Mewat district

Mewat district (Hindi: मेवात ज़िला) (Urdu: ضِلع ميوات) is one of the 21 districts of Haryana state in northern India. The district was created as the 20th district of Haryana from erstwhile Gurgaon and the Hathin Block of Faridabad districts on 4 April 2005. However, Hathin sub-division was moved to the new district of Palwal in 2008. It is bounded by Gurgaon district on the north, Rewari district on the west and Faridabad and Palwal districts on the east. Nuh is the headquarters town of this district, which occupies an area of 1,859.61 square kilometres (718.00 sq mi) and as of the 2011 India census had a population of 10,89,406. Mewat is predominantly populated by the Meos, who are agriculturalists along with Hindus.

History

Mewat district was carved from erstwhile Gurgoan and Hathin sub-division of Faridabad district and came into existence on 4 April 2005 as the 20th district of the Haryana State. After the formation of Palwal district, Hathin sub-division was transferred to Palwal district. Nuh town is Mewat district's headquarters. The district comprises Nuh, Taoru, Nagina, Firozpur Jhirka and Punhana blocks, 431 villages and 297 panchayats. There were 512 villages and 365 panchayats in Mewat district before Hathin Block was transferred to Palwal district.