Outline of Haryana

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Where in India Haryana is located.

The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Haryana.

Haryana – one of the 28 states of the democratic Republic of India. Located in northern region of the Indian subcontinent, it is India's 21st largest state by area, and 18th most populous state. Haryana surrounds the National Capital Territory of Delhi on three sides, forming the latter's northern, western and southern borders. The economic, social and cultural facets of Haryana include high economic development, high GDP per capita, high life expectancy, low female-to-male sex ratio, and rich sporting tradition.

General reference[edit | edit source]

Names[edit | edit source]

Rankings (amongst India's states)[edit | edit source]

Out of total 29 states and union territories (1st highest, 35th lowest):

Geography of Haryana[edit | edit source]

Location of Haryana[edit | edit source]

Geographic features of Haryana[edit | edit source]

Environment of Haryana[edit | edit source]

Wildlife of Haryana[edit | edit source]

Protected areas of Haryana[edit | edit source]

Hierarchy of settlements of Haryana[edit | edit source]

  • State (Haryana)
    • Divisions (comprising one or more districts)
      • Districts (comprising cities, towns and villages)
        • Cities and Towns (run by Municipal committee/corporation under Urban Development ministry)
          • Wards (city is subdivided in to several wards)
            • Colonies (each ward has one or more colonies/neighbourhood)
        • Tehsils (Department of Revenue) and Block (Department of Rural Development, area usually overlaps with tehsil)
          • Gram panchayat
            • Village (each panchayat has one or more village)
              • Pana (subdivisions within village are called pana or ward)
              • Dhani (some villages also have scattered isolated dhanis within its official geographical limits)

Regions of Haryana[edit | edit source]

Administrative Units of Haryana[edit | edit source]

Miscellaneous regions of Haryana[edit | edit source]

Government and Politics of Haryana[edit | edit source]

Main articles: Government of Haryana and Politics of Haryana

Elections in Haryana[edit | edit source]

Branches of the Government of Haryana[edit | edit source]

Law and order in Haryana[edit | edit source]

History of Haryana[edit | edit source]

History of Haryana, by period[edit | edit source]

Culture of Haryana[edit | edit source]

Art in Haryana[edit | edit source]

Literary Arts of Haryana[edit | edit source]

Performing arts of Haryana[edit | edit source]

Cinema of Haryana[edit | edit source]
Theatre in Haryana[edit | edit source]
Dance and Music[edit | edit source]

Visual arts of Haryana[edit | edit source]

Architecture of Haryana[edit | edit source]
Embroidery of Haryana[edit | edit source]

Clothing and ornaments in Haryana[edit | edit source]

Men[edit | edit source]

Women[edit | edit source]

Cuisine of Haryana[edit | edit source]

Languages and dialects of Haryana[edit | edit source]

  • Hindi (Central Zone)
    • Haryanvi language
      • Deswali (dialect) (also called Deshwali, Desari and Desaru, spoken in Deswal region covering districts of Rohtak, Sonipat and Jhajjar.
      • Standard Haryanvi (dialect) spoken in Jind, Hisar, Hansi, Bhiwani, Tosham, Charki Dadri, Meham and Gohana.
      • Jatu (dialect)(dialect of the Jats) sub-dialect of deswali, spoken by Jats and Rors in low-lying khadir flood planes on western banks of Yamuna in Panipat, Karnal,Kuruksehtra and Yamunanagar districts.
      • Bangru (dialect) (also called Banagaru, Hariani & Haryiani, spoken in areas between Khadar region, Bagar region and deswali region in Kaithal District, Pehowa, Tohana, Barwala, Narwana and Assandh.
    • Bagri language spoken in (Bagar region of sandy western Haryana covering Sirsa, Ellenabad, Fatehabad, Adampur, Balsamand, Siwani and Bahal in Haryana.
    • Sansi language (distinct language of Sansi nomads, with influence of Rajasthani, Punjabi, Haryanvi and Hindi languages)
    • Mewati language is spoken in Nuh District, Sohna and part of Palwal District.
      • Ahirwati dialect of Mewati language is spoken in Rewari, Mahendragarh, Narnaul, Loharu, Matanheil and parts of Gurugram District like Pataudi and Manesar.
      • (Rangri dialect is another type for Haryanvi language used by haryanvi-Muslim migrants living in Pakistan)
  • Braj Bhasha (Faridabad and Palwal districts)
  • Pahari languages (in hill areas of Ambala, Panchkula and Yamuna Nagar districts)
  • Punjabi languages
    • Puadhi dialect is spoken in districts of Panchkula District, Ambala District and parts of Kuruksehtra District like Shahbad Markanda.
    • Malwai dialect dialect is spoken in northern Sirsa District which includes Mandi Dabwali, Kalanwali and Odhan. It also spoken in Ratia Tehsil of Fatehbad District.
    • Rathi dialect is spoken in central Sirsa District and northern Faridabad district..

Media in Haryana[edit | edit source]

Museums in Haryana[edit | edit source]

People of Haryana[edit | edit source]

Caste/community breakdown:[4]

  • Jat, 25% to 28%
    Single largest ethnic group of
  • Brahmin, 20% to 22%
    Second largest ethnic group of Haryana.Historically socio-economically dominant.
  • OBC, 24%,
    Includes Ahir, Saini, Yadava, etc. Excluding Jats who have been demanding OBC status for jobs.
  • Scheduled Castes, 21%,
    Dalits, from marginalised communities such as Balmiki, Chamar, Dhanak and Khatik.
  • Other non-dalit non-SC castes, 7% to 10,
    Includes mainly Baniya and Punjabi people (excluding Jat Sikh, Punjabi speaking 1947 partition migrants who are now natives of Haryana) and the rest.

Religion in Haryana[edit | edit source]

Population data as per Census of India 2011:[5]

Sports in Haryana[edit | edit source]

State Symbols of Haryana[edit | edit source]

Economy and infrastructure of Haryana[edit | edit source]

Economy of Haryana

Agriculture and Allied Sectors in Haryana[edit | edit source]

Irrigation[edit | edit source]

Industry Sector in Haryana[edit | edit source]

Services Sector in Haryana[edit | edit source]

Transportation in Haryana[edit | edit source]

Energy in Haryana[edit | edit source]

Education in Haryana[edit | edit source]

Heath and safety in Haryana[edit | edit source]

See also[edit | edit source]


Archaeological
Historical
Zoos in Haryana
Dams in Haryana
Public places

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ "Amit Shah's Vistar Yatra : "Operation Jatland" begins today.", The Statesman, 1 August 2017.
  2. ↑ "Journal of Punjab Studies - Center for Sikh and Punjab Studies - UC Santa Barbara". www.global.ucsb.edu. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 4 December 2017.
  3. ↑ Sachchidananda Encyclopaedic Profile of Indian Tribes Volume 1 - 1996 817141298X p416.
  4. ↑ Haryana caste breakdown of voters 2014
  5. ↑ Religion in Haryana, Census of India, 2011.
  6. ↑ [1]
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  8. ↑ "Progress report of village electrification as on 30-09-2015" (PDF). CEA.
  9. ↑ "Abengoa completes India's first CSP plant at 3 MW". Archived from the original on 3 April 2012. Retrieved 2 September 2016.

External links[edit | edit source]

Wikimedia Atlas of Haryana

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