Kaithal district

Kaithal district is one of the 22 districts of Haryana, state in northern India. Kaithal town is the district headquarters. The district occupies an area of 2317 km2. It has a population of 1,074,304 (2011 census). It is part of Karnal division. Kaithal was notified as district by Haryana Govt. on 16 October 1989 and carved out of Kurukshetra and Jind districts, comprising Guhla and Kaithal sub-divisions of Kurukshetra district, Kalayat sub-tahsil and 6 villages of Jind district.

This article is about the district. For its eponymous headquarters, see Kaithal.

Kaithal district
District of Haryana
Location of Kaithal district in Haryana
CountryIndia
StateHaryana
DivisionKarnal
Established1 November 1989
HeadquartersKaithal
Tehsils1. Kaithal, 2. Guhla, 3. Pundri, 4. Kalayat
Area
 • Total2,317 km2 (895 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)
 • Total1,074,304
 • Density460/km2 (1,200/sq mi)
 • Urban
19.39
Demographics
 • Sex ratio880 (2011 census)
Time zoneUTC+05:30 (IST)
Major highwaysNH-152[1]
Average annual precipitation563 mm
Lok Sabha constituenciesKurukshetra (shared with Kurukshetra and Yamuna Nagar districts)
Vidhan Sabha constituencies4
Websitehttp://kaithal.gov.in/

This district came into existence on 1 November 1989.

Divisions

Kaithal district comprises four tehsils: Kaithal, Guhla, Pundri and Kalayat; and the three sub-tehsils of Rajaund, Dhand and Siwan.[2][3] The four Haryana Vidhan Sabha constituencies located in this district are Guhla, Kalayat, Kaithal and Pundri.[4] All of these are part of Kurukshetra Lok Sabha constituency.

Kaithal Bar Association

The Kaithal Bar Association was established in 1905–06. The membership of Bar in 1970 was 60 (including 3 pleaders) and the District Bar Association was established on 01.11.1989 after creation of District Kaithal. There is also a Bar Association at Sub Division, Guhla. The name of the eminent Lawyers from the District Bar Association Kaithal are Babu Jyoti Parshad, Pt. Amarnath Tewari, Malik Murari Lal, Mulakh Raj Grover, Ch. Barumal, Chaudhary Shamsul Haq (later became designated Senior Counsel, Lahore High Court in 1963), Shri Dinanath Advocate, Shri Ravi Parkash Gupta, Shri Anurag Gupta, Choudhary Baru Ram Advocate and Shri O.P.Tiwari Advocate, Shri Rajpal Khatkar

Demographics
Religion in Kaithal district (2011)[5]
Religion Percent
Hinduism
 
 90.71%
Sikhism
 
 8.15%
Islam
 
 0.77%
Others
 
 0.37%
Rank Language 1961[6] 1991[7] 2001[8]
1 Haryanvi 81.00% 89.12% 87.28%
2 Punjabi 18.40% 10.81% 12.43%
3 Urdu — 0.02% 0.07%
— Other 0.60% 0.05% 0.22%

According to the 2011 census Kaithal district has a population of 1,074,304,[9] roughly more than the nation of Cyprus[10] or the US state of Rhode Island.[11] This gives it a ranking of 423rd in India (out of a total of 640).[9] The district has a population density of 463 inhabitants per square kilometre (1,200/sq mi) .[9] Its population growth rate over the decade 2001-2011 was 13.39%.[9] Kaithal has a sex ratio of 880 females for every 1000 males,[9] and a literacy rate of 70.6%.[9]

At the time of the 2011 Census of India, 89.37% of the population in the district spoke Hindi and 10.34% Punjabi as their first language.[12]

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1951227,168—    
1961334,804+3.95%
1971461,897+3.27%
1981646,566+3.42%
1991781,814+1.92%
2001946,131+1.93%
20111,074,304+1.28%
source:[13]

References
  1. "Rationalisation of Numbering Systems of National Highways" (PDF). New Delhi: Department of Road Transport and Highways. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 February 2016. Retrieved 3 April 2012.
  2. "Basic Statistics". Official Website of Kaithal Administration. Archived from the original on 13 September 2017. Retrieved 13 August 2017.
  3. "History". Kaithal District. Archived from the original on 7 April 2018.
  4. "District Wise Assembly Constituencies" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Haryana website. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 July 2011. Retrieved 28 April 2011.
  5. "Kaithal District Population Census 2011-2020, Haryana literacy sex ratio and density". www.census2011.co.in.
  6. http://14.139.60.114:8080/jspui/bitstream/123456789/955/8/Pathankot%20Tehsil%20(25-46).pdf Archived 2016-08-07 at the Wayback Machine
  7. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 March 2016. Retrieved 18 June 2016.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  8. http://esaharyana.gov.in/Data/StateStatisticalAbstract/StatisticalAbstract(2011-12).pdf Archived 2013-08-17 at the Wayback Machine
  9. "District Census 2011". Census2011.co.in. 2011. Retrieved 30 September 2011.
  10. US Directorate of Intelligence. "Country Comparison:Population". Retrieved 1 October 2011. Cyprus 1,120,489 July 2011 est.
  11. "2010 Resident Population Data". U. S. Census Bureau. Archived from the original on 17 August 2011. Retrieved 30 September 2011. Rhode Island 1,052,567
  12. 2011 Census of India, Population By Mother Tongue
  13. Decadal Variation In Population Since 1901


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