Ambala district

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Ambala district
District of Haryana
Gurudwara Panjokhra Sahib, Haryana 02.jpg
Gurudwara Panjokhra Sahib in Ambala
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Location in Haryana
CountryFlag of India.svg  India
State Haryana
Division Ambala
Headquarters Ambala
Tehsils 1.  Ambala, 2.  Barara, 3.  Naraingarh 4. Ambala Cantt
Area
 • Total
1,569 km2 (606 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)
 • Total
1,128,350
 • Density720/km2 (1,900/sq mi)
 •  Urban
500,774
Demographics
 •  Literacy 87.46%
 • Sex ratio885
Time zone UTC+05:30 (IST)
Lok Sabha constituencies Ambala (shared with Panchkula and Yamuna Nagar districts)
Vidhan Sabha constituencies 4
Website http://ambala.nic.in/

Ambala district is one of the 22 districts of Haryana state in the country of India with Ambala town serving as the administrative headquarters of the district. District Ambala lies on the North-Eastern edge of Haryana and borders Punjab and Himachal Pradesh. Ambala district is a part of Ambala Division.

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Divisions

Kos Minar near Ambala along Grand Trunk Road in Haryana Ambala-Kos Minar.jpg
Kos Minar near Ambala along Grand Trunk Road in Haryana

This district falls under the Ambala Lok Sabha constituency, which is a reserved for the Scheduled Caste candidates only. This district also has four Vidhan Sabha constituencies, all of which are part of Ambala Lok Sabha constituency. Those are Ambala City, Ambala Cantt, Mulana and Naraingarh.

Administration of this district falls under the Ambala division and law and order falls under the Ambala Police Range. The district administration has two sub-divisions, Ambala and Naraingarh. District is further subdivided into 4 community development blocks and 7 revenue tehsils. Community development blocks are Ambala, Ambala Cantt, Barara and Naraingarh. Tehsils are Ambala, Ambala Cantt, Barara, Mullana, Saha, Shahzadpur and Naraingarh. [1]

Economy

Located in the Indo-Gangetic Plain, the land is generally fertile and conducive to agriculture. However, primary sector contributes much lesser to the economy of the district than it does to the economy of Haryana. [2] Small scale industries form the bulk of the industrial landscape in the district. It is one of the largest producers of scientific and surgical instruments in the country and home to a large number of scientific instrument manufacturers due to which it is also referred as Science City . [3]

Demographics

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1901330,735—    
1911277,417−1.74%
1921258,229−0.71%
1931297,802+1.44%
1941339,882+1.33%
1951365,383+0.73%
1961453,581+2.19%
1971539,297+1.75%
1981659,385+2.03%
1991806,482+2.03%
20011,014,411+2.32%
20111,128,350+1.07%
source: [4]

According to the 2011 census, Ambala district had a population of 1,128,350 [5] roughly equal to the nation of Cyprus [6] or the US state of Rhode Island. [7] It ranks 410th (out of a total of 640) in India in terms of population. [5] The district has a population density of 720 inhabitants per square kilometre (1,900/sq mi) . [5] Its population growth rate over the decade 2001-2011 was 11.23%. [5] Ambala had a sex ratio of 885 females for every 1000 males, [5] and a literacy rate of 81.75%. Scheduled Castes make up 26.25% of the population. [5]

Religion

Religion in Ambala district
Religious
group		2011 [8]
Pop. %
Hinduism Om.svg 955,096
Sikhism Khanda.svg 138,202
Islam Star and Crescent.svg 22,143
Christianity Christian cross.svg 3,705
Others9,204
Total Population1,128,350
Population trends for major religious groups in Ambala district (1941–1961, 2001–2011) [a]
Religious
group		Population
% 1941 [9] [10] 		Population
% 1951 [10] 		Population
% 1961 [11] 		Population
% 2001 [12] 		Population
% 2011 [8] [13]
Hinduism48.68%72.20%71.45%84.40%84.65%
Islam31.73%2.40%—1.70%1.96%
Sikhism18.47%24.60%24.83%13.06%12.25%
Christianity0.72%——0.28%0.33%
Jainism0.36%——0.52%0.43%
Buddhism0.02%——0.02%0.03%
Other / No religion0.04%0.8%3.73%0.01%0.35%
Religious groups in Ambala District (British Punjab province era)
Religious
group		1881 [14] [15] [16] 1891 [17] 1901 [18] 1911 [19] [20] 1921 [21] 1931 [22] 1941 [9]
Pop. %Pop.%Pop.%Pop.%Pop.%Pop.%Pop.%
Hinduism Om.svg [b] 689,612630,857510,105380,592370,125346,809412,658
Islam Star and Crescent.svg 304,123300,856240,710205,203205,750230,837268,999
Sikhism Khanda.svg 68,44293,67958,07394,47197,614155,555156,543
Christianity Christian cross.svg 3,7735,2044,3627,4835,6797,1416,065
Jainism Jain Prateek Chihna.svg 1,3072,8232,6142,1872,2722,5503,065
Zoroastrianism Faravahar.svg 67143430248
Buddhism Dharma Wheel (2).svg 000056146
Judaism Star of David.svg ——020124
Others010010217
Total population1,067,2631,033,427815,880689,970681,477742,902847,745
Note: British Punjab province era district borders are not an exact match in the present-day due to various bifurcations to district borders — which since created new districts — throughout the historic Punjab Province region during the post-independence era that have taken into account population increases.
Religion in the Tehsils of Ambala District (1921) [21]
Tehsil Hinduism Om.svg Islam Star and Crescent.svg Sikhism Khanda.svg Christianity Christian cross.svg Jainism Jain Prateek Chihna.svg Others [c] Total
Pop. %Pop.%Pop.%Pop.%Pop.%Pop.%Pop.%
Ambala Tehsil105,59166,68111,7772,5821,26035187,926
Kharar Tehsil68,95029,97741,8441,8842390142,894
Jagadhri Tehsil83,74938,8743,6831602371126,704
Naraingargh Tehsil73,20131,3842,6102573460107,798
Rupar Tehsil38,63438,83437,7007971900116,155
Note: British Punjab province era tehsil borders are not an exact match in the present-day due to various bifurcations to tehsil borders — which since created new tehsils — throughout the historic Punjab Province region during the post-independence era that have taken into account population increases.
Religion in the Tehsils of Ambala District (1941) [9]
Tehsil Hinduism Om.svg [b] Islam Star and Crescent.svg Sikhism Khanda.svg Christianity Christian cross.svg Jainism Jain Prateek Chihna.svg Others [d] Total
Pop. %Pop.%Pop.%Pop.%Pop.%Pop.%Pop.%
Ambala Tehsil122,62790,63718,5041,3411,8941,028236,031
Kharar Tehsil63,81739,15668,5081,184317532173,514
Jagadhri Tehsil102,82547,8564,15466924128155,773
Naraingargh Tehsil88,49038,9503,5302472810131,498
Rupar Tehsil34,89952,40061,8471,4513320150,929
Note1: British Punjab province era tehsil borders are not an exact match in the present-day due to various bifurcations to tehsil borders — which since created new tehsils — throughout the historic Punjab Province region during the post-independence era that have taken into account population increases.

Note2: Tehsil religious breakdown figures for Christianity only includes local Christians, labelled as "Indian Christians" on census. Does not include Anglo-Indian Christians or British Christians, who were classified under "Other" category.

Languages

Languages of Ambala district (2011 Census)

  Hindi (84.57%)
  Punjabi (10.95%)
  Haryanvi (2.72%)
  Others (1.76%)

Hindi (In Devanagri Script) is the official languages and thus used for official communication. [23] At the time of the 2011 Census of India, 84.57% of the population in the district spoke Hindi, 10.95% Punjabi and 2.72% Haryanvi as their first language. [24]

Language [a] 1911 [25] 1921 [25] 1931 [25] 1961 [25] 1991 [26] 2001 [27] 2011 [28]
Hindi 3.50%5.45%—66.72%87.87%85.26%84.57%
Punjabi 35.71%40.91%36.12%30.48%10.93%13.15%10.96%
Urdu —53.05%——0.19%0.11%0.11%
Hindustani 56.39%—60.58%————
Pahadi 3.10%0.07%2.62%0.23%———
Haryanvi ——————2.72%
Other1.30%0.52%0.62%~2.57%1.00%1.48%1.64

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  2. 1 2 1931-1941: Including Ad-Dharmis
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