Panchkula district
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| Panchkula district पंचकुला़ जिला ਪੰਚਕੁਲਾ ਜ਼ਿਲ੍ਹਾ |
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| District of Haryana | |
 Location of Panchkula district in Haryana |
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| Country | India |
| State | Haryana |
| Headquarters | Panchkula |
| Tehsils | 1. Panchkula, 2. Kalka |
| Government | |
| • Lok Sabha constituencies | Ambala (shared with Ambala and Yamuna Nagar districts) |
| • Assembly seats | 2 |
| Area | |
| • Total | 816 km2 (315 sq mi) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 5,58,890 |
| • Density | 680/km2 (1,800/sq mi) |
| Demographics | |
| • Literacy | 74.00 |
| • Sex ratio | 823 |
| Website | Official website |
Panchkula district (Hindi: पंचकुला़ जिला; Punjabi: ਪੰਚਕੂਲਾ ਜ਼ਿਲ੍ਹਾ) was formed as the 17th district of Haryana state in India on 15 August 1995. It comprises two sub divisions and two tehsils: Panchkula and Kalka. It has 264 villages out of which twelve are un-inhabited and ten wholly merged with towns or treated as census towns according to the 1991 census. There are five towns in the district: Barwala, Kalka, Panchkula, Pinjore and Raipur Rani. The total population of the district is 319,398 out of which 173,557 are males and 145,841 are females.
As of the 2011 Census of India[update], it was the least populous district of Haryana out of 21.[1]
Panchkula city is the headquarters of this district. Chandimandir Cantonment is located in this district, adjoining the Panchkula Urban Estate.
Demographics
According to the 2011 census Panchkula district had a population of 558,890,[1] roughly equal to the Solomon Islands[2] or the US state of Wyoming.[3] This ranked it 537th in India out of a total of 640 districts.[1] The district has a population density of 622 inhabitants per square kilometre (1,610/sq mi) .[1] Its population growth rate over the decade 2001-2011 was 19.32%.[1] Panchkula has a sex ratio of 870 females for every 1,000 males,[1] and a literacy rate of 83.4%.[1] Punjabi and Hindi are the dominant languages of Panchkula District.
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