Hisar Urban Agglomeration

Hisar
City
From top going clockwise: District Administrative Complex, St. Thomas Church, Fort of Firoz Shah, Sheela Mata Temple and observatory at OP Jindal Gyan Kendra.
Nickname:  The city of Steel
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Coordinates: 29°09′N75°42′E / 29.150°N 75.700°E / 29.150; 75.700
Country	India
State	Haryana
District	Hisar [1]
Division	Hisar
First settled	1354
Incorporated	1832
Founded by	Firoz Shah Tughlaq
Named after	Firoz Shah Tughlaq
Tehsils	Hisar Sadar
Government
• Body	Municipal Corporation, Hisar
•  Mayor	Shakuntla Rajliwala
•  Member of Parliament	Dushyant Chautala
Elevation	215 m (705 ft)
Population  (2011)
• Total	301,249
• Rank	141 [2]
• Density	438/km2 (1,130/sq mi)
Languages
• Official	Hindi, Punjabi
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	125 xxx
UNLOCODE	IN HSS
Telephone code	91-1662 xxx xxx
Vehicle registration	HR-20 xxxx (for non-commercial vehicles) HR-39 xxxx (for commercial vehicles)
Nearest city	New Delhi, Chandigarh
Sex ratio	844 [2] ♂/♀
Literacy	81.04 [2] %
Lok Sabha constituency	Hisar
Vidhan Sabha constituency	Hisar
Planning agency	HUDA
Civic agency	Hisar Municipal Corporation
Climate	Cw (Köppen)
Precipitation	490.6 millimetres (19.31 in)
Avg. summer temperature	32.5 °C (90.5 °F)
Avg. winter temperature	17.6 °C (63.7 °F)
Website	www.hisar.nic.in

A skeleton from Rakhigarhi Indus Valley Civilisation site in Hisar on display in the National Museum, New Delhi

Hisar Urban Agglomeration is an extended area of the city of Hisar which includes the area under the Municipal Corporation of Hisar and the campus of Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University along with the Mini Secretariat. ^[3] It is the second biggest urban agglomeration in Haryana after Faridabad. ^[4]

Demographics

According to 2011 Census of India, Hisar Urban Agglomeration has a total population of 306,893 of which 166,623 are males and 140,270 are females. ^[5] Sex ratio is 842 females per thousand males. Overall Literacy rate is 81.17 percent with male literacy rate at 86.28 percent and female literacy rate at 75.08 percent. ^[6]

See also

• Hisar (city)
• Hisar district
• Hisar division
• Hisar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)
• Hisar (Lok Sabha constituency)

References

1. "Census of Hisar city". Government of India. Retrieved 23 May 2012.
2. Cities having population 1 lakh and above (PDF). censusindia (Report). The Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. Retrieved 28 May 2012.
3. "Constituents of Urban Agglomerations having population 1 lakh and above, Census 2011" (PDF). The Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. Retrieved 17 June 2012.
4. "Scope for Group Housing project in Haryana". Kunal Haryana Archaeology. Retrieved 17 June 2012.
5. "Hisar city". Census 2011. Retrieved 17 June 2012.
6. "Urban Agglomerations/Cities having population 1 lakh and above" (PDF). The Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. Retrieved 17 June 2012.