Naraingarh

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Naraingarh
Narayangarh
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Naraingarh
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Naraingarh
Naraingarh (India)
Coordinates: 30°28′35″N77°07′40″E / 30.47639°N 77.12778°E / 30.47639; 77.12778
CountryFlag of India.svg  India
State Haryana
District Ambala
Founded byRaja Lakshmi Narain King of Sirmaur
Named for Raja Lakshmi Narain of Sirmaur State
Government
 • BodyMunicipal Corporation
Area
 • Total
481 km2 (186 sq mi)
Population
 (2011) [1]
28,832
Demonym Naraiangarhiye
Languages [2] [3]
 • Official Hindi
 • Additional official English, Punjabi
 • Regional Haryanvi [4]
Time zone UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
134203
Telephone code91 1734
ISO 3166 code IN-HR
Vehicle registration HR-04
Sex ratio 890
Website haryana.gov.in

Naraingarh (also: Narayangarh) is a town, municipal committee and assembly constituency in the Ambala district of the Indian state of Haryana, located on the border with the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh. Due to its geographical location, the Naraingarh plays an important role in local tourism, being located 39 km from Ambala, the district headquarter, 52 km (32 miles) of Chandigarh, the state capital, 144 km (89 miles) of Shimla, and 230 km (142 miles) of New Delhi.

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Etymology

The name Naraingarh (Narayangarh) is a portmanteau of Narayana and Garh. Narayana refers to Hindu god Narayana, is the supreme absolute being in Hinduism and is considered as the supreme deity in Vaishnavism, while Garh means fort.

Raja Lakshmi Narain of Sirmur State, during the time of the disintegration of the Mughal empire, built a fort at Kulsan, which he named after himself, Naraingarh. The fort has been now encroached upon by the tahsil offices and police station. [5]

Geography and ecology

Location

Naraingarh is located near the foothills of the Sivalik range of the Himalayas in northwest India. It covers an area of approximately 481 km2. [6] It shares its borders with the states of Himachal Pradesh. The exact cartographic co-ordinates of Narayangarh are 30°28′N77°08′E / 30.47°N 77.13°E / 30.47; 77.13 .It has an average elevation of 325 metres (1065 ft).

Naraingarh, lying in the northern plains, has vast fertile and flat land. It has portions of Bhabar in the north east and Terai in rest of the area.

Climate

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Naraingarh has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen: Cwa) characterised by a seasonal rhythm: very hot summers, mild winters, unreliable rainfall and great variation in temperature (−1 °C to 46 °C OR 30.2 °F to 114 °F). The town also receives occasional winter rains from the Western Disturbance originating over the Mediterranean Sea.

The western disturbances usually brings rain predominantly from mid-December till end of April which can be heavier sometimes with strong winds and hails if the weather turns colder (during March–April months) which usually proves disastrous to the crops. Cold winds usually tend to come from the north near Shimla, capital of Himachal Pradesh and from the state of Jammu and Kashmir, both of which receive their share of snowfall during wintertime.

The town experiences the following seasons and the respective average temperatures:

Climate data for Naraingarh
MonthJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecYear
Record high °C (°F)27.7
(81.9)		32.8
(91.0)		37.8
(100.0)		42.7
(108.9)		44.6
(112.3)		45.3
(113.5)		42.0
(107.6)		39.0
(102.2)		37.5
(99.5)		37.0
(98.6)		34.0
(93.2)		28.5
(83.3)		45.6
(114.1)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)20.4
(68.7)		23.1
(73.6)		28.4
(83.1)		34.5
(94.1)		38.3
(100.9)		38.6
(101.5)		34.0
(93.2)		32.7
(90.9)		33.1
(91.6)		31.8
(89.2)		27.3
(81.1)		22.1
(71.8)		30.4
(86.7)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)6.1
(43.0)		8.3
(46.9)		13.4
(56.1)		18.9
(66.0)		23.1
(73.6)		25.4
(77.7)		23.9
(75.0)		23.3
(73.9)		21.8
(71.2)		17.0
(62.6)		10.5
(50.9)		6.7
(44.1)		16.5
(61.7)
Record low °C (°F)0.0
(32.0)		0.0
(32.0)		4.2
(39.6)		7.8
(46.0)		13.4
(56.1)		14.8
(58.6)		14.2
(57.6)		17.2
(63.0)		14.3
(57.7)		9.4
(48.9)		3.7
(38.7)		0.0
(32.0)		0.0
(32.0)
Average rainfall mm (inches)33.1
(1.30)		38.9
(1.53)		30.4
(1.20)		8.5
(0.33)		28.4
(1.12)		145.2
(5.72)		280.4
(11.04)		307.5
(12.11)		133.0
(5.24)		21.9
(0.86)		9.4
(0.37)		21.9
(0.86)		1,059.3
(41.70)
Average rainy days2.62.82.61.12.16.312.311.45.01.40.81.449.8
Source: India Meteorological Department (record high and low up to 2010) [7] [8]

Demographics

Population

As of 2011 Indian Census, Naraingarh had a total population of 22,832, of which 12,016 were males and 10,816 were females. Population within the age group of 0 to 6 years was 2,589. The total number of literates in Naraingarh was 17,512, which constituted 76.7% of the population with male literacy of 79.6% and female literacy of 73.4%. The effective literacy rate of 7+ population of Naraingarh was 86.5%, of which male literacy rate was 90.8% and female literacy rate was 81.8%. The Scheduled Castes population was 5,834. Naraingarh had 4677 households in 2011. [1]

Languages

Hindi is the official language of Naraingarh. Punjabi and English are additional official languages. [2] [3] Haryanvi is the regional language.

Politics

Naraingarh (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is the assembly constituency.

Transport

Naraingarh is connected by road to all of the other major cities of north India including Delhi, Dehradun, Chandigarh, Jalandhar, Paonta Sahib and Shimla.

NH 72 passes through Naraingarh and connects it to Ambala, Shahzadpur, Nahan, Paonta Sahib and Haridwar. NH 73 passes through Naraingarh and connects it to Punchkula, Shahzadpur, Saha, Yamunanagar, SaharanPur and Haridwar. State Highway 1 connects it to state capital Chandigarh and Raipur Rani.

Villages by Population

Following is a list of villages by population in Naraingarh Tehsil according to 2011 Census of India

Villages by Population (2010)
NoVillageTotal Population
1Dera7,872
2Shahzadpur7,278
3Pathreri5,645
4Gadhauli4,949
5Badhauli4,442
6Jatwar4,230
7Kurali(B.S)4,222
8Dhanana4,052
9Panjlasa3,203
10Korwa Khurd2,957

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