Rohtak district is a district in the Indian state of Haryana. It is located in the southeast of the state and northwest of Delhi, bounded by Jind and Sonipat districts to the north, Jhajjar and Sonipat districts to the east, and Hissar, Charkhi Dadri, and Bhiwani districts to the west. Rohtak city is the district headquarters.

History

Rohtak district was annexed by the British from its former Sikh rulers after the Second Anglo-Sikh War of 1848–1849. Wreckage of an Ilyushin Il-76TD, from Kazakhstan Airlines Flight 1907, fell in Rohtak District as part of the Charkhi Dadri mid-air collision.

On 1 November 1966, when Haryana was carved out of Punjab as a separate state, Rohtak was already an existing district of newly formed state of Haryana.

Divisions

The district consists of two sub-divisions, Rohtak and Meham. Rohtak tehsil is further divided into three community development blocks, Rohtak, Kalanaur and Sampla. Meham tehsil is further divided into two community development blocks, Meham and Lakhan-Majra.

Japanese township

The Japanese township is planned to be set up near Madina village, from Rohtak city Ashoka, along NH9 towards Meham. It will include several big industries and commercial offices.

Demographics

According to the 2011 census Rohtak district had a population of 1,061,204, roughly equal to the nation of Cyprus or the US state of Rhode Island. This gives it a ranking of 428th in India (out of a total of 640).

|label1 = Haryanvi |value1 = 76.94 |color1 = indianred

|label2 = Hindi |value2 = 17.87 |color2 = orange

|label3 = Punjabi |value3 = 3.95 |color3 = pink

|label4 = Others |value4 = 1.24 |color4 = grey

At the time of the 2011 Census of India, 76.94% of the population in the district spoke Haryanvi, 17.87% Hindi and 3.95% Punjabi as their first language .

Religion

{| class="wikitable sortable"

|+ Religion in Rohtak District

! rowspan="2" |Religious<br>group

! colspan="2" |2011

! colspan="2" |1891

! colspan="2" |1901

! colspan="2" |1911

! colspan="2" |1921

! colspan="2" |1931

! colspan="2" |1941

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!

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!

!

!

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! Hinduism 15px

| 468,905

|

| 499,957

|

| 533,723

|

| 450,549

|

| 629,592

|

| 655,963

|

| 780,474

|

|-

! Islam 15px

| 79,510

|

| 85,515

|

| 91,687

|

| 86,076

|

| 125,035

|

| 137,880

|

| 166,569

|

|-

! Jainism 15px

| 5,000

|

| 4,794

|

| 5,087

|

| 4,369

|

| 7,010

|

| 6,375

|

| 6,847

|

|-

! Sikhism 15px

| 159

|

| 154

|

| 94

|

| 161

|

| 602

|

| 596

|

| 1,466

|

|-

! Christianity 15px

| 34

|

| 55

|

| 80

|

| 334

|

| 10,033

|

| 4,807

|

| 1,043

|

|-

! Buddhism 15px

| 0

|

| 0

|

| 0

|

| 0

|

| 0

|

| 0

|

| 0

|

|-

! Zoroastrianism 15px

| 0

|

| 0

|

| 0

|

| 0

|

| 0

|

| 0

|

| 0

|

|-

! Judaism 15px

|

|

| 0

|

| 0

|

| 0

|

| 0

|

| 0

|

| 0

|

|-

! Others

| 1

|

| 0

|

| 1

|

| 0

|

| 0

|

| 0

|

| 0

|

|-

! Total population

! 553,609

!

! 590,475

!

! 630,672

!

! 541,489

!

! 772,272

!

! 805,621

!

! 956,399

!

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| colspan="15" |

|}

{| class="wikitable sortable"

|+ Religion in the Tehsils of Rohtak District (1921)

  • Gandhra
  • Chiri Village
  • Morkheri
  • Rithal

See also

  • Ambala
  • Gochhi

References

  • Official website
  • http://rohtakcity.com