Ambala Cantonment Explained

Ambala Cantonment
Nickname:Science City
Settlement Type:City
Pushpin Map:India Haryana#India3
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Haryana, India
Coordinates:30.3619°N 76.8481°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: India
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:Haryana
Subdivision Type2:District
Subdivision Name2:Ambala
Established Date:1843(cantonment)
Governing Body:Cantonment Board Ambala
Unit Pref:Metric
Population Total:55,370[1]
Population As Of:2011
Population Density Km2:auto
Demographics Type1:Languages[2] [3]
Demographics1 Title1:Official
Demographics1 Info1:Hindi
Demographics1 Title2:Additional official
Demographics1 Info2:English, Punjabi
Timezone1:IST
Utc Offset1:+5:30
Postal Code:1330XX
Registration Plate:HR 01, HR 85, HR 37

Ambala Cantonment is a cantonment town in Ambala district in the state of Haryana, India. It is 200 km north of Delhi and 55 km southwest of Chandigarh. This cantonment was established in the year 1843 and is an important centre for manufacturing of scientific and surgical instruments.

Demographics

India census, Ambala Cantonment had a population of 55,370. Males constitute 61% of the population and females 39%. Ambala Cantonment has an average literacy rate of 91.24%, higher than the national average of 74%; with 95.07% of the males and 85.32% of females literate. 11.41% of the population is under 6 years of age.[1]

Economy

Scientific and surgical instruments are manufactured in Ambala Cantonment.[4]

Transport

Railways

Ambala Cantonment Junction railway station is a major junction. Delhi-Kalka and Saharanpur-Ludhiana's railway lines pass through this junction[4]

By road

G.T. Road passes through Ambala Cantonment.

Places of interest

Education

Historic Colleges which were established before independence of India are also present. An example of that is Sanatan Dharma College on Ambala–Jagadhri Highway.[5] [6] Convent of Jesus and Mary is a girls' day-school in Ambala Cantonment.[7]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Ambala Cantt. City Population Census 2011 - Haryana. Census 2011.
  2. Web site: Report of the Commissioner for linguistic minorities: 52nd report (July 2014 to June 2015) . 85–86 . Commissioner for Linguistic Minorities, Ministry of Minority Affairs, Government of India . 24 March 2019 . dmy-all . https://web.archive.org/web/20161115133948/http://nclm.nic.in/shared/linkimages/NCLM52ndReport.pdf . 15 November 2016 . dead .
  3. Web site: Haryana grants second language status to Punjabi . . IANS . 28 January 2010 . 24 March 2019. Indo-Asian News Service .
  4. http://www.ambalayellowpages.com/about.html Ambala info
  5. Web site: Ambala: Convocation . . 5 March 2004. 6 February 2019 .
  6. Web site: S.D. College graduates get degrees. The Tribune, Chandigarh . 15 April 2000. 6 February 2019 .
  7. News: Divjot Kaur Jaggi a topper from Ambala Cantonment . 9 April 2021 . The Times of India . 6 May 2019.