Haryana

Haryana
State of India
Location of Haryana in the Republic of India
Map of Haryana
Country	India
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
• 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	0.644 (medium)
HDI rank	17th (2011)
Literacy	76.64 %
Sex ratio	877
Life expectancy	66.2
GDP	3,093.26 billion (2011–12)
GDP per capita	109,227 (2011–12)
Growth rate	8.1 %
Website	www.haryana.gov.in

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.

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  Provincial flower of Haryana