Karnal (District)
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| State | Haryana |
| Administrative headquarters : | Karnal |
| Area : | 2520 km² |
| Residents : | 1,505,324 (2011) |
| Population density : | 597 inhabitants / km² |
| Website : | www.karnal.gov.in |
Karnal is a district in the Indian state of Haryana .
The area is 2520 km². The administrative seat is the city of the same name Karnal . The district belongs to the wider metropolitan area of Delhi.
population
Population statistics have been available since 1901:
| year | 1901 | 1951 | 1991 | 2001 | 2011 |
| Residents | 230.386 | 353.764 | 1,035,400 | 1,274,183 | 1,505,324 |
The population was 1,505,324 (2011). The population growth rate in the period from 2001 to 2011 was 18.14%. Karnal has a gender ratio of 887 women per 1000 men and thus a common surplus of men for India. The district had a literacy rate of 74.73% in 2011 , an increase of almost 7 percentage points compared to 2001. This means that literacy is below the average in Haryana. Almost 89.1% of the population are Hindus , 8.4% are Sikhs , approx. 2.1% are Muslims , 0.1% are Jainas , 0.1% are Christians and 0.2% did not admit or belong to any religion other religions. 13.1% of the population are children under 6 years of age. Hindi and Punjabi are the dominant languages in the district.
Almost 30.2% of the population live in cities. The largest city is Karnal with 286,827 inhabitants.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Population figures since 1901
- ↑ Karnal District - Population 1991–2011
- ↑ 2011 census (PDF; 398 kB)
- ↑ Indian Districts by Population, Sex Ratio, Literacy 2011 Census - Distrikt Karnal. Retrieved April 29, 2019 .
