Jind district: Difference between revisions

| name                           = Jind district

| settlement_type                 = [[Districts of Haryana|District of Haryana]]

| total_type                     = Total

| native_name                     =  

| image_map                       = India - Haryana - Jind.svg

| map_caption                     = Location of Jind district in Haryana

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| coor_pinpoint                   = Jind

| subdivision_type               = Country

| subdivision_name               = [[India]]

| subdivision_type1               = [[States and union territories of India|State]]

| subdivision_name1               = [[Haryana]]

| subdivision_type2               = [[Administrative divisions of India|Division]]

| subdivision_name2               = [[Hisar Division|Hisar]]

| established_title               = Established

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| seat_type                       = Headquarters

| seat                           = [[Jind]]

| parts_type                     = [[Tehsils of India|Tehsils]]

| parts_style                     = para

| p1                             = 1. Jind 2. Julana 3. Narwana 4. Safidon 5.Uchana

| area_total_km2                 = 2702

| area_footnotes                 =  

| population_as_of               = 2011

| population_total               = 1,334,152

| population_footnotes           =  

| population_urban               =  

| population_density_km2         = auto

| demographics_type1             = Demographics

| demographics1_title1           = [[Literacy in India|Literacy]]

| demographics1_info1             = 72.7%

| demographics1_title2           = Sex ratio

| demographics1_info2             =  

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| timezone1                       = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]

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| blank_name_sec1                 = Average annual precipitation

| blank_info_sec1                 = 434 mm

| blank_name_sec2                 = [[Lok Sabha|Lok Sabha constituencies]]

| blank_info_sec2                 = 1. [[Sonipat (Lok Sabha constituency)|Sonipat]] (shared with [[Sonipat district]]), 2, [[Hissar (Lok Sabha constituency)|Hisar]] (shared with [[Hisar district]]), 3. [[Sirsa (Lok Sabha constituency)|Sirsa]] (shared with [[Sirsa district]])

| blank1_name_sec2               = [[Vidhan Sabha|Vidhan Sabha constituencies]]

| blank1_info_sec2               = 5

| website                         = http://jind.nic.in/

| official_name                   =  

==Origin of name==

The Raja of Jind is of the same family as the Maharaja of Patiala, being like him, descended from Mr. Phul.

Punjab history reveals that Jind was founded by descendants of Mr.Phool. Jind was a native state in Haryana. Jind was a state of Siddus founded by the grandson of Chaudhary Phul Singh.

Jind town, the administrative headquarters, has an Arjun stadium, milk plant, cattle feed plant, and a large grain market. There are facilities for stay at PWD rest house, canal rest house, and market committee rest house. The town is well provided with schools, colleges, hospitals, and other basic amenities. Jind is noted for its numerous temples sacred to the worship of Shiva. Tradition assigns the settlement of the town to the Mahabharat period. Rani Talab is the major tourist attraction and Pandu-Pidara and Ramrai are the main devotional places attracting devotees for Amaavas bath.

According to the [[2011 census of India|2011 census]] Jind district has a [[Demographics of India|population]] of 1,334,152,<ref name=districtcensus>{{cite web | url = http://www.census2011.co.in/district.php | title = District Census 2011 | access-date = 2011-09-30 | year = 2011 | publisher = Census2011.co.in}}</ref> roughly equal to the nation of [[Mauritius]]<ref name="cia">{{cite web | author = US Directorate of Intelligence | title = Country Comparison:Population | url = https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2119rank.html | access-date = 2011-10-01 | quote = Mauritius 1,303,717 July 2011 est.

}}</ref> This gives it a ranking of 364th in India (out of a total of [[Districts of India|640]]).<ref name=districtcensus/> The district has a population density of {{convert| 493 |PD/sqkm|PD/sqmi}}.<ref name=districtcensus/> Its [[Family planning in India|population growth rate]] over the decade 2001-2011 was 11.95%.<ref name=districtcensus/> Jind has a [[sex ratio]] of 870 [[Women in India|females]] for every 1000 males,<ref name=districtcensus/> and a [[Literacy in India|literacy rate]] of 72.7%.<ref name=districtcensus/>

At the time of the [[2011 Census of India]], 96.97% of the population in the district spoke [[Hindi]] and 2.81% [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]] as their first language.<ref>[http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/C-16.html 2011 Census of India, Population By Mother Tongue]</ref>

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