Kurali, Haryana

Kurali
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Coordinates: 30°24′42″N 77°04′47″E
Country	India
State	Haryana
District	Ambala
Established	17th century CE
Founded by	Rana ranta Singh
Government
• Body	Gram Panchayat
• Sarpanch	Nita Rani
Area
• Total	9 km^2 (3 sq mi)
Population  (2011)
• Total	4,222
• Density	470/km^2 (1,200/sq mi)
Languages[1][2]
• Official	Hindi
• Spoken	Haryanvi
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	134203
Telephone code	91 1734
ISO 3166 code	IN-HR
Vehicle registration	HR-04
Sex ratio	853
Literacy	71.40%
Website	haryana.gov.in

Kurali (also: Kurali) is a Village, Village Council in the Ambala district of the Indian state of Haryana, located 8 km South to Naraingarh.

History

Etymology

The village Kurali was established by Rana Ranta Singh. It is said that Rana Ranta Singh had five brothers, and before founding Kurali, they lived in Bhereri village. Their father settled each of the brothers in different locations.

One brother was settled in Badhauli village, another in Kurali, one in Parail village, and the remaining two in Natwal village. Over time, these five villages have grown significantly in terms of population. The Rajputs from these villages share a common lineage originating from the same ancestral village.

Demographics

Population

Kurali is a Village located in Ambala district of Haryana.

As per the Census India 2011, Kurali Village has 770 households, population of 4,222 of which 2,278 are males and 1,944 are females. The population of children between age 0-6 is 620 which is 14.68% of total population.

The sex-ratio of Kurali Village is around 853 compared to 879 which is average of Haryana state. The literacy rate of Kurali is 71.4% out of which 76.53% males are literate and 65.38% females are literate. The total area of Kurali is 9 km² with population density of 470 per km².

Religion

Hinduism is the prominent religion of Kurali followed by 93.36% of the population. Sikhism is the second most popular religion in the city followed 4.64% of the people. In Kurali Islam is followed by 1.75% and those that didn't state a religion are 0.25%.^{[citation needed]}

Languages

Hindi & Haryanvi is the official language of Kurali.^[3]English are additional official languages.^[2] Government schools use English and Hindi textbooks.

Gallery

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  Aerial View of Kurali(B.S)

References

1. "Report of the Commissioner for linguistic minorities: 52nd report (July 2014 to June 2015)" (PDF). Commissioner for Linguistic Minorities, Ministry of Minority Affairs, Government of India. pp. 85–86. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 November 2016. Retrieved 29 April 2019.
2. IANS (28 January 2010). "Haryana grants second language status to Punjabi". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 29 April 2019.
3. "Report of the Commissioner for linguistic minorities: 50th report (July 2012 to June 2013)" (PDF). Commissioner for Linguistic Minorities, Ministry of Minority Affairs, Government of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 July 2016. Retrieved 2 January 2017.