Rohtak | |
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 M.D. University, Rohtak, Haryana | |
  Rohtak Location in Haryana, India  Rohtak Rohtak (India) | |
| Coordinates: 28°53′27″N 76°34′47″E / 28.8909°N 76.5796°E | |
| Country |  India |
| State | Haryana |
| District | Rohtak |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipal Corporation |
| • Body | Rohtak Municipal Corporation[1] |
| • Municipal Commissioner | Jitender Singh, IAS[2] |
| • Mayor | Manmohan Goyal (BJP) |
| Area | |
• Total | 139 km2 (54 sq mi) |
| • Rank | 5 |
| Elevation | 220 m (720 ft) |
| Population (2011)[4] | |
• Total | 373,133 |
| • Rank | 119 |
| • Density | 2,700/km2 (7,000/sq mi) |
| Demonym | Rohtakiya Haryanvi |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Hindi[5] |
| • Additional official | English, Punjabi[5][6] |
| • Regional | Haryanvi (Khadar)[7] |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 124 001 – 124 017 |
| Telephone code | 91 1262 XXX XXX |
| Vehicle registration | HR 12 (Private), HR 46 (Commercial) |
| Major Highways | NH10, NH71, NH71A & SH18 |
| Nearest City | Jhajjar, Sonipat, New Delhi |
| Railways Stations in City | Rohtak Jn, Asthal Bohar Junction railway station |
| Sex ratio | 1.13[8] ♂/♀ |
| Planning agency | Haryana Urban Development Authority |
| Civic agency | Municipal Corporation of Rohtak |
| Climate | Climatic regions of India (Köppen) |
| Avg. summer temperature | 44 °C (111 °F) |
| Avg. winter temperature | 13 °C (55 °F) |
| Website | rohtak |
Rohtak (Hindustani pronunciation: [roɦ.t̪ək] ) is a city and the administrative headquarters of the Rohtak district in the Indian state of Haryana. It lies 70 kilometres (43 mi) north-west of New Delhi and 250 kilometres (160 mi) south of the state capital Chandigarh on NH 9 (old NH 10). Rohtak forms a part of the National Capital Region (NCR) which helps the city in obtaining cheap loans for infrastructure development from the NCR Planning Board.[9]
Rohtak is the sixth most populous city in Haryana as per the 2011 census with a population of 373,133.[8]
- ^ "Municipal Corporation- Rohtak". rohtak.gov.in. Retrieved 27 July 2024.
- ^ "Officers Directory - Contact Details". Municipal Corporation Rohtak. Retrieved 27 July 2024.
- ^ "Municipal Corporation Rohtak" (PDF). Retrieved 22 November 2020.
- ^ "Census of India Search details". censusindia.gov.in. Retrieved 10 May 2015.
- ^ a b "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. p. 24. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 November 2016. Retrieved 4 February 2019.
- ^ "Haryana grants second language status to Punjabi". Hindustan Times. IANS. 28 January 2010. Retrieved 2 January 2019.
- ^ "Haryanvi". Ethnologue. Archived from the original on 1 June 2016. Retrieved 20 February 2024.
- ^ a b Cite error: The named reference
2011Citieswas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "Muzaffarnagar in UP may be newest addition to NCR". The Times of India. 7 June 2015. Retrieved 15 June 2023.