Yamunanagar district

Yamunanagar district
Yamunanagar district
District of Haryana
	Ashok Stambh Park at Topra Kalan
	Location in Haryana
Country	India
State	Haryana
Headquarters	Yamunanagar
Tehsils	Jagadhri, Chhachhrauli, Bilaspur
Government
• Lok Sabha constituencies	Ambala (shared with Ambala district), Kurukshetra (shared with Kurukshetra district)
Area
• Total	1,756 km2 (678 sq mi)
Population (2011)
• Total	1,214,205
• Density	690/km2 (1,800/sq mi)
Demographics
• Sex ratio	862
Time zone	UTC+05:30 (IST)
Website	yamunanagar.nic.in

Yamunanagar district is one of the districts of the Indian state of Haryana. The district was made on 1 November 1989. It is 1,756 square kilometres (678 sq mi) big. Yamunanagar town is its district headquarters.

Yamunanagar has a rainfall in Monsoon of 892 mm. This is much higher than the state average of 462 mm.

Divisions

The district has 3 sub divisions. Jagadhri, Radaur and Bilaspur. There are 4 tehsils : Jagadhri, Chhachhrauli, Radaur and Bilaspur. These tehsils are then divided into 7 development blocks: Bilaspur, Sadhaura, Radaur, Jagadhri, Chhachhrauli, Saraswati Nagar and Partap Nagar.

Demographics

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1901	234,603	—
1911	198,649	−1.65%
1921	214,427	+0.77%
1931	213,007	−0.07%
1941	243,803	+1.36%
1951	262,906	+0.76%
1961	370,224	+3.48%
1971	478,483	+2.60%
1981	632,820	+2.84%
1991	806,279	+2.45%
2001	1,041,630	+2.59%
2011	1,214,205	+1.54%
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