Agroha (town)

Agroha
Town
Aerial view of Agroha town
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Coordinates: 29°20′N75°38′E / 29.33°N 75.63°E / 29.33; 75.63
Country	India
State	Haryana
District	Hisar
Founded by	Maharaja Agrasen
Population
• Total	7,722
Languages
• Official	Hindi, English
• Regional	Bagri, Haryanavi,
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
Postal code	125047
Vehicle registration	HR
Website	haryana.gov.in

Agroha is a town near Hisar city, Hisar district in Haryana state of northern India, between Hisar city and Fatehabad on NH 09. Ancient structures, pot-shards, coins and seals have been found in archaeological excavations at the Agroha Mound.^{[ citation needed ]}

History

Early history

Main article: Agroha Mound

Mughal era

Agroha is listed in the 16th century CE Ain-i-Akbari as a pargana under Hisar sarkar, producing a revenue of 1,743,970 dams for the imperial treasury and supplying a force of 2000 infantry and 200 cavalry. It appears with the note "Game of all kind abounds. Sport chiefly hawking." ^[1]

Demographics

As of 2011 India census, Agroha had a population of 7722 in 1491 households. Males (4068) constitute 52.68% of the population and females (3654) 47.31%. Agroha has an average literacy (4522) rate of 58.55%, less than the national average of 74%: male literacy (2659) is 58.8%, and female literacy (1863) is 41.19%. In Agroha, 13.71% of the population is under 6 years of age (1059). ^[2]

Education

• Maharaja Agrasen Medical College, Agroha on NH9
• Government College, Agroha on NH9
• Aadhar College of Special Education on NH9
• Shanti Niketan College Of Education Agroha on Agroha-Adampur Road

Economy

Economy of Agroha subdivision largely depends on agriculture, also augmented by medical and healthcare (due to medical college), power generation (due to the large NPCIL township), religious and cultural tourism (due to Agroha Dham and Agroha Mound), education, and other services.

Transport

• Airport: Maharaja Agrasen International Airport 20 km south of Agroha at Hisar is the nearest airport.

• Highways: NH9 through Agroha connects to Sirsa in northwest and Hisar-Delhi in southeast, and SH10 connects it to Adampur and Nohar in the west and Barwala in east and Chandigarh in northeast.

• Railway: Nearest major railway station is Hisar Junction railway station 20 km south of Agroha and nearest minor station is Mandi Adampur railway station 18 km west. Hisar-Agroha-Fatehabad-Sirsa line, with station at Agroha, has been approved but construction has not commenced.

Development plan

Main article: Agroha development plan

In 2023, a plan submitted by the Agarwal community to the Chief Minister of Haryana for the development of "Agroha Global City" in the 25 km radius by establishing 18 residential sectors named after 18 gotras of Agarwal community, construction of world's largest statue of Maharaja Agrasen, AYUSH Hospital, a university, ashrams and dharamshalas for pilgrims, modern busport, and railway station, etc. The development will be done by the agrawal community and the role of government will be limited to providing the legal approvals and helping the land acquisition. ^[3]

Notable residents

• Geetika Jakhar, wrestler
• Krishna Poonia discus athlete

See also

• Agrasen ki Baoli
• Agroha Dham
• Agroha Mound

References

1. Abū al-Faz̤l ibn Mubārak (1891). The Ain-i-Akbari. Translated by Jarrett, Henry Sullivan. Calcutta: Asiatic Society of Bengal. p. 293. Retrieved 21 January 2021.
2. "Census of India 2011" . Retrieved 12 March 2014.
3. हिसार के अग्रोहा में अग्रसेन ग्लोबल सिटी का प्रस्ताव:निकाय मंत्री गुप्ता ने CM को भेजा, 25 किलोमीटर के एरिया में होगा निर्माण, Bhaskar, 1 Sept 2022.