Kharkhoda, Haryana

Kharkhoda is a city, the administrative headquarters and a municipal committee in Sonipat district in the Indian state of Haryana and is a part of National Capital Region (NCR) of Delhi. In Kharkhoda Chhapadeshwar Mahadev Mandir is very popular within the connected villages at the time of Maha Shivratri a large number of tourists comes for visiting the temple. Due to proximity of Delhi, there is lot of scope of industrial and residential development in the area. Haryana State Industrial and Infrastructure Development Corporation acquired 3200 Acres of land to develop Industrial Model Township (IMT). Western Peripheral Expressway (KMP) Expressway is just 1 km away from the city. In October,2015 Chinese Delegation Wanda Group of around 35 people visit the city to develop Entertainment Theme City in the area.

For the town in Uttar Pradesh, see Kharkhoda, Meerut.

Kharkhoda
city
Kharkhoda Location in Haryana, India Show map of Haryana Kharkhoda Kharkhoda (India) Show map of India
Coordinates: 28.52°N 76.5°E / 28.52; 76.5
Country	India
State	Haryana
District	Sonipat
Founded by	Pandav
Population  (2001)
• Total	18,758
Languages
• Official	Hindi
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
131402	131402
ISO 3166 code	IN-HR
Vehicle registration	HR 79
Website	haryana.gov.in

Here Mughal emperor, Aurangzeb constructed a Mosque, which is now ruined. In Pre Partition days, Kharkhoda was town of Muslim Sayyid Families, which is also called Mir. In 1947 they migrate to Pakistan. Famous Pakistani writer and researcher, Syed Qasim Mahmood, was born here.

Geography

Kharkhauda is located at 28.52°N 76.5°E / 28.52; 76.5.[1] It has an average elevation of 207 metres (682 feet).

Demography

As of 2001 India census, Kharkhoda had a population of 18,758.[2] As a Tehsil it contain 45 villages. Tehsil had population of 160083 in villages. Males constitute 53% of the population and females 47%. Kharkhoda has an average literacy rate of 89%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 71%, and female literacy is 56%. In Kharkhoda, 16% of the population is under 6 years of age. Its current population is about 21,302.[3] Kharkhoda Land can be made subdivision after ongoing census of India.[4] The most common language spoken in Kharkhoda is Haryanvi. Khanda is big village.

It said to derive its name from Kharak, meaning a stall. Another tradition connects it with Khara and Dushana, the brothers of Ravana, the rakshasa king of Lanka (now Sri Lanka).

It is located 16 miles to the west from nearby city, Rohtak. Total distance between Kharkhoda to Sonipat is 19 km . It has an elected municipal body to run the municipal administration of the town, which also contains the headquarters of the tehsil of Kharkhoda. In this historical site, there is a tomb of Syed Sufi Saint and his fair held annually. Also, there is a mandir which is very famous for Parwan ji Maharaj, a spiritual guru.

The town nurses a number of places of public utility of which a college, a civil veterinary hospital, a civil dispensary, a head post office and police station are worth mentioning. It has an important grain market situated at Khanda Bypass.

Very soon Kharkhoda town is going to become Industrial Model Town. Also a new Civil Hospital is constructed at Thana Kalan Road. Also, the new roads are under construction up to the newly constructed bypass all over the town, earlier it doesn't connects rohtak road and sonipat road but after construction of this part of bypass now it covers all the town. ITI has been constructed on Bypass.

See also

• Khanda
• Sonipat
• Sisana
• Battle of Sonipat

References

1. Falling Rain Genomics, Inc – Kharkhauda. Fallingrain.com. Retrieved on 2012-06-14.
2. "District Sonipat at a glance". sonipat.nic.in. Archived from the original on 27 August 2011.
3. "Kharkhoda, Haryana, India". wolframalpha.com. Archived from the original on 9 February 2013.
4. "Kharkhoda to be made subdivision". tribuneindia.com. 21 February 2011.