Hansi district

Hansi district is a proposed district in Haryana to be carved out from Hisar district. Hisar district has 2 sub-divisions that is Hansi and Narnaud, each headed by an SDM. The district is also part of Hisar division ^{[1] [2]}

Hansi district
District of Haryana
Country	India
State	Haryana
Division	Hisar division
Established	2025
Headquarters	Hansi
Tehsils	Bass, Hansi and Narnaund
Area
• Total	1,289 km2 (498 sq mi)
Population  (2011)
• Total	527,670
• Density	409/km2 (1,060/sq mi)
Demographics
Languages
• Official	Hindi [3]
• Additional official	English Punjabi [4]
• Regional	Haryanvi
Time zone	UTC+05:30 (IST)
Major highways	NH-9 (formerly NH-10) and NH-52 (formerly NH-65)
Lok Sabha constituencies	Hisar

Geography

Topography

Hansi is located at 29°06′N75°58′E / 29.1°N 75.97°E / 29.1; 75.97 . ^[5] It has an average elevation of 207 metres (679 ft) People Density is 348 people per km^2 .Area is 1272.32 km^2. It is located at a distance of 26 kilometres (16 mi) east of Hisar on NH-9. Geographically, it is semi-arid with around 46 cm of annual rainfall.

Historic sites

Asigarh Fort

Asigarh Fort, is a prominent and historic feature of this ancient city. Extended in an area of 30 acres (120,000 m²), it is square in shape and has security posts in all the four corners.

Barsi gate

The historic city of Hansi had five gates of entry – Delhi Gate (East), Hisar Gate (West), Gosain Gate (North-west), Barsi Gate (South) and Umra Gate (South west). The peculiarity of this town is that its altitude increases after entry from any of the gates. Deserts guard this city towards its west (cities like Tosham, Devsar, Khanak).

During the period of Firoz Shan Tuglaq about 1302, a tunnel was constructed connecting the present Hansi to Hisar. The gate of fort has figures of gods, and pictures of gods, goddesses, birds can also be seen on the walls of the fort. The entry gate of the fort was built by George Thomas. This fort was declared a Protected Monument of National Importance in 1937 by the Archeological Survey, the present ASI, and is still in good condition.

16th century Baba Jagganmathpuri Samadha

Baba Jaggannathpuri Samadha temple, a samadhi (revered shrine) dedicated to the 16th century Hindu Sadhu (saint), Jaggannathpuri, at the spot where he established an ashram (monastery) after arriving in Hansi in 1586 CE when there were no Hindus left in Hansi under the Islamic rule. He revived the Hinduism in the area. The complex has the sacred banyan tree with a big floating aerial prop-root branch connected to the grounded main taproot stem, which gives an illusion as if the aerial prop-root branch is floating in the air by itself. Pilgrims tie the sacred red-saffron mauli thread around the stem. ^[6]

Subdivisions

The district will comprise of two blocks ^[7] ,

• Hansi
• Narnaund

and 3 tehsils,

• Hansi
• Narnaund
• Bass

And 1 sub-tehsil,

• Kheri Chopta

Hansi is already a police district and it was announced in 2016 by former Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar. ^[8]

References

1. "Hansi declared 23rd district of Haryana", The Tribune, 2025-12-16
2. "A change in Haryana's map – Hansi made new district", News 18 India, 2025-12-16
3. "Report of the Commissioner for linguistic minorities: 52nd report (July 2014 to June 2015)" (PDF). Commissioner for Linguistic Minorities, Ministry of Minority Affairs, Government of India. pp. 85–86. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 November 2016. Retrieved 16 February 2016.
4. "Haryana grants second language status to Punjabi". Hindustan Times . Indo-Asian News Service. 28 January 2010. Archived from the original on 5 November 2018. Retrieved 2 January 2019.
5. Falling Rain Genomics, Inc – Hansi
6. Haryana Floating Tree: हरियाणा में यहां है हवा में लटकता चमत्कारी पेड़, जहां बाबा जगन्नाथपुरी ने ली थी समाधि, Zee News, 30 June 2025.
7. "New announced by CM Saini", Dainik Bhasker, 2025-12-16
8. "Hansi to be made police district – CM Manohar Lal Khattar", Buisness Standard, 2016-11-12