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Naraingarh Narayangarh | |
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  Naraingarh Location in Haryana, India Show map of Haryana Naraingarh Naraingarh (India) Show map of India | |
| Coordinates:30°28′35″N77°07′40″E / 30.47639°N 77.12778°E /30.47639; 77.12778 | |
| Country |  India |
| State | Haryana |
| District | Ambala |
| Founded by | Raja Lakshmi Narain King of Sirmaur |
| Named after | Raja Lakshmi Narain of Sirmaur State |
| Government | |
| • Body | Municipal Corporation |
| Area | |
• Total | 481 km2 (186 sq mi) |
| Population (2011)[1] | |
• Total | 28,832 |
| • Density | 59.9/km2 (155/sq mi) |
| Demonym | Naraiangarhiye |
| Languages[2][3] | |
| • Official | Hindi |
| • Additional official | English,Punjabi |
| • Regional | Haryanvi[4] |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 134203 |
| Telephone code | 91 1734 |
| ISO 3166 code | IN-HR |
| Vehicle registration | HR-04 |
| Sex ratio | 890 |
| Website | haryana |
Naraingarh (also:Narayangarh) is a town,municipal committee andassembly constituency in theAmbala district of theIndianstate ofHaryana, located on the border with the Indian state ofHimachal Pradesh. Due to its geographical location, the Naraingarh plays an important role in local tourism, being located 39 km fromAmbala, the district headquarter, 52 km (32 miles) ofChandigarh, the state capital, 144 km (89 miles) ofShimla, and 230 km (142 miles) ofNew Delhi.
The name Naraingarh (Narayangarh) is aportmanteau ofNarayana andGarh.Narayana refers to Hindu godNarayana, is the supreme absolute being in Hinduism and is considered as the supreme deity in Vaishnavism, whileGarh means fort.
RajaLakshmi Narain ofSirmur State, during the time of the disintegration of theMughal Empire, built a fort at Kulsan, which he named after himself, Naraingarh. The fort has been now encroached upon by thetahsil offices and police station.[5]
Naraingarh is located near the foothills of theSivalik range of theHimalayas 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 are30°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 ofBhabar in the north east andTerai in rest of the area.
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Naraingarh has ahumid 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 theWestern Disturbance originating over theMediterranean 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 nearShimla, capital ofHimachal Pradesh and from the state ofJammu 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 | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| 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 days | 2.6 | 2.8 | 2.6 | 1.1 | 2.1 | 6.3 | 12.3 | 11.4 | 5.0 | 1.4 | 0.8 | 1.4 | 49.8 |
| Source: India Meteorological Department (record high and low up to 2010)[7][8] | |||||||||||||
As of2011 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%. TheScheduled Castes population was 5,834. Naraingarh had 4677 households in 2011.[1]
Hindi is the official language of Naraingarh.Punjabi andEnglish are additional official languages.[2][3]Haryanvi is the regional language.
Naraingarh (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is the assembly constituency.
Naraingarh is connected by road to all of the other major cities ofnorth India includingDelhi,Dehradun,Chandigarh,Jalandhar,Paonta Sahib andShimla.
NH 72 passes through Naraingarh and connects it toAmbala,Shahzadpur,Nahan,Paonta Sahib andHaridwar.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.
Following is a list of villages by population in Naraingarh Tehsil according to2011 Census of India
| No | Village | Total Population |
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| 1 | Dera | 7,872 |
| 2 | Shahzadpur | 7,278 |
| 3 | Pathreri | 5,645 |
| 4 | Gadhauli | 4,949 |
| 5 | Badhauli | 4,442 |
| 6 | Jatwar | 4,230 |
| 7 | Kurali(B.S) | 4,222 |
| 8 | Dhanana | 4,052 |
| 9 | Panjlasa | 3,203 |
| 10 | Korwa Khurd | 2,957 |
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