Gurgaon (district)
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| State | Haryana |
| Administrative headquarters : | Gurgaon |
| Area : | 1258 km² |
| Residents : | 1,514,432 (2011) |
| Population density : | 1204 inhabitants / km² |
| Website : | www.gurugram.gov.in |
Gurgaon is a district in the Indian state of Haryana .
The area is 1258 km². The administrative seat is the city of the same name, Gurgaon . The district belongs to the wider metropolitan area of Delhi .
history
The region was historically under the influence of various empires and empires such as the Maurya Empire , the Gupta Empire , the Sultanate of Delhi , the Mughal Empire and the British Empire .
population
As a result of the sustained population growth in large parts of northern India and due to immigration, the population of the district has increased enormously in recent decades:
| year | 1991 | 2001 | 2011 |
| Residents | 603,900 | 870,539 | 1,514,432 |
The population was 1,514,432 (2011). The population growth rate in the period from 2001 to 2011 was 73.96%, which is extremely high. Gurgaon has a gender ratio of 854 women per 1000 men and thus a common surplus of men for India. The district had a literacy rate of 84.70% in 2011 , an increase of almost 6 percentage points compared to 2001. The literacy rate is thus above the national average. Almost 93.0% of the population are Hindus , approx. 4.7% are Muslims , 1.0% are Sikhs , 0.6% are Christians , 0.1% each are Jainas and Buddhists, and 0.1% have no religious affiliation belonged to or belonged to other religions. 13.4% of the population are children under 6 years of age.
Almost 68.8% of the population live in cities. The largest city is Gurgaon with 876,969 inhabitants.
economy
Due to the proximity to the capital region of Delhi, many national and international companies have settled in the district of Gurgaon, which is why the region is relatively wealthy and industrialized in comparison with India. There are a number of special economic zones in the district .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Gurgaon District - Population 1991–2011
- ↑ 2011 census (PDF; 398 kB)
- ^ Indian Districts by Population, Sex Ratio, Literacy 2011 Census. Retrieved April 16, 2019 .
- ^ Gurgaon: The new maximum city. January 4, 2017. Retrieved April 23, 2019 (American English).
