE), Kushan Empire (30-375 CE), Kidara (350-390 CE), Indo-Sassanian (230-365 CE), Hindu Shahis (822-1026 CE) coins of the bull and horseman, early Mughal period copper and silver coins.[12]

See also

References
  1. "Rationalisation of Numbering Systems of National Highways" (PDF). New Delhi: Department of Road Transport and Highways. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 February 2016. Retrieved 3 April 2012.
  2. "Basic Statistics". Official Website of Kaithal Administration. Archived from the original on 13 September 2017. Retrieved 13 August 2017.
  3. "History". Kaithal District. Archived from the original on 7 April 2018.
  4. "District Wise Assembly Constituencies" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Haryana website. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 July 2011. Retrieved 28 April 2011.
  5. Decadal Variation In Population Since 1901
  6. "District Census 2011". Census2011.co.in. 2011. Retrieved 30 September 2011.
  7. US Directorate of Intelligence. "Country Comparison:Population". Archived from the original on 13 June 2007. Retrieved 1 October 2011. Cyprus 1,120,489 July 2011 est.
  8. "2010 Resident Population Data". U. S. Census Bureau. Archived from the original on 17 August 2011. Retrieved 30 September 2011. Rhode Island 1,052,567
  9. "Table C-01 Population by Religion: Haryana". censusindia.gov.in. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India.
  10. "Table C-16 Population by Mother Tongue: Haryana". Census of India. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India..
  11. Kisari Mohan Ganguli (1883 - 1896). "The Mahabharata". Sacred texts.
  12. Monuments & Sites in Haryana, Archaeological Survey Of India, page 34-35.

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