Palwal (district)
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| State | Haryana |
| Administrative headquarters : | Palwal |
| Area : | 1834 km² |
| Residents : | 1,042,708 (2011) |
| Population density : | 523 inhabitants / km² |
| Website : | www.palwal.gov.in |
Palwal is a district in the Indian state of Haryana .
The area is 1834 km². The administrative seat is the city of the same name Palwal . The district belongs to the wider metropolitan area of Delhi .
history
The district was established on August 15, 2008 and originated from parts of Faridabad .
population
Population statistics have been available since 1991:
| year | 1991 | 2001 | 2011 |
| Residents | 617,800 | 829.121 | 1,042,708 |
The population was 1,042,708 (2011). The population growth rate in the period from 2001 to 2011 was 25.76% and was therefore very high. Palwal has a gender ratio of 880 women per 1000 men and thus a common surplus of men for India. The district had a literacy rate of 69.32% in 2011 , an increase of almost 10 percentage points compared to 2001. The literacy rate is thus above the national average. Almost 79.3% of the population are Hindus , approx. 20.0% are Muslims , approx. 0.4% are Sikhs , approx. 0.1% each are Jainas and Christians and approx. 0.2% indicated no religious affiliation or belonged to other religions. 17% of the population are children under 6 years of age. The Haryanvi language, a dialect of Hindi, is common in the district .
Almost 22.7% of the population live in cities. The largest city is Palwal with 128,730 inhabitants.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Palwal District - Population 1991–2011
- ↑ 2011 census (PDF; 398 kB)
- ^ Indian Districts by Population, Sex Ratio, Literacy 2011 Census. Retrieved April 16, 2019 .
