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	\| nickname = Science City		\| nickname = Science City
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	\| image_skyline = ~~GTRoad~~ Ambala.jpg		\| image_skyline = Busy Grand Trunk Road in India, section Ambala ←→ Delhi 1940s.jpg
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	\| image_caption = [[Grand Trunk Road]], at Ambala Cantonment, during British Raj		\| image_caption = [[Grand Trunk Road]], at Ambala Cantonment, during British Raj
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	\| elevation_footnotes =		\| elevation_footnotes =
	\| elevation_m =		\| elevation_m =
	\| population_total = 55,370~~<ref name="Census2011">{{cite web\|url=http://www.census2011.co.in/data/town/800366-ambala-cantt--haryana.html\|title=Ambala Cantt. City Population Census 2011 - Haryana\|work=Census 2022}}</ref>~~		\| population_total = 55,370
	\| population_as_of = 2011		\| population_as_of = 2011
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	\| population_density_km2 = auto		\| population_density_km2 = auto
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	\| population_footnotes =		\| population_footnotes = <ref name="Census2011">{{cite web\|url=http://www.census2011.co.in/data/town/800366-ambala-cantt--haryana.html\|title=Ambala Cantt. City Population Census 2011 - Haryana\|work=Census 2011}}</ref>
	\| demographics_type1 = Languages<ref name=nclmanurep2010>{{cite web \|url = http://www.nclm.nic.in/shared/linkimages/NCLM52ndReport.pdf \|title = Report of the Commissioner for linguistic minorities: 52nd report (July 2014 to June 2015) \|pages = 85–86 \|publisher = Commissioner for Linguistic Minorities, Ministry of Minority Affairs, Government of India \|accessdate = 24 March 2019 \|df = dmy-all \|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20161115133948/http://nclm.nic.in/shared/linkimages/NCLM52ndReport.pdf \|archive-date = 15 November 2016 \|url-status = dead }}</ref><ref name="punjabiofficial">{{cite web \|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india/haryana-grants-second-language-status-to-punjabi/story-MTUeEQDE4fRCbEyPkAm63N.html \|title=Haryana grants second language status to Punjabi \|work=[[Hindustan Times]] \|author=IANS \|date=28 January 2010 \|accessdate=24 March 2019\|author-link=Indo-Asian News Service }}</ref>		\| demographics_type1 = Languages<ref name=nclmanurep2010>{{cite web \|url = http://www.nclm.nic.in/shared/linkimages/NCLM52ndReport.pdf \|title = Report of the Commissioner for linguistic minorities: 52nd report (July 2014 to June 2015) \|pages = 85–86 \|publisher = Commissioner for Linguistic Minorities, Ministry of Minority Affairs, Government of India \|accessdate = 24 March 2019 \|df = dmy-all \|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20161115133948/http://nclm.nic.in/shared/linkimages/NCLM52ndReport.pdf \|archive-date = 15 November 2016 \|url-status = dead }}</ref><ref name="punjabiofficial">{{cite web \|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india/haryana-grants-second-language-status-to-punjabi/story-MTUeEQDE4fRCbEyPkAm63N.html \|title=Haryana grants second language status to Punjabi \|work=[[Hindustan Times]] \|author=IANS \|date=28 January 2010 \|accessdate=24 March 2019\|author-link=Indo-Asian News Service }}</ref>
	\| demographics1_title1 = Official		\| demographics1_title1 = Official
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	{{bar percent\|[[Hinduism]]\|~~orange~~\|91.77}}		{{bar percent\|[[Hinduism]]\|darkorange\|91.77}}
	{{bar percent\|[[Sikhism]]\|~~yellow~~\|4.48}}		{{bar percent\|[[Sikhism]]\| darkkhaki\|4.48}}
	{{bar percent\|[[Islam]]\|green\|2.21}}		{{bar percent\|[[Islam]]\|green\|2.21}}
	{{bar percent\|[[Christianity]]\|~~red~~\|1.26}}		{{bar percent\|[[Christianity]]\|dodgerblue\|1.26}}
	{{bar percent\|Others\|grey\|0.28}}		{{bar percent\|Others\|grey\|0.28}}}}
	~~\| caption = Distribution of religions~~}}		{{As of\|2011}} India [[census]], Ambala Cantonment had a population of 55,370. Males constitute 61% of the population and females 39%. Ambala Cantonment has an average literacy rate of 91.24%, higher than the national average of 74%; with 95.07% of the males and 85.32% of females literate. 11.41% of the population is under 6 years of age.<ref name="Census2011"/>{{better source needed\|reason=site not considered reliable\|date=February 2019}}
	{{As of\|~~2022~~}} India [[census]], Ambala Cantonment had a population of 55,370. Males constitute 61% of the population and females 39%. Ambala Cantonment has an average literacy rate of 91.24%, higher than the national average of 74%; with 95.07% of the males and 85.32% of females literate. 11.41% of the population is under 6 years of age.<ref name="Census2011"/>{{better source needed\|reason=site not considered reliable\|date=February ~~2022~~}}

	==Economy==		==Economy==
	Scientific and surgical instruments are manufactured in Ambala Cantonment.<ref name="YellowPages">[http://www.ambalayellowpages.com/about.html Ambala info] {{Webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161028010919/http://www.ambalayellowpages.com/about.html \|date=28 October 2016 }}, yellowpages.</ref>{{Unreliable source?\|date=February ~~2022~~}}		Scientific and surgical instruments are manufactured in Ambala Cantonment.<ref name="YellowPages">[http://www.ambalayellowpages.com/about.html Ambala info] {{Webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161028010919/http://www.ambalayellowpages.com/about.html \|date=28 October 2016 }}, yellowpages.</ref>{{Unreliable source?\|date=February 2019}}

	==Transport==		==Transport==
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	==Education==		==Education==
	Historic Colleges which were established before independence of [[India]] are also present. an example of that is [[Sanatan Dharma College]] on [[Ambala–Jagadhri Highway]].<ref>{{cite web \|title=Ambala: Convocation \|work=[[The Tribune (Chandigarh)]] \|url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2004/20040305/region.htm \|date=5 March 2004\| accessdate=6 February 2019 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web \|title=S.D. College graduates get degrees\|work=The Tribune, Chandigarh \|url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2000/20000415/haryana.htm#5 \|date= 15 April 2000\| accessdate=6 February 2019 }}</ref> [[Convent of Jesus and Mary, Ambala\|Convent of Jesus and Mary]] is a girls' day-school in Ambala Cantonment.<ref>{{cite news \|title=Divjot Kaur Jaggi a topper from Ambala Cantonment \|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/education/news/divjot-kaur-jaggi-a-topper-from-ambala-cantonment/articleshow/69208095.cms \|access-date=9 April 2021 \|work=The Times of India \|date=6 May ~~2022~~}}</ref>		Historic Colleges which were established before independence of [[India]] are also present. An example of that is [[Sanatan Dharma College]] on [[Ambala–Jagadhri Highway]].<ref>{{cite web \|title=Ambala: Convocation \|work=[[The Tribune (Chandigarh)]] \|url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2004/20040305/region.htm \|date=5 March 2004\| accessdate=6 February 2019 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web \|title=S.D. College graduates get degrees\|work=The Tribune, Chandigarh \|url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2000/20000415/haryana.htm#5 \|date= 15 April 2000\| accessdate=6 February 2019 }}</ref> [[Convent of Jesus and Mary, Ambala\|Convent of Jesus and Mary]] is a girls' day-school in Ambala Cantonment.<ref>{{cite news \|title=Divjot Kaur Jaggi a topper from Ambala Cantonment \|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/education/news/divjot-kaur-jaggi-a-topper-from-ambala-cantonment/articleshow/69208095.cms \|access-date=9 April 2021 \|work=The Times of India \|date=6 May 2019}}</ref>

	==Gallery==		==Gallery==
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	\| population_total = 55,370<ref name="Census2011">{{cite web\|url=http://www.census2011.co.in/data/town/800366-ambala-cantt--haryana.html\|title=Ambala Cantt. City Population Census 2011 - Haryana\|work=Census ~~2011~~}}</ref>		\| population_total = 55,370<ref name="Census2011">{{cite web\|url=http://www.census2011.co.in/data/town/800366-ambala-cantt--haryana.html\|title=Ambala Cantt. City Population Census 2011 - Haryana\|work=Census 2022}}</ref>
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	{{bar percent\|[[~~Hindus~~]]\|orange\|91.77}}		{{bar percent\|[[Hinduism]]\|orange\|91.77}}
	{{bar percent\|[[~~Sikhs~~]]\|~~blue~~\|4.48}}		{{bar percent\|[[Sikhism]]\|yellow\|4.48}}
	{{bar percent\|[[~~Muslims~~]]\|green\|2.21}}		{{bar percent\|[[Islam]]\|green\|2.21}}
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	{{As of\|~~2011~~}} India [[census]], Ambala Cantonment had a population of 55,370. Males constitute 61% of the population and females 39%. Ambala Cantonment has an average literacy rate of 91.24%, higher than the national average of 74%; with 95.07% of the males and 85.32% of females literate. 11.41% of the population is under 6 years of age.<ref name="Census2011"/>{{better source needed\|reason=site not considered reliable\|date=February ~~2019~~}}		{{As of\|2022}} India [[census]], Ambala Cantonment had a population of 55,370. Males constitute 61% of the population and females 39%. Ambala Cantonment has an average literacy rate of 91.24%, higher than the national average of 74%; with 95.07% of the males and 85.32% of females literate. 11.41% of the population is under 6 years of age.<ref name="Census2011"/>{{better source needed\|reason=site not considered reliable\|date=February 2022}}

	==Economy==		==Economy==
	Scientific and surgical instruments are manufactured in Ambala Cantonment.<ref name="YellowPages">[http://www.ambalayellowpages.com/about.html Ambala info] {{Webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161028010919/http://www.ambalayellowpages.com/about.html \|date=28 October 2016 }}, yellowpages.</ref>{{Unreliable source?\|date=February ~~2019~~}}		Scientific and surgical instruments are manufactured in Ambala Cantonment.<ref name="YellowPages">[http://www.ambalayellowpages.com/about.html Ambala info] {{Webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161028010919/http://www.ambalayellowpages.com/about.html \|date=28 October 2016 }}, yellowpages.</ref>{{Unreliable source?\|date=February 2022}}

	==Transport==		==Transport==
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	==Education==		==Education==
	Historic Colleges which were established before independence of [[India]] are also present. an example of that is [[Sanatan Dharma College]] on [[Ambala–Jagadhri Highway]].<ref>{{cite web \|title=Ambala: Convocation \|work=[[The Tribune (Chandigarh)]] \|url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2004/20040305/region.htm \|date=5 March 2004\| accessdate=6 February 2019 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web \|title=S.D. College graduates get degrees\|work=The Tribune, Chandigarh \|url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2000/20000415/haryana.htm#5 \|date= 15 April 2000\| accessdate=6 February 2019 }}</ref> [[Convent of Jesus and Mary, Ambala\|Convent of Jesus and Mary]] is a girls' day-school in Ambala Cantonment.<ref>{{cite news \|title=Divjot Kaur Jaggi a topper from Ambala Cantonment \|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/education/news/divjot-kaur-jaggi-a-topper-from-ambala-cantonment/articleshow/69208095.cms \|access-date=9 April 2021 \|work=The Times of India \|date=6 May ~~2019~~}}</ref>		Historic Colleges which were established before independence of [[India]] are also present. an example of that is [[Sanatan Dharma College]] on [[Ambala–Jagadhri Highway]].<ref>{{cite web \|title=Ambala: Convocation \|work=[[The Tribune (Chandigarh)]] \|url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2004/20040305/region.htm \|date=5 March 2004\| accessdate=6 February 2019 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web \|title=S.D. College graduates get degrees\|work=The Tribune, Chandigarh \|url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2000/20000415/haryana.htm#5 \|date= 15 April 2000\| accessdate=6 February 2019 }}</ref> [[Convent of Jesus and Mary, Ambala\|Convent of Jesus and Mary]] is a girls' day-school in Ambala Cantonment.<ref>{{cite news \|title=Divjot Kaur Jaggi a topper from Ambala Cantonment \|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/education/news/divjot-kaur-jaggi-a-topper-from-ambala-cantonment/articleshow/69208095.cms \|access-date=9 April 2021 \|work=The Times of India \|date=6 May 2022}}</ref>

	==Gallery==		==Gallery==

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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Ambala Cantonment
| native_name =
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| nickname = Science City
| settlement_type = City
| image_skyline = GTRoad Ambala.jpg
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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Haryana, India
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| subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Haryana]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Ambala district|Ambala]]
| established_title = 
| established_date = 1843(cantonment)
| founder =
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| governing_body = Cantonment Board Ambala
| unit_pref = Metric
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| elevation_m =
| population_total = 55,370<ref name="Census2011">{{cite web|url=http://www.census2011.co.in/data/town/800366-ambala-cantt--haryana.html|title=Ambala Cantt. City Population Census 2011 - Haryana|work=Census 2011}}</ref>
| population_as_of = 2011
| population_rank =
| population_density_km2 = auto
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| demographics_type1 = Languages<ref name=nclmanurep2010>{{cite web |url = http://www.nclm.nic.in/shared/linkimages/NCLM52ndReport.pdf |title = Report of the Commissioner for linguistic minorities: 52nd report (July 2014 to June 2015) |pages = 85–86 |publisher = Commissioner for Linguistic Minorities, Ministry of Minority Affairs, Government of India |accessdate = 24 March 2019 |df = dmy-all |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20161115133948/http://nclm.nic.in/shared/linkimages/NCLM52ndReport.pdf |archive-date = 15 November 2016 |url-status = dead }}</ref><ref name="punjabiofficial">{{cite web |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india/haryana-grants-second-language-status-to-punjabi/story-MTUeEQDE4fRCbEyPkAm63N.html |title=Haryana grants second language status to Punjabi |work=[[Hindustan Times]] |author=IANS |date=28 January 2010 |accessdate=24 March 2019|author-link=Indo-Asian News Service }}</ref>
| demographics1_title1 = Official
| demographics1_info1 = [[Hindi]]
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| demographics1_info2 = [[English language|English]], [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]]
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +5:30
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| registration_plate = HR 01, HR 85, HR 37
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| footnotes =
}}
'''Ambala Cantonment''' is a [[cantonment]] town in [[Ambala district]] in the state of [[Haryana]], [[India]]. It is 200 km north of [[Delhi]] and 55 km southwest of [[Chandigarh]]. This cantonment was established in the year 1843 and is an important centre for manufacturing of scientific and surgical instruments.

== Demographics ==
{{bar box
| title = Religions in Ambala Cantonment, 2011 Census data<ref name="Census2011"/>
| titlebar = #Fcd116
| left1 = Religion
| right1 = Percent
| float = right
| bars =
{{bar percent|[[Hindus]]|orange|91.77}}
{{bar percent|[[Sikhs]]|blue|4.48}}
{{bar percent|[[Muslims]]|green|2.21}}
{{bar percent|[[Christians]]|red|1.26}}
{{bar percent|Others†|black|0.28}}
| caption = Distribution of religions}}
{{As of|2011}} India [[census]], Ambala Cantonment had a population of 55,370. Males constitute 61% of the population and females 39%. Ambala Cantonment has an average literacy rate of 91.24%, higher than the national average of 74%; with 95.07% of the males and 85.32% of females literate. 11.41% of the population is under 6 years of age.<ref name="Census2011"/>{{better source needed|reason=site not considered reliable|date=February 2019}}

==Economy==
Scientific and surgical instruments are manufactured in Ambala Cantonment.<ref name="YellowPages">[http://www.ambalayellowpages.com/about.html Ambala info] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161028010919/http://www.ambalayellowpages.com/about.html |date=28 October 2016 }}, yellowpages.</ref>{{Unreliable source?|date=February 2019}}

==Transport==
===Railways===
[[Ambala Cantonment Junction railway station]] is a major junction. [[Delhi–Kalka line|Delhi-Kalka]] and Saharanpur-Ludhiana's railway lines pass through this junction<ref name="YellowPages"/>

===By road===
[[Grand Trunk Road|G.T. Road]] passes through Ambala Cantonment.

==Places of interest==
* [[European Cemetery]]

==Education==
Historic Colleges which were established before independence of [[India]] are also present. an example of that is [[Sanatan Dharma College]] on [[Ambala–Jagadhri Highway]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Ambala: Convocation |work=[[The Tribune (Chandigarh)]] |url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2004/20040305/region.htm |date=5 March 2004| accessdate=6 February 2019 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=S.D. College graduates get degrees|work=The Tribune, Chandigarh |url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2000/20000415/haryana.htm#5 |date= 15 April 2000| accessdate=6 February 2019 }}</ref> [[Convent of Jesus and Mary, Ambala|Convent of Jesus and Mary]] is a girls' day-school in Ambala Cantonment.<ref>{{cite news |title=Divjot Kaur Jaggi a topper from Ambala Cantonment |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/education/news/divjot-kaur-jaggi-a-topper-from-ambala-cantonment/articleshow/69208095.cms |access-date=9 April 2021 |work=The Times of India |date=6 May 2019}}</ref>

==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:A Temple in Ambala.jpeg|Ambala Cantonment Temple.
File:Gurudwara Panjokhra Sahib, Haryana.jpg|Panjokhra sahib.
File:St Paul's Church Ambala Haryana - c1868.jpg|St Paul's Church before being bombed by the Pakistani Air Force in the 1965 conflict.
File:12920 (JAT-INDB) Malwa Express at Ambala Cantonment station.jpg|[[Ambala Cantonment railway station]].
</gallery>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

[[Category:Cities and towns in Ambala district]]
[[Category:Cantonments of India]]
[[Category:Cantonments of British India]]
[[Category:Ambala]]