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| History of Jagadhri |
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Distt. Yamuna Nagar came into existence on 1 November 1989 and it is the one of the 21 total dists of Haryana.Before independence of India,The old name of Yamuna Nagar was Abdulahpur. It was a small village which was populated near Railway Station, Jagadhri. After independence of India in 1947 many refugee from Punjab, Pakistan preferred to settle in Yamuna nagar as their new home. The place which was allocated to refugees after independence now-a-days known as Model Town. |
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| Yamununa Nagar Division and Boundaries |
| The surroundings of Yamuna Nagar is consisted of Sirmour dist of Himachal Pardesh in the North, Saharanpur,Uttar Pardesh on its East, and South by Karnal dist, Southwest it is surrounded by Kurukshetra dist and in its west is Ambala District. Jagadhari and Yamuna Nagar are twin cities. The district covering the area of 1756 square Kms and Yamuna Nagar town is district headquaters. Whole district is consisting of 441 Panchayats, 623 villages, 3 tehsils (These are further divided into 6 development Blocks: Bilaspur, Chhachhrauli, Mustafabad, Sadhaura, Radaur and Jagadhri ), 2 sub divisons and 3 sub tehsils. Most of the district part spread under the Shiwalik foothills.
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| Jagadhri Lok Sabha and Vidhan Sabha constituncies
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| District is consisting of 1 Lok sabha constituency name Ambala Lok Sabha seat which includes Jagadhri, Sadura and Yamuna Nagar and Radur is part of the Kurukshetra Lok Sabha seat. Four Vidhan sabha constituencies is also represented by Jagadhri, Radaur, Sadura and Yamuna Nagar.
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| Jagadhri Population |
| The population of jagadhri according to 2011 Govt of India census is 1214162, consisting of male and female were 646,801 and 567,361 respectively. it has ranked 390 out of 640 total ranking of Indian cities. Population density of Yamuna Nagar district is 687 per sq km. The decade 2001-2011 growth rate of population is 16.56%. The Yamuna Nagar sex ratio is 877 Females per 1000 males.
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| Jagadhri Literacy Rate |
| Yamuna Nagar has a 78.90% Literacy rate. The Male and female literate is 483,660 and 361,846 respectively. |
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