Sonipat (District)
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| State | Haryana |
| Administrative headquarters : | Sonipat |
| Area : | 2122 km² |
| Residents : | 1,450,001 (2011) |
| Population density : | 683 inhabitants / km² |
| Website : | www.sonipat.gov.in |
Sonipat is a district in the Indian state of Haryana .
The area is 2122 km². The administrative seat is the city of the same name Sonipat .
history
The region has historically been 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 .
The current district was created in 1972 from parts of the Rohtak district .
population
Population statistics have been available since 1991:
| year | 1991 | 2001 | 2011 |
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| Residents | 1,045,200 | 1,279,175 | 1,450,001 |
The population in 2011 was just under 1.5 million. The population growth rate in the period from 2001 to 2011 was 13.35%. Sonipat has a gender ratio of 856 women per 1000 men and thus a common surplus of men for India. The district had a literacy rate of 79.12% in 2011 , an increase of almost 7 percentage points compared to 2001. The literacy rate is thus above the national average. Almost 95.9% of the population are Hindus , approx. 3.1% are Muslims , 0.4% are Jains , 0.3% are Sikhs , 0.1% are Christians and 0.2% belonged to or stated that they belonged to other religions no religion. 13.0% of the population are children under 6 years of age.
Almost 31.3% of the population live in cities. The largest city is Sonipat with 278,149 inhabitants.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Sonipat District - Population 1991–2011
- ↑ 2011 census (PDF; 398 kB)
- ^ Indian Districts by Population, Sex Ratio, Literacy 2011 Census. Retrieved April 16, 2019 .
