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Ellenabad
Kharial | |
|---|---|
| Ellenabad | |
  Ellenabad Location in Haryana, India | |
| Coordinates: 29°27′N 74°39′E / 29.45°N 74.65°E | |
| Country |  India |
| State | Haryana |
| District | Sirsa |
| First Settled | 1920s |
| Founded by | Robert Hutch |
| Named for | Ellena |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipality |
| • Body | Municipal committee of Ellenabad |
| Area | |
• Total | 4.88 km2 (1.88 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 189 m (620 ft) |
| Population (2011) | |
• Total | 52,285 |
| • Rank | 3rd in Sirsa district |
| • Density | 11,000/km2 (28,000/sq mi) |
| Demonym | Haryanvi |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Hindi |
| • Regional | Bagri, Haryanvi |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 125102 |
| Telephone code | 01698 |
| ISO 3166 code | IN-HR |
| Vehicle registration | HR 44 |
| Sex ratio | 1000/884 ♂/♀ |
| Literacy | 76.19 |
Ellenabad, previously known as Kharial[1] is a city with a municipal committee, near Sirsa City in the Sirsa district of the state of Haryana, India. It is located on the south bank of the Ghaggar River in the heart of Bagar tract areas of Punjab, Haryana and Rajasthan and serves as a port of entry into the state of Haryana from the Rajasthan side. Its location make it more strategic as not only it is located near Rajasthan border in Haryana but Punjab border is also near to it. Because of this the city has a kind off cosmopolitan culture of Punjabis particularly Malwayi culture, Rajasthani Marwadi culture, Deshwali Haryanvi culture and native Bagri culture and traditions or a mix of all of them or some of them. The Ellenabad city is divided into 17 wards for which elections are held every five years. As of 2011, the city had a population of 52,285, divided between two governing bodies: Ellenabad Municipal Committee with 44,452 persons and Ellenabad Rural Gram panchayat with 7,833. As of 2022, the city is estimated to have a population exceeding 60,000. There has been a rising demand to merge both administrative bodies into one and upgrade it to Municipal Council level. Ellenabad Municipal Committee has total administration over 8,387 houses to which it supplies basic amenities like water and sewerage. It is also authorize to build roads within Municipal Committee limits and impose taxes on properties coming under its jurisdiction.
It is a constituency of Haryana Vidhan Sabha. The current MLA is Bharat Singh Beniwal.[2][3] of Indian National Congress.
Ellenabad in itself is a headquarters of Ellenabad tehsil, block, RTO and sub-division in Sirsa district and holds a seat for tehsildar, BDO, TC and SDM respectively. Big villages like Talwara with 9,000 people, Mallekan with 7,000 people and Jiwan nagar with 16,000 people come under jurisdiction of at least one of the mentioned governing bodies. Their population is a nearest thousandth estimation of the 2011 census.
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{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ "Population of Ellenabad". Citypopulation.de. Retrieved 25 March 2012.
- ^ "Sudden showers dampen Sirsa farmers' crop set for purchase". Hindustan Times. 3 May 2020. Retrieved 7 October 2020.