Chandigarh

Area : 114sq km

Population: 9,00,914;growth rate (1991-2001): 40.33%

Density per sq km: 7,903

Sex ratio (females per 1,000 males): 773

Literacy rate: 81.76% (males: 85.65%; females: 76.65%)

Capital: Chandigarh

Legislature: None

Principal Language: Hindi, Punjabi and English

Important Religious/Tourist Places:

Bougainvilla Garden, Deer Park, International Dolls Museum, Leisure Valley, Log Hut (Khudda Alisher), Museum and Art Galley, National Gallery of Portraits, Punjab University Campus, Nek Chand's Rock Garden, Shanti Kunj, Smriti Upavana, Sukhna Lake, Terraced Garden, Topiary Park, Zakir Rose Garden.

Judicature:

The union Territory comes under the Jurisdiction of High Court of Punjab and Haryana at Chandigarh.

History:

The city of Chandigarh and the area surrounding it was constituted as a Union Territory on November 1, 1966. It serves as the joint capital of Punjab and Haryana. Under the agreement between the Union Government and the Akali leaders in July 1985 Chandigarh is to become the exclusive capital of Punjab and Haryana has to develop its own capital in Haryana itself. The said agreement has not yet been implemented, as the transfer of Hindi-speaking areas from Punjab to Haryana could not be carried out.

Economy:

Fifty-two percent of the total cultivated area is under irrigation. The major crops. Forests cover 27 percent of the area. Wool tops and yarn, hosiery, needles, electric meters, antibiotics and medicines, bicycle rims, bakery, chains and free wheels, cardboard and steel furniture are the major industries of the Union Territory of Chandigarh. Chandigarh has an airport.

Chandigarh