Ambala district is one of the 22 districts of Haryanastate in the country of India with Ambala town serving as the administrative headquarters of the district. District Ambala lies on the North-Eastern edge of Haryana and borders Punjab and Himachal Pradesh. Ambala district is a part of Ambala Division.
Administration of this district falls under the Ambala division and law and order falls under the Ambala Police Range. The district administration has two sub-divisions, Ambala and Naraingarh. District is further subdivided into 4 community development blocks and 7 revenue tehsils. Community development blocks are Ambala, Ambala Cantt, Barara and Naraingarh. Tehsils are Ambala, Ambala Cantt, Barara, Mullana, Saha, Shahzadpur and Naraingarh.[1]
Economy
Located in the Indo-Gangetic Plain, the land is generally fertile and conducive to agriculture. However, primary sector contributes much lesser to the economy of the district than it does to the economy of Haryana.[2] Small scale industries form the bulk of the industrial landscape in the district. It is one of the largest producers of scientific and surgical instruments in the country and home to a large number of scientific instrument manufacturers due to which it is also referred as Science City .[3]
According to the 2011 census, Ambala district had a population of 1,128,350[5] roughly equal to the nation of Cyprus[6] or the US state of Rhode Island.[7] It ranks 410th (out of a total of 640) in India in terms of population.[5] The district has a population density of 720 inhabitants per square kilometre (1,900/sq mi) .[5] Its population growth rate over the decade 2001-2011 was 11.23%.[5] Ambala had a sex ratio of 885 females for every 1000 males,[5] and a literacy rate of 81.75%. Scheduled Castes make up 26.25% of the population.[5]
Note: British Punjab province era district borders are not an exact match in the present-day due to various bifurcations to district borders — which since created new districts — throughout the historic Punjab Province region during the post-independence era that have taken into account population increases.
Religion in the Tehsils of Ambala District (1921)[21]
Note: British Punjab province era tehsil borders are not an exact match in the present-day due to various bifurcations to tehsil borders — which since created new tehsils — throughout the historic Punjab Province region during the post-independence era that have taken into account population increases.
Religion in the Tehsils of Ambala District (1941)[9]
Note1: British Punjab province era tehsil borders are not an exact match in the present-day due to various bifurcations to tehsil borders — which since created new tehsils — throughout the historic Punjab Province region during the post-independence era that have taken into account population increases.
Note2: Tehsil religious breakdown figures for Christianity only includes local Christians, labelled as "Indian Christians" on census. Does not include Anglo-Indian Christians or British Christians, who were classified under "Other" category.
Languages
Languages of Ambala district (2011 Census)
Hindi (84.57%)
Punjabi (10.95%)
Haryanvi (2.72%)
Others (1.76%)
Hindi (In Devanagri Script) is the official languages and thus used for official communication.[23] At the time of the 2011 Census of India, 84.57% of the population in the district spoke Hindi, 10.95% Punjabi and 2.72% Haryanvi as their first language.[24]
^"Area and Population"(PDF). Department of Economic and Statistical Analysis Haryana. Archived from the original(PDF) on 13 March 2016. Retrieved 26 June 2022.