Haryana

Area : 44, 212 sq km

Population: 2,10,82,989; growth rate (1991- 2001): 28.06%

Density per sq km: 477

Sex ratio (females per 1,000 males): 861

Literacy rate: 68.59% (males: 79.25%; females: 56.31%)

Capital: Chandigarh

No. of Districts: 19

Legislature: Unicameral

Important Cities, Towns and Religious/Tourist Places: Ambal Bhiwani, Faridabad, Kurukshetra, Mahendragarh, Narnaul, Panipat, Rewari, Rohtak, Sirsa, Sonepat. There are 46 tourist complexes in Haryana, majority of them named after birds.

Some of the tourist complexes are:

Badkhal Lake, Dabchick (Hodal), Jungle Babble (Dharuhera), Karna Lake (Uchana), Kela Teetar (Abushehr), Kingfisher (Ambala), Parakeet (Piplikurukshetra), Magpic (Faridabad), Rajhans (Surajkund), Rosy Pelican (Sultanpur), Skylark (Panipat), Sohna, Sultanpur Bird Sanctuary (Sultanpur), Surajkund, Uchana (Karnal), Yaduvindra Garden (Pinjore).

Judicature: Shares the High is bounded by Uttar Pradesh and Delhi in the cast, Punjab and Himachal Pradesh in the north and Rajasthan in the south and the west.

History:

Haryana has a legendary history going back to the Vedic Age. Kurukshetra was the epic battle field between the Kauravas and the Pandavas in Mahabharata. During medieval ages, many historic battles were fought in the modern Haryana. The region played a prominent role in the First Was of Indian Independence. Nearly 20 years after Independence, the State of Haryana, was formed on November 1, 1966 under the Punjab Reorgansation Act, 1966, from the Hindi-speaking parts of the State of Punjab comprising of the districts of Hissar, Mahendragarh, Gurgaon, Rohtak and Karnal; parts of Sangrur and Ambala districts; and part of Kharar tehsil.

Economy:

Agriculture is the main profession for over 80 percent of the people of Haryana. Over 51 percent of the total cultivable area is under irrigation. The important crops are cotton, rice, wheat, maize and bajra. Haryana is not only self-sufficient in food grains production but also among the top contributors of food grains to the Central pool.

Limestone, slate, dolomite, building stone, road metals, china clay and marble are some of the important minerals found in Haryana. Graphite and quartzites have also been found at several places in the State. Cement, sugar, paper, cotton textiles, glassware, brassware, cycle, tractors, motorcycle.

Time-pieces, automobiles, tyres and tubes, sanitaryware, television sets, steel tubes, hand tools, cotton yarn, refrigerators, vanaspati ghee and canvas shoes are some of the major industries of Haryana. Panipat is known as 'Weavers City' of India for its exquisite hand tufted woollen carpets of colourful handloom products. Haryana shares the multipurpose project on Sutlej and Beas with Punjab.

The major irrigation projects are: Western Yamuna Canal, Bhakra Canal System and Gurgaon Canal System.

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