Nilokheri
Township
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Coordinates: 29°50′N 76°55′E / 29.83°N 76.92°E / 29.83; 76.92
Country	India
State	Haryana
District	Karnal
Elevation	237 m (778 ft)
Population  (2011)
• Total	16,405
Languages
• Official	Hindi
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	132117
Telephone code	+91-01745-XXXXXX
Vehicle registration	HR
Sex Ratio	904:1000 ♂/♀
Website	nilokheri.org

Nilokheri is a town, just 19 km from Karnal city and a municipal committee in Karnal district in the Indian state of Haryana. It has 13 wards. The town is located about 143 km from Delhi on National Highway 44.

Demographics

As of 2011^[update] India census"Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India" (PDF). Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. 2 April 2018. Retrieved 2 April 2018., Nilokheri had a population of 16,405. Males constitute 52% of the population and females 48%. Nilokheri has an average literacy rate of 73%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 77%, and female literacy is 69%. In Nilokheri, 13% of the population is under 6 years of age.

Administration

Nilokheri is a town and a municipal committee in Karnal district in the Indian state of Haryana . Nilokheri has a polling strength of 12517.^[2]

Educational institutions

Academic Technical Learning Institute

• Guru BrahamaNand Ji Govt. Polytechnic Institute Nilokheri
• State Institute of Engineering & Technology, Nilokheri
• Central Tool Room Extension Centre, Nilokheri earlier functional as Integrated Training Centre, Nilokheri now affiliated to Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises
• Maharana Pratap Horticultural University, Karnal
• Kalpana Chawla Government Medical College, Karnal
• Kalpana Chawla University of Health Sciences, Karnal
• National Dairy Research Institute, Karnal
• Govt. Polytechnic, Umri
• Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra
• National Institute of Technology, Kurukshetra
• National Institute of Design, Kurukshetra
• National Institute of Electronics & Information Technology, Kurukshetra

Other Government offices, institutions and organisations

Government Organisation

• Government of India Press, Nilokheri.^[3]
• Post Office Nilokheri (Sub Office), Karnal, Haryana HR), India (IN), Pin Code:- 132117.^[4]
• BSNL, Nilokheri (Sub Office ) state-owned telecommunications company .
• Agro Engineering Workshop, Nilokheri was set up in 1968-1969. It is a unit of Haryana Agro Industries Corporation Limited (A Government of Haryana Undertaking).^[5]
• Haryana State Cooperative Supply and Marketing Federation Ltd (HAFED) was set up on 1 November 1966. One of the largest apex cooperative federation of Government of Haryana.^[6]

Primary and secondary schools

Govt. Schools

• Government Senior Secondary School, Nilokheri affiliated to Haryana Board of School Education Bhiwani,

Pvt. Schools

• D.A.V. Centenary Public School, Nilokheri affiliated to Central Board of Secondary Education
• Meera Bai School affiliated to Haryana Board of School Education Bhiwani
• S.D.M.N. Vidya Mandir Sr. Secondary School affiliated to Central Board of Secondary Education

Geography

Nilokheri is located at 29°50′N 76°55′E / 29.83°N 76.92°E / 29.83; 76.92.^[7] It has an average elevation of 237 metres (830 feet).