Kharkhoda

Kharkhauda is a town and a nagar panchayat in Meerut district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.

Demographics

As of 2011 India census, Kharkhauda had a population of 14,364. Males constitute 53% of the population and females 47%. Kharkhauda has an average literacy rate of 77%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 66%, and female literacy is 48%. In Kharkhoda, 16% of the population is under 6 years of age.

Overview

This town (correctly spelled as Kharkhauda) lies on the western side of the road going from Meerut to Hapur, about 18 km south of the former. It gives its name to a railway station on the Meerut-Khurja line of the Northern Railway. A regular bus service is available here for Meerut, Hapur and Mohiudeenpur. Kharkhauda is an ancient place where the stables of the rajas of Hastinapur are said to have been located and which is said to derive its name from Kharak meaning a stall. The town began to flourish in the time of Humayun.

Kharkhauda (formerly legislative seat) now comes under the KITHORE Legislative seat. The current MLA from this seat is Mr. Shahid Manzoor from SP. Some older MLAs that represented Kharkhauda in the past are:

Kharkhoda (Haryana)

Kharkhoda is a city, the administrative headquarters of Kharkhoda Tehsil and a municipal committee in Sonipat district in the Indian state of Haryana.In kharkhoda there is a temple of lord shiva which is very popular within the connected villages at the time of shivratri a large number of tourists comes for visiting the temple. Due to proximity of Delhi ,there is lot of scope of industrial and residential development in the area. HSIIDC acquired 3200 Acres of land to develop Industrial Model Township(IMT). Kundli-Manesar-Palwal (KMP) Expressway is just 1 km away from the city. In October,2015 Chinese Delegation (Wenda Group) of around 35 people visit the city to develop Entertainment Theme City in the area.

Geography

Kharkhauda is located at 28°31′N 76°30′E / 28.52°N 76.5°E / 28.52; 76.5. It has an average elevation of 207 metres (682 feet).

Demography

As of 2001 India census, Kharkhoda had a population of 18,758. As a Tehsil it contain 45 villages which had population of 160083. Males constitute 53% of the population and females 47%. Kharkhoda has an average literacy rate of 64%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 71%, and female literacy is 56%. In Kharkhoda, 16% of the population is under 6 years of age. 57% of the population is saini, 12% is Brahman, 8% is Punjabi, and others are about 20%. Its current population is about 21,302. Kharkhoda can be made subdivision after ongoing census of India. The most common language spoken in Kharkhoda is Haryanvi.