Ganaur

Ganaur is a city and a municipal committee in Sonipat district in the state of Haryana, India.

Demographics

As of 2001 India census, Ganaur had a population of 29,005. Males constitute 54% of the population and females 46%. Ganaur has an average literacy rate of 68%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 75%, and female literacy is 59%. In Ganaur, 15% of the population is under 6 years of age. Co-ordinates -> 29.131768, 77.011662 are for the main ganaur mandi railway station. Tyagi Brahman (Bhardwaj) are the main landlord community of Ganaur who set up this town over a millennium ago.

Economy

Bharat Steel Tubes Ltd. (BST) is a steel tube manufacturer of its old times is the only centre of concern for the development of the Ganaur City. It is also the pioneer company of the Raunaq Group – commissioned in the early sixties, in collaboration with Abbey Etna, USA.

It also has DICT (Delhi International Cargo Terminal) and a newly constructed Fruit and Vegetable Mandi (market).