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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Sonipat
| other_name = 
| nickname =
| settlement_type = City
| image_skyline =
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| pushpin_map = India Haryana#India3
| pushpin_label_position = right
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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Haryana, India
| coordinates = {{coord|28.990|N|77.022|E|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type = [[List of sovereign states|Country]]
| subdivision_name = {{flag|India}}
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Haryana]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[Divisions of Haryana|Division]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Rohtak division|Rohtak]]
| subdivision_type3 = [[List of districts of India|District]]
| subdivision_name3 = [[Sonipat district|Sonipat]]
| established_title = 
| established_date =
| founder =
| government_type = Municipal corporation
| governing_body = [[Sonipat Municipal Corporation]]
| leader_title = M.P.
| leader_name = [[Ramesh Chander Kaushik]] (BJP)
| leader_title2 = M.L.A.
| leader_name2 = Surender Panwar (INC)
| leader_title3 = Mayor
| leader_name3 = Nikhil Madan (INC)<ref>{{cite news |title=जानिये- कौन हैं सोनीपत नगर निगम के नए मेयर निखिल मदान, भाजपा-JJP प्रत्याशी को चटाई धूल |url=https://www.jagran.com/haryana/sonipat-ncr-all-you-need-to-know-more-nikhil-madan-who-elected-new-mayor-of-sonipat-municipal-corporation-jagran-special-21219531.html |access-date=30 December 2020 |work=Dainik Jagran |date=30 December 2020 |language=hi}}</ref>
| unit_pref = Metric
| area_footnotes = <ref>{{cite web|title=About Sonepat|url=http://mcsonepat.gov.in/about_us.aspx|website=mcsonepat.gov.in|access-date=22 November 2020}}</ref>
| area_rank =
| area_total_km2 = 181
| elevation_footnotes =
| elevation_m = 224.15
| population_total = 278,149
| population_footnotes = <ref name="Census2011Gov"/>
| population_urban_footnotes = <ref name="Census2011UA"/>
| population_urban = 289,333
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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) |page = 24 |publisher = Commissioner for Linguistic Minorities, Ministry of Minority Affairs, Government of India |access-date = 23 June 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 |author-link=Indo-Asian News Service |date=28 January 2010 |access-date=23 June 2019}}</ref>
| demographics1_title1 = Official
| demographics1_info1 = [[Hindi]]
| demographics1_title2 = Additional official
| demographics1_info2 = English, [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]]
| demographics1_title3 = Regional
| demographics1_info3 = [[Haryanvi language|Haryanvi]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Haryanvi |url=https://www.ethnologue.com/language/bgc |website=Ethnologue |access-date=8 February 2020 |language=en}}</ref>
| timezone = [[Indian Standard Time]]
| utc_offset = +5.30
| postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]
| postal_code = 131001
| area_code_type = Telephone Code
| area_code = +91-130
| registration_plate = [[List of RTO districts in India#HR—Haryana|HR]]-10, HR-69(Commercial Vehicles), HR-99(Temporary), DL-14 Sonipat (Delhi NCR), HR-86
| blank1_name_sec1 = [[Human sex ratio|Sex Ratio]]
| blank1_info_sec1 = 1.19 [[male|♂]]/[[female|♀]]
| blank2_name_sec1 = Effective literacy
| blank2_info_sec1 = 85.48%
| website = {{URL|https://sonipat.gov.in}}
| iso_code = [[ISO 3166-2:IN|IN-HR]]
| footnotes =
| official_name =
}}
[[File:Mughal Kos Minar Sonipat Bus Stand 7.jpg|thumb|150px|[[Kos Minar]] at [[Sonepat]] bus stand along [[Grand Trunk Road]] in [[Haryana]]]]
'''Sonipat''' is a city and a [[municipal corporation]] in [[Haryana]] [[States and territories of India|state]] of India. It comes under the [[National Capital Region]] and is around {{convert|44|km}} from [[Delhi]]. It is also around 214 km (128 miles) southwest of [[Chandigarh]], the state capital. The [[Yamuna River]] runs along the eastern boundary.

On 22 December 1972, Sonipat was created a full-fledged district. [[Sonipat Junction railway station]] is the main railway junction on [[Delhi-Kalka line]]. It lies on Delhi [[Western Peripheral Expressway]], [[Eastern Peripheral Expressway]] (NE II) and [[Grand Trunk Road]] (NH 44) as well as the planned [[Delhi–Sonipat–Panipat Regional Rapid Transit System]].

==Etymology==
According to legend, Sonipat was earlier known as Sonprastha, which later on became Swarnprastha (lit. 'Golden City').<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qpEiAAAAMAAJ&q=swarnprastha|title=Urban geography of Delhi-Shahadra|last=Gupta|first=Ramesh Chandra|date=1985|publisher=Bhavna Prakashan|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8k_RAAAAMAAJ&q=swarnprastha+sonipat|title=Maiṃ apane Māravāṛī samāja ko pyāra karatā hūm̐|last1=Kauśika|first1=Rs̥hi Jaiminī|last2=Baruā|first2=Jaiminī Kauśika|date=1967|publisher=Jaiminī-Prakāśana|language=hi}}</ref> Later, the name Swarnprastha changed into Swarnpath, and then to its current form, Sonipat.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VZYzDwAAQBAJ&q=swarnprastha+sonipat&pg=PT155|title=भारतीय संस्कृति और मूल अंकों के स्वर : अंक चक्र : Bhartiya Sanskriti aur Mool Anko ke Swar Ank Chakra|last=Sharma|first=Chandrapal|date=1 September 2017|publisher=Diamond Pocket Books Pvt Ltd|isbn=9789352784875|language=hi}}</ref>

==History==
Reference to the city comes in the epic ''[[Mahabharata]]'' as Swarnprastha. It was one of the five Prastha demanded by [[Pandavas]] as the price of peace from [[Duryodhan]] in lieu of the kingdom [[Hastinapur]]. The other four Prastha were Panprastha ([[Panipat]]), Baghprastha ([[Baghpat]]), Tilprastha ([[Faridabad]]) and [[Indraprastha]] ([[Delhi]]).<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qpEiAAAAMAAJ&q=swarnprastha+mahabharat|title=Urban geography of Delhi-Shahadra|last=Gupta|first=Ramesh Chandra|date=1985|publisher=Bhavna Prakashan|language=en|page=29}}</ref>

Sonipat is listed in the [[Ain-i-Akbari]] as a [[pargana]] under Delhi [[sarkar (country subdivision)|sarkar]], producing a revenue of 7,727,323 [[dam (Indian coin)|dam]]s for the imperial treasury and supplying a force of 1000 infantry and 70 cavalry. It had a brick fort at the time, which was also mentioned.<ref name="Ain-i-Akbari">{{cite book |last1=Abu'l-Fazl ibn Mubarak |last2=Jarrett |first2=Henry Sullivan (translator) |title=The Ain-i-Akbari |date=1891 |publisher=Asiatic Society of Bengal |location=Calcutta |page=287 |url=https://archive.org/details/ainiakbarivolum00mubgoog |access-date=21 January 2021}}</ref>

==Geography and topography==
Sonipat is located at {{Coord|28.98|N|77.02|E|}}.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fallingrain.com/world/IN/10/Sonipat.html|title=Maps, Weather, and Airports for Sonipat, India|website=www.fallingrain.com}}</ref>

==Climate==
{{Weather box|width=auto|location = Sonipat
|metric first = yes
|single line = yes
|Jan high C= 21
|Feb high C= 24
|Mar high C= 30
|Apr high C= 37
|May high C= 40
|Jun high C= 38
|Jul high C= 35
|Aug high C= 34
|Sep high C= 34
|Oct high C= 33
|Nov high C= 28
|Dec high C= 22
|Jan low C= 8
|Feb low C= 11
|Mar low C=16
|Apr low C= 22
|May low C= 27
|Jun low C= 28
|Jul low C= 28
|Aug low C= 27
|Sep low C= 26
|Oct low C= 21
|Nov low C= 14
|Dec low C= 9
|Jan rain mm = 19.7
|Feb rain mm = 24.6
|Mar rain mm = 24.6
|Apr rain mm = 10.1
|May rain mm = 40.7
|Jun rain mm = 96.9
|Jul rain mm = 190
|Aug rain mm = 201
|Sep rain mm = 134.3
|Oct rain mm = 12
|Nov rain mm = 4
|Dec rain mm = 10
|Jan humidity= 66
|Feb humidity= 58
|Mar humidity= 47
|Apr humidity= 32
|May humidity= 35
|Jun humidity= 53
|Jul humidity= 68
|Aug humidity= 71
|Sep humidity= 66
|Oct humidity= 55
|Nov humidity= 51
|Dec humidity= 63
|source 1 = http://www.myweather2.com <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.myweather2.com/City-Town/India/Sonipat/climate-profile.aspx?month=1|title=January Climate History for Sonipat | Local | India}}</ref>
|date=February 2012}}

==Demographics==
As of [[2011 Indian Census]], Sonipat city had a total population of 278,149, of which 148,364 were males and 129,785 were females. The population within the age group of 0 to 6 years was 32,333. The total number of literates in Sonipat was 210,112, which constituted 75.5% of the population with male literacy of 79.7% and female literacy of 70.8%. The effective literacy rate of 7+ population of Sonipat was 85.5%, of which the male literacy rate was 90.8% and the female literacy rate was 79.5%. The [[Scheduled Castes]] population was 42,013. Sonipat had 55,599 households in 2011.<ref name="Census2011Gov">{{cite web |title=Census of India: Sonipat |url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/pca/SearchDetails.aspx?Id=67098 |website=www.censusindia.gov.in |access-date=11 January 2020}}</ref>

The [[urban agglomeration]], which includes suburbs outside of the city's jurisdiction, had a total population of 289,333.<ref name="Census2011UA">{{cite web |title=Census of India: Sonipat |url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/pca/SearchDetails.aspx?Id=67097 |website=www.censusindia.gov.in |access-date=11 January 2020}}</ref>

==Places of interest==
[[File:Khwaja Khizar Tomb, Sonipat.jpg|thumb|Khwaja Khizar Tomb]]
[[File:42 The prophet Khizr Khan Khwaja ca. 1760 Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris.jpg|thumb|left|upright|The prophet Khizr Khan Khwaja]]

===Khwaja Khizr Tomb===
The [[Khwaja Khizr Tomb]] situated in Jatwara houses the remains of the saint and son of [[Dollah Darya Khan|Darya Khan]] who lived during the rule of [[Ibrahim Lodhi]]. The structure was built between 1522 and 1525 AD. The tomb stands on an elevated platform and is one of the few monuments where red sandstone along with ‘[[kankar]]’ blocks have been used. The ceiling is decorative and made of multicolor floral designs. The cenotaph chamber is surrounded by a dome-shaped structure that rests on a small drum of octagonal shape. Now the site is under the protection of [[Archaeological Survey of India]] and surrounded by {{convert|4|acre|ha|spell=in}} of gardens.

===Mughal architecture===
There are several [[Mughal architecture|Mughal buildings]] on the outskirts of the city, including the Mosque of Abdullah Nasir-ud-din, who was a descendant from Mushid of [[Iran]].

===Yamuna River===
{{Main|Yamuna River}}
The main water system in the district is the Yamuna River and the irrigation canals flowing out of it. The river flows besides the rural belt in the eastern side of district. It also acts as a natural boundary between the states of Haryana and [[Uttar Pradesh]].

===Food===
[[File:GhevarRajasthaniSweet.jpg|thumb|upright|right|A cake of ghevar]]
Sonipat is famous for its monsoon time sweet dish [[ghevar]] which has its roots of origin here.

==Economy==

=== {{anchor| Sonepat Industrial Area | Industrial Model Township Sonepat | IMT Sonepat }} Industrial estates===
{{See also| Amritsar Delhi Kolkata Industrial Corridor | Eastern Dedicated Freight Corridor | Delhi Western Peripheral Expressway | National Capital Region (India)}}

There are six [[Haryana State Industrial and Infrastructure Development Corporation#IMT|HSIIDC]] industrial estates namely Sonepat city, [[Ganaur#IE|Barhi]], [[Kundli#IMTK|Kundli]], [[Murthal#IMT Murthal|Murthal]] and [[Rai, Sonipat|Rai]]. The development of Sonepat Industrial area in the city started in the 1950s with Atlas Cycle.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.atlascyclesonepat.com|title=Atlas Cycles (Haryana) Ltd., Sonepat (India)|website=www.atlascyclesonepat.com}}</ref> Since then, many small and big industries have been established here. Atlas, E.C.E.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.eceindustriesltd.com|title=ECE Industries Ltd.|website=www.eceindustriesltd.com}}</ref> or the Birla Factory, OSRAM India (formerly part of E.C.E., but in October 1998 it was acquired by [[OSRAM]]<ref>{{cite web|author=Osram Sylvania |url=http://www.osramindia.com |title=OSRAM Americas | OSRAM SYLVANIA Homepage |publisher=Osramindia.com |access-date=1 July 2019}}</ref>).

==Education==

===Colleges===
*[[Central Institute of Plastics Engineering & Technology, Murthal]]

===Universities===
*[[National Institute of Food Technology Entrepreneurship and Management]]
*[[Deenbandhu Chhotu Ram University Of Science and Technology]]
*[[Ashoka University]]
*[[O. P. Jindal Global University]]
*[[Bhagat Phool Singh Mahila Vishwavidyalaya]]
*[[SRM University, Haryana]]
*[[World University of Design]]
*[[Dr. B.R. Ambedkar National Law University]]

==Sports==
In July 1973 the government established the [[Motilal Nehru School of Sports, Rai]], Sonipat<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mnssrai.com/|title=Motilal Nehru School of SportsRai|website=Motilal Nehru School of SportsRai}}</ref> to provide education facilities with extra emphasis on sports. It trains athletes in hockey, basketball, lawn tennis, horse riding, gymnastics, swimming, rifle shooting, volleyball, boxing, cricket and football.

==Bus Port==
[[Ministry of Road Transport and Highways]] proposed first Bus Port in the pattern of [[Airport]] on [[GT Road]] in Sector 7, Sonipat.<ref name="auto1">{{Cite web|date=20 July 2019|title=सेक्टर-7 में बस पोर्ट काे सीएम की मंजूरी|url=https://www.bhaskar.com/harayana/sonipat/news/haryana-news-cmp-approval-of-bus-port-in-sector-7-085005-5047758.html|access-date=26 August 2020|website=Dainik Bhaskar|language=hi}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chandigarh/world-class-bus-port-to-come-up-in-sonipat/articleshow/64421523.cms|title=World-class bus port to come up in Sonipat - Times of India|website=The Times of India|language=en|access-date=6 June 2019}}</ref><ref name="auto2">{{Cite web|date=31 August 2019|title=बसपोर्ट के लिए दस एकड़ जमीन सेंट्रल ट्रांसपोर्ट के नाम होगी|url=https://www.bhaskar.com/state/haryana/news/haryana-news-ten-acres-of-land-for-the-busport-will-be-named-after-central-transport-085505-5368905.html|access-date=26 August 2020|website=Dainik Bhaskar|language=hi}}</ref> It will be the joint venture of [[Government of Haryana]] and [[NHAI]].<ref name="auto">{{cite web|date=16 March 2019|title=सोनीपत में बनेगा प्रदेश का पहला बस पोर्ट|url=https://www.dainiktribuneonline.com/2019/03/%e0%a4%b8%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%a8%e0%a5%80%e0%a4%aa%e0%a4%a4-%e0%a4%ae%e0%a5%87%e0%a4%82-%e0%a4%ac%e0%a4%a8%e0%a5%87%e0%a4%97%e0%a4%be-%e0%a4%aa%e0%a5%8d%e0%a4%b0%e0%a4%a6%e0%a5%87%e0%a4%b6-%e0%a4%95-3/|access-date=6 June 2019|website=दैनिक ट्रिब्यून|language=hi-IN}}</ref><ref name="auto1"/>

* In a first-of-its-kind initiative, the Union ministry of road transport and highways has decided to set up a bus port on the pattern of an airport in Sonipat.
* The proposed bus stand will be an ultra-modern ‘bus port’, with infrastructure at par with an international airport.<ref>{{Cite web|date=24 August 2020|title=बसपोर्ट के लिए कार्रवाई तेज, एनएच-44 पर फ्लाईओवर या अंडरपास का प्रस्ताव|url=https://www.bhaskar.com/local/haryana/news/action-intensified-for-busport-proposal-for-flyover-or-underpass-on-nh-44-127646117.html|access-date=26 August 2020|website=Dainik Bhaskar|language=hi}}</ref>
* To be constructed under design, built, finance, operate and transfer model, new bus ports will have digital display, variable message signboards, CCTV camera, surveillance system, deluxe waiting room, tourist information center, clock room, restaurant, food court, plaza, budget hotel, multiplex, administrative office, parcel room, maintenance workshop, fuel station, etc. facilities.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Haryana|url=https://www.prharyana.gov.in/pa/node/39387}}</ref><ref name="auto2"/>

==Municipal corporation==
[[Sonipat Municipal Corporation]] is the governing civic body of the [[Urban Area]] in Sonipat. The Municipal Committee Sonipat was establishment in the year 1933.<ref>{{Cite web|title=About Us|url=http://mcsonepat.gov.in/about_us.aspx|access-date=11 January 2021|website=mcsonepat.gov.in}}</ref>

==Sonipat Lok Sabha==
[[Sonipat (Lok Sabha constituency)]] is one of the 10 Lok Sabha (Parliamentary) constituencies in Haryana state in northern India.*[[Ramesh Chander Kaushik]] is Member of Parliament from Sonipat Seat

==Notable people==
{{unreferenced section|date=May 2019}}

*[[Seema Antil]] (discus thrower)
*[[Sanchit Balhara]] (Bollywood score composer)
*[[Preeti Bose]] (cricketer)
*[[Aakash Dahiya]] (Bollywood actor)
*[[Amit Kumar Dahiya]] (wrestler)
*[[Jai Tirath Dahiya]] (leader)
*[[Padam Singh Dahiya]] (politician)
*[[Rohit Dahiya]] (cricketer)
*[[Vikas Dahiya]] (Indian hockey player)
*[[Vinod Kumar Dahiya]] (wrestler)
*[[Vivek Dahiya]] (actor)
*[[Yogeshwar Dutt]] (wrestler)
*[[Himanshu Malik]] (Bollywood actor)
*[[Jitender Malik]] (politician)
*[[Meghna Malik]] (actress)
*[[Pardeep Narwal]] (kabbadi player)
*[[Sanjay Pahal]] (cricketer)
*[[Rajat Paliwal]] (cricketer)

==See also==
* [[Battle of Sonipat]]
* [[Bahadurgarh]]
* [[Gurgaon]]
* [[Khanda, Sonipat|Khanda]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Wikivoyage}}
{{Wikiquote}}
* [http://www.sonipat.nic.in Official Website]


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