Kaithal district | |
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.svg) Location in Haryana | |
| Country | India |
| State | Haryana |
| Division | Karnal |
| Established | 1 November 1989 |
| Headquarters | Kaithal |
| Tehsils | 1. Kaithal, 2. Guhla, 3. Pundri, 4. Kalayat |
| Area | |
• Total | 2,317 km2 (895 sq mi) |
| Population (2011) | |
• Total | 1,074,304 |
| • Density | 463.7/km2 (1,201/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 19.39 |
| Demographics | |
| • Sex ratio | 880 (2011 census) |
| Time zone | UTC+05:30 (IST) |
| Major highways | NH-152[1] |
| Average annual precipitation | 563 mm |
| Lok Sabha constituencies | Kurukshetra (shared withKurukshetra andYamuna Nagar districts) |
| Vidhan Sabha constituencies | 4 |
| Website | kaithal |
Kaithal district is one of the 22districts ofHaryana, astate in northernIndia.Kaithal town is the district headquarters.
This district came into existence on 1 November 1989.
Theh Polar, the ancient site from thevedic period ofmahabharta, is located on the banks ofSaraswati River 10 km north of Kaithal on Kaithal-Siwan road.Pulastyarishi - one of the tenPrajapati and one of themind-born sons ofBrahma[2] and also an ancestor ofRavana, had hisashram here. The name Theh Polar is composite ofPolar - corrupted version ofrishiPulastya andTheh meaningthe ruined mound of an earlier habitation. Thearchaeological cultural artifacts found here in the partial excavation provide the evidence that this site has been inhabited for at least 3000 years since the beginning of 1st millennium BC up to the earlyMughal Empire period.[3]
There are 3 large archaeological mounds, 2 are 480x635x15.5 ft and third is 779x690x10 ft. In 1933-34, these mounds were partially excavated by H.L. Srivastava who found 465 artifacts including coins, clay seals, beads, pottery, copper vessels, etc. Earlier era punch-marked silver coins have symbols ofsun, six-armedSahasrarachakra, hills with 3 peaks. Coins ofYaudheya (5th century BCE to 4th century CD),Indo-Parthian (19-226 CE),Kushan Empire (30-375 CE),Kidara (350-390 CE),Indo-Sassanian (230-365 CE),Hindu Shahis (822-1026 CE) coins of the bull and horseman, earlyMughal period copper and silver coins.[3] The archaeological mounds at Theh Polar, 48.31 acre in size, were excavated on very small scale in 1930s, 1960, and 2013 respective, with earlier layer likely dating back to 1500-900 BCE. 1960 excavation foundPainted Grey Ware culture (PGW) associated withmahabharta era. 2013 excavation found pottery, including flowerpots, toys and bricks, fromKushan Empire (1st century CE) era.[4]
Mounds are owned and designated as protected site byArchaeological Survey of India (ASI), but highly encroached by the villagers, and efforts are on at least since 2007 to have those vacated but with no success, the site does not even have a fence.[4]
Kaithal district comprises fourtehsils:Kaithal,Guhla,Pundri andKalayat; and the three sub-tehsils of Rajaund, Dhand and Siwan.[5][6] The fourHaryana Vidhan Sabha constituencies located in this district are Guhla, Kalayat, Kaithal and Pundri.[7] All of these are part ofKurukshetra Lok Sabha constituency.
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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| 1951 | 227,168 | — |
| 1961 | 334,804 | +3.95% |
| 1971 | 461,897 | +3.27% |
| 1981 | 646,566 | +3.42% |
| 1991 | 781,814 | +1.92% |
| 2001 | 946,131 | +1.93% |
| 2011 | 1,074,304 | +1.28% |
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| Religion | Percent | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hinduism | 90.71% | |||
| Sikhism | 8.15% | |||
| Islam | 0.77% | |||
| Other or not stated | 0.37% | |||
According to the2011 census Kaithal district has apopulation of 1,074,304,[11] roughly more than the nation ofCyprus[12] or the US state ofRhode Island.[13] This gives it a ranking of 423rd in India (out of a total of640).[11] The district has a population density of 463 inhabitants per square kilometre (1,200/sq mi) .[11] Itspopulation growth rate over the decade 2001-2011 was 13.39%.[11] Kaithal has asex ratio of 880females for every 1000 males,[11] and aliteracy rate of 70.6%. Scheduled Castes make up 23.04% of the population.[11]
At the time of the2011 Census of India, 61.85% of the population in the district spokeHaryanvi, 26.48%Hindi and 10.42%Punjabi as their first language.[10]
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)Cyprus 1,120,489 July 2011 est.
Rhode Island 1,052,567
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