Kaithal

Kaithal
Kapisthal
City
Pehowa Chowk, Kaithal
Pehowa Chowk, Kaithal
Kaithal is located in Haryana
Kaithal
Kaithal
Location in Haryana, India
Kaithal is located in India
Kaithal
Kaithal
Kaithal (India)
Coordinates: 29°48′05″N 76°23′59″E / 29.8015°N 76.3998°E / 29.8015; 76.3998
Country India
StateHaryana
DistrictKaithal
Named forHanuman
Government
 • TypeMunicipal Council
 • BodyMunicipal Council Kaithal[1]
Elevation
250 m (820 ft)
Population
 (2011)[2]
 • Total144,915
Languages[3][4]
 • OfficialHindi, Haryanvi
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
136027
Telephone code01746
ISO 3166 codeIN-HR
Vehicle registrationHR-08, HR-64 (for commercial vehicles)
Sex ratio887 /[5]
Lok Sabha constituencyKurukshetra
Websitekaithal.gov.in

Kaithal (Hindi: [kɛːt̪ʰl]) is a city and municipal council in the Kaithal district of the Indian state of Haryana. Kaithal was previously a part of Karnal district and later, Kurukshetra district until 1 November 1989, when it became the headquarters of the Kaithal. It shares a border with the Patiala district of state Punjab and the Kurukshetra, Jind and Karnal districts of Haryana. Kaithal district is situated in the North-West of the Haryana state. Its North-West boundaries, which include Guhla-Cheeka are attached to Punjab.

  1. ^ "Municipal Council Kaithal". 16 June 2024.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference Census2011Gov was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ "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. pp. 85–86. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 November 2016. Retrieved 24 March 2019.
  4. ^ IANS (28 January 2010). "Haryana grants second language status to Punjabi". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 24 March 2019.
  5. ^ "Kaithal City Population Census 2011 - Haryana". Census Commission of India. Retrieved 13 August 2017.