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Sonepat district

Sonipat district
सोनीपत ज़िला
ਸੋਨੀਪਤ ਜ਼ਿਲਾ
District of Haryana
Location of Sonipat district in Haryana
Location of Sonipat district in Haryana
Country India
State Haryana
Administrative division Rohtak
Headquarters Sonipat
Tehsils 1. Sonipat, 2. Kharkhauda, 3. Gohana, 4. Gannaur
Government
 • Lok Sabha constituencies Sonipat
 • Assembly seats Ganaur, Rai, Kharkhauda, Sonipat, Gohana, Baroda
Area
 • Total 2,260 km2 (870 sq mi)
Population (2001)
 • Total 1,278,830
 • Density 570/km2 (1,500/sq mi)
 • Urban 321,432
Demographics
 • Literacy 73.71
 • Sex ratio 839/1000
Major highways NH-1 NH-71
Average annual precipitation 624 mm
Website Official website

Sonipat district (Hindi: सोनीपत ज़िला, Punjabi: ਸੋਨੀਪਤ ਜ਼ਿਲਾ) is one of the 21 districts of Haryana state in northern India. Sonipat town is the district headquarters. It is a part of National Capital Region along with Delhi, Gurgaon, Faridabad, Noida, Ghaziabad.

The district borders Delhi union territory in south, Panipat District in the north, Jind District in the north-west, Uttar Pradesh state in the east with the Yamuna River acting as a border and Rohtak District in the west.

The district is named after its administrative headquarters, Sonipat. Sonipat was earlier known as Sonprastha, which later became Svarnaprastha (Golden City), which is derived from two Sanskrit words, Svarna (Gold) and Prastha (Place). Over a period of time, the classical name Svarnprastha's pronunciation degraded into Svarnpat, and then to its current form, Sonipat. The earliest reference of this city comes in the epic Mahabharata, and at that time, it was one of the five villages demanded by the Pandavas in lieu of the kingdom of Hastinapur.


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