Haryana
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Haryana | |
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State of India | |
![]() Location of Haryana in the Republic of India | |
![]() Map of Haryana | |
Country | ![]() |
Zone | Northern |
Established | 1 November 1966 |
Capital | Chandigarh |
Largest city | Faridabad |
Biggest district | sirsa |
Districts | 22 |
Government | |
• Body | Haryana Legislative Assembly |
• Governor | satyadev narayan arya |
• Chief Minister | manohar lal khatter (BJP) |
• Legislature | Unicameral (90 seats) |
• Lok Sabha constituencies | 10 |
• Rajya Sabha constituencies | 5 |
Area | |
• State of India | 44,212 km2 (17,070 sq mi) |
Area rank | 20 |
• Area under forest | 1,684 km2 (650 sq mi) |
• Net sown area | 3,550 km2 (1,370 sq mi) |
Population (2011) | |
• State of India | 25,353,081 |
• Rank | 17 |
• Density | 573/km2 (1,480/sq mi) |
• Density rank | 11 |
• Urban | 8,821,588 |
• Rural | 16,531,493 |
Languages | |
• Official | Hindi, Punjabi[1] |
• Regional | Haryanvi |
State symbols | |
• Bird | Black Francolin |
• Animal | Blackbuck |
• Flower | Lotus |
• Tree | Peepal |
Time zone | UTC+05:30 (IST) |
ISO 3166 code | IN-HR |
Vehicle registration | HR-xx |
HDI | ![]() |
HDI rank | 17th (2011) |
Literacy | 76.64 % |
Sex ratio | 877 |
Life expectancy | 66.2 |
GDP | ![]() |
GDP per capita | ![]() |
Growth rate | 8.1 % |
Website | www |
Haryana (Doabi: ਹਰਿਆਣਾ, ਇੰਡੀਆ) is a state in the Republic of India. It is the birthplace of Hinduism. The main dialect spoken in the area is Haryanvi. The area is 17,122 square miles (44,350 km2). It is larger than Denmark but smaller than Estonia. In traditional Indian geography it falls under the North Indian zone.
Provincial symbols of Haryana[change | change source]
Sources[change | change source]
- ↑ "Punjabi gets second language status in Haryana". Zee News. 28 January 2010. Retrieved 27 May 2010.
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