Nilokheri is a town, just 19 km from Karnal city and a municipal committee in Karnal district in the Indian state of Haryana. It has 13 wards. The town is located about 143 km from Delhi on National Highway 44.
Nilokheri | |
|---|---|
Town | |
  Nilokheri Location in Haryana, India  Nilokheri Nilokheri (India) | |
| Coordinates: 29°50′N 76°55′E / 29.83°N 76.92°E | |
| Country |  India |
| State | Haryana |
| District | Karnal |
| Elevation | 237 m (778 ft) |
| Population (2011) | |
• Total | 16,405 |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Hindi |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 132117 |
| Telephone code | +91-01745-XXXXXX |
| Vehicle registration | HR |
| Sex Ratio | 904:1000 ♂/♀ |
| Website | nilokheri |
Demographics
editAs of 2011[update] India census"Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India" (PDF). Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. 2 April 2018. Retrieved 2 April 2018., Nilokheri had a population of 16,405. Males constitute 52% of the population and females 48%. Nilokheri has an average literacy rate of 73%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 77%, and female literacy is 69%. In Nilokheri, 13% of the population is under 6 years of age.
Administration
editNilokheri is a town and a municipal committee in Karnal district in the Indian state of Haryana . Nilokheri has a polling strength of 12517.[2]
Educational institutions
editAcademic Technical Learning Institute
edit- Guru BrahamaNand Ji Govt. Polytechnic Institute Nilokheri
- State Institute of Engineering & Technology, Nilokheri
- Central Tool Room Extension Centre, Nilokheri earlier functional as Integrated Training Centre, Nilokheri now affiliated to Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises
- Maharana Pratap Horticultural University, Karnal
- Kalpana Chawla Government Medical College, Karnal
- Kalpana Chawla University of Health Sciences, Karnal
- National Dairy Research Institute, Karnal
- Govt. Polytechnic, Umri
- Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra
- National Institute of Technology, Kurukshetra
- National Institute of Design, Kurukshetra
- National Institute of Electronics & Information Technology, Kurukshetra
Other Government offices, institutions and organisations
editGovernment Organisation
edit- Government of India Press, Nilokheri.[3]
- Post Office Nilokheri (Sub Office), Karnal, Haryana HR), India (IN), Pin Code:- 132117.[4]
- BSNL, Nilokheri (Sub Office ) state-owned telecommunications company .
- Agro Engineering Workshop, Nilokheri was set up in 1968-1969. It is a unit of Haryana Agro Industries Corporation Limited (A Government of Haryana Undertaking).[5]
- Haryana State Cooperative Supply and Marketing Federation Ltd (HAFED) was set up on 1 November 1966. One of the largest apex cooperative federation of Government of Haryana.[6]
Primary and secondary schools
editGovt. Schools
edit- Government Senior Secondary School, Nilokheri affiliated to Haryana Board of School Education Bhiwani,
Pvt. Schools
edit- D.A.V. Centenary Public School, Nilokheri affiliated to Central Board of Secondary Education
- Meera Bai School affiliated to Haryana Board of School Education Bhiwani
- S.D.M.N. Vidya Mandir Sr. Secondary School affiliated to Central Board of Secondary Education
Geography
editNilokheri is located at 29°50′N 76°55′E / 29.83°N 76.92°E.[7] It has an average elevation of 237 metres (830 feet).
Notes
edit- ^ Including Jainism, Buddhism, Zoroastrianism, Judaism, others, or no religion
References
edit- ^ "Nilokheri Town Census 2011 data". Census2011. Retrieved 2 March 2024.
- ^ "Polling Booth in Nilokheri Assembly Constituency, Haryana".
- ^ "Ministry of Urban Development". Archived from the original on 2 June 2014. Retrieved 15 July 2014.
- ^ "Welcome to the Indiapost Website". Archived from the original on 6 September 2013. Retrieved 6 September 2013.
- ^ "Agro Engineerig Workshop Nilokheri - Haryana Agro Industries Corporation".
- ^ "Home". hafed.gov.in.
- ^ Falling Rain Genomics, Inc - Nilokheri