Hisar Urban Agglomeration

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Hisar
City
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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(s): 
The city of Steel
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Hisar
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Hisar
Coordinates: 29°09′N75°42′E / 29.150°N 75.700°E / 29.150; 75.700 Coordinates: 29°09′N75°42′E / 29.150°N 75.700°E / 29.150; 75.700
CountryIndia
State Haryana
District Hisar [1]
Division Hisar
First settled1354
Incorporated1832
Founded by Firoz Shah Tughlaq
Named for Firoz Shah Tughlaq
Tehsils Hisar Sadar
Government
 • BodyMunicipal Corporation, Hisar
 •  Mayor Shakuntla Rajliwala
 •  Member of Parliament Dushyant Chautala
Elevation
215 m (705 ft)
Population
 (2011)
 • Total301,249
 • Rank141 [2]
 • Density438/km2 (1,130/sq mi)
Languages
 • Official Hindi, Punjabi
Time zone UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
125 xxx
UNLOCODE
IN HSS
Telephone code91-1662 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] ♂/♀
Literacy81.04 [2] %
Lok Sabha constituency Hisar
Vidhan Sabha constituencyHisar
Planning agency HUDA
Civic agencyHisar Municipal Corporation
Climate Cw (Köppen)
Precipitation 490.6 millimetres (19.31 in)
Avg. summer temperature32.5 °C (90.5 °F)
Avg. winter temperature17.6 °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 Skeleton harappa.JPG
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]

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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]

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References

  1. ↑ "Census of Hisar city". Government of India. Retrieved 23 May 2012.
  2. 1 2 3 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.


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