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Mewat district

Nuh district
District of Haryana
Location of Nuh district in Haryana
Location of Nuh district in Haryana
Country India
State Haryana
Headquarters Nuh
Tehsils Nuh, Firozpur Jhirka, Punahana, Taoru
Government
 • Lok Sabha constituencies Gurgaon
 • Assembly seats Nuh, Ferozepur Jhirka, Punahana
Area
 • Total 1,860 km2 (720 sq mi)
Population (2011)
 • Total 10,89,406
 • Density 590/km2 (1,500/sq mi)
 • Urban 4.64%
Demographics
 • Literacy 56
 • Sex ratio 906
Major highways National Highway 248-A (Gurgaon-Sohna-Alwar), KMP (Western Peripheral) Expressway
Average annual precipitation 594 mm

Nuh district (Hindi: Nuh ज़िला) is one of the 22 districts in the Indian state of Haryana. It has an area of 1,860 square kilometres (720 sq mi) and 10.9 million population. It is bounded by Gurgaon district on the north, Rewari district on the west and Faridabad and Palwal districts on the east. It is predominantly populated by the Meos, who are agriculturalists, and Muslims.

The district was created as Mewat district by taking areas from Gurgaon district and the Hathin Block of Faridabad district on 4 April 2005. However, Hathin sub-division was moved to the new district of Palwal in 2008. The district was renamed Nuh in 2016 after the name of its largest town and district headquarters as Mewat is a cultural region which spans the state of Haryana, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh..

The district comprises Nuh, Taoru, Nagina, Firozpur Jhirka and Punhana and Pinangwan blocks, 431 villages and 297 panchayats. There were 512 villages and 365 panchayats in district before Hathin Block was transferred to Palwal district. Village Singar is the biggest village 3 km from Punahana.

The soil of district is light in texture, particularly sandy, sandy loam and clay loam. The upper hills are mostly barren.The total area of Nuh district is 1507 km2.

According to the 2011 census, Nuh district had a population of 1,089,406, roughly equal to the nation of Cyprus or the US state of Rhode Island. This gives it a ranking of 420th in India (out of a total of 640). The district had a population density of 729 inhabitants per square kilometre (1,890/sq mi) . Its population growth rate over the decade 2001-2011 was 37.94%. It has a sex ratio of 906 females for every 1000 males, and a literacy rate of 56.1%.


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