| Ambala district | |
| Settlement Type: | District of Haryana |
| Total Type: | Total |
| Coor Pinpoint: | Ambala |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: |  India |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Haryana |
| Subdivision Type2: | Division |
| Subdivision Name2: | Ambala |
| Established Title: | Established |
| Seat Type: | Headquarters |
| Seat: | Ambala |
| Parts Type: | Tehsils |
| Parts Style: | para |
| P1: | 1. Ambala, 2. Barara, 3. Naraingarh 4. Ambala Cantt |
| Area Total Km2: | 1569 |
| Population As Of: | 2011 |
| Population Total: | 1,128,350 |
| Population Urban: | 500,774 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Demographics Type1: | Demographics |
| Demographics1 Title1: | Literacy |
| Demographics1 Info1: | 87.46% |
| Demographics1 Title2: | Sex ratio |
| Demographics1 Info2: | 885 |
| Timezone1: | IST |
| Utc Offset1: | +05:30 |
| Blank Name Sec1: | Lok Sabha constituencies |
| Blank Info Sec1: | Ambala (shared with Panchkula and Yamuna Nagar districts) |
| Blank Name Sec2: | Vidhan Sabha constituencies |
| Blank Info Sec2: | 4 |
| Website: | http://ambala.nic.in/ |
Ambala district is one of the 22 districts of Haryana state 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.
This district falls under the Ambala Lok Sabha constituency, which is a reserved for the Scheduled Caste candidates only. This district also has four Vidhan Sabha constituencies, all of which are part of Ambala Lok Sabha constituency. Those are Ambala City, Ambala Cantt, Mulana and Naraingarh.
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]
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[4] roughly equal to the nation of Cyprus[5] or the US state of Rhode Island.[6] It ranks 410th (out of a total of 640) in India in terms of population.[4] The district has a population density of 720PD/sqkm .[4] Its population growth rate over the decade 2001-2011 was 11.23%.[4] Ambala had a sex ratio of 885 females for every 1000 males,[4] and a literacy rate of 81.75%. Scheduled Castes make up 26.25% of the population.[4]
Hindi (In Devanagri Script) is the official languages and thus used for official communication.[7] 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.[8]
| Language | 1911[9] | 1921 | 1931 | 1961 | 1991[10] | 2001[11] | 2011[12] | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hindi | 3.50% | 5.45% | — | 66.72% | 87.87% | 85.26% | 84.57% | |
| Punjabi | 35.71% | 40.91% | 36.12% | 30.48% | 10.93% | 13.15% | 10.96% | |
| Urdu | — | 53.05% | — | — | 0.19% | 0.11% | 0.11% | |
| Hindustani | 56.39% | — | 60.58% | — | — | — | — | |
| Pahadi | 3.10% | 0.07% | 2.62% | 0.23% | — | — | — | |
| Haryanvi | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2.72% | |
| Other | 1.30% | 0.52% | 0.62% | ~2.57% | 1.00% | 1.48% | 1.64 |
| Religious group | Population % 1941[14] | Population % 1951 | Population % 1961[15] | Population % 2001[16] | Population % 2011[17] [18] | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hinduism | 48.68% | 72.20% | 71.45% | 84.40% | 84.65% | |
| Islam | 31.73% | 2.40% | — | 1.70% | 1.96% | |
| Sikhism | 18.47% | 24.60% | 24.83% | 13.06% | 12.25% | |
| Christianity | 0.72% | — | — | 0.28% | 0.33% | |
| Jainism | 0.36% | — | — | 0.52% | 0.43% | |
| Buddhism | 0.02% | — | — | 0.02% | 0.03% | |
| Other / No religion | 0.04% | 0.8% | 3.73% | 0.01% | 0.35% |
| 1901[19] | 1911[20] [21] | 1921[22] | 1931[23] | 1941[24] | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 510,105 | 380,592 | 370,125 | 346,809 | 412,658 | |||||||
| 240,710 | 205,203 | 205,750 | 230,837 | 268,999 | |||||||
| 58,073 | 94,471 | 97,614 | 155,555 | 156,543 | |||||||
| 4,362 | 7,483 | 5,679 | 7,141 | 6,065 | |||||||
| 2,614 | 2,187 | 2,272 | 2,550 | 3,065 | |||||||
| 14 | 34 | 30 | 2 | 48 | |||||||
| 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | |||||||
| 0 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 146 | |||||||
| Others | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 217 | ||||||
| Total population | 815,880 | 689,970 | 681,477 | 742,902 | 847,745 | ||||||
| Others | Total | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ambala Tehsil | 122,627 | 90,637 | 18,504 | 1,341 | 1,894 | 1,028 | 236,031 | ||||||||
| Kharar Tehsil | 63,817 | 39,156 | 68,508 | 1,184 | 317 | 532 | 173,514 | ||||||||
| Jagadhri Tehsil | 102,825 | 47,856 | 4,154 | 669 | 241 | 28 | 155,773 | ||||||||
| Naraingargh Tehsil | 88,490 | 38,950 | 3,530 | 247 | 281 | 0 | 131,498 | ||||||||
| Rupar Tehsil | 34,899 | 52,400 | 61,847 | 1,451 | 332 | 0 | 150,929 | ||||||||
| 2011 | |||
| 955,096 | |||
| 138,202 | |||
| 22,143 | |||
| 3,705 | |||
| Others | 9,204 | ||
| Total Population | 1,128,350 |
See also: List of villages in Ambala district.