Karnal district is one of the 22 districts of Haryana, a state in North India which constitutes the National Capital Region (NCR) of the country. The city of Karnal is a part of the National Capital Region (NCR) and is the administrative headquarters of the district.
As it lies on National highway 44 (old NH-1), it has a well connected transport system to the nearby major cities like Delhi and Chandigarh. Karnal District is also well connected via railways. Karnal Junction lies on Delhi-Kalka line and major trains stops at this station. The district headquarter also has a small aerodrome known as karnal airport.
The above 4 sub-divisions are divided into 5 revenue tehsils, namely, Karnal, Indri, Nilokheri, Gharaunda & Assandh and 3 sub-tehsil namely Nigdhu, Nissing and Ballah.
Assembly constituencies
The Karnal district is divided into 5 Vidhan Sabha constituencies:
According to the 2011 census Karnal district has a population of 1,505,324,[2] roughly equal to the nation of Gabon[3] or the US state of Hawaii.[4] This gives it a ranking of 333rd in India (out of a total of 640).[2] The district has a population density of 598 inhabitants per square kilometre (1,550/sq mi) .[2] Its population growth rate over the decade 2001-2011 was 18.22%.[2] Karnal has a sex ratio of 996 females for every 1,000 males,[2] and a literacy rate of 74.73%. Scheduled Castes made up 22.56% of the population.[2]
^Historic district borders may not be 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. This discrepancy can be seen in the district population history table which has taken into account the various bifurcations since 1941.
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