Gurgaon district

Coordinates: 28°15′N 77°10′E / 28.250°N 77.167°E / 28.250; 77.167
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Gurgaon district
Vidhan Sabha constituencies
1. Pataudi, 2. Badshahpur, 3. Gurgaon and 4. Sohna
Websitegurugram.gov.in

Gurgaon district, officially known as Gurugram district,

Union Territory of Delhi. Faridabad district lies to its east. To its south lie the districts of Palwal and Nuh. To the west lies Rewari district
.

History

According to

Chauhan Dynasty
.

After the defeat,

Balban retaliated by overrunning the Mewat
area once again and killing 250 Meo prisoners and slaughtering 12,000 women, children and surviving men.

At the time of the

Jasrat Khokhar who had conquered the Punjab
.

In 1527,

Mughals, and his son Nihad Khan, ruled Mewat as a vassal of the Mughals. Aurangzeb sent Jai Singh I to crush the revolting Khanzada Mewati chief Ikram Khan. After the death of Aurangzeb, Bahadurgarh and Farrukhnagar in the north were under the Baloch nawabs who were granted jagir in 1713 CE by the Mughal king Farrukhsiyar
.

The central area of Badshapur was under Hindu

Jat king of Bharatpur State, Maharaja Suraj Mal
.

During Maratha Empire the area was conquered by their Christian French generals in the late 18th century and they granted Farukhnagar to Begum Samru and Jharsa (Badshahpur) to her European husband Walter Reinhardt Sombre. Southern areas, including Nuh, stayed under the Bharatpur king Ranjit Singh and their vassal relatives, one of whom was Nahar Singh.[2][3][4]

During the 1947 Partition of India, majority of the Muslim population fled to the newly created state of Pakistan meanwhile non-Muslim population of West Punjab in modern Pakistan migrated and settled in this region. Many Hindus and Sikhs from West Punjab came and settled in this region in 1947.

Geography

This district contains many small hill ranges which are part of the Aravali and Mangar Bani ranges.

Demographics

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1901182,978—    
1911159,558−1.36%
1921148,627−0.71%
1931162,464+0.89%
1941186,775+1.40%
1951201,727+0.77%
1961259,655+2.56%
1971348,151+2.98%
1981471,695+3.08%
1991606,791+2.55%
2001874,695+3.72%
20111,514,432+5.64%
source:[5]

According to the

640).[6] The district has a population density of 1,241 inhabitants per square kilometre (3,210/sq mi) .[6] Its population growth rate over the decade 2001-2011 was 73.93%.[6] Gurgaon has a sex ratio of 853 females for every 1000 males,[6] and a literacy rate of 84.4%. Scheduled Castes make up 13.07% of the population.[6]


Religion

Religion in Gurugram district (2011)[9]
Religion Percent
Hinduism
 
 93.03%
Islam
 
 4.68%
Sikhism
 
 1.00%
Christianity
 
 0.64%
Other or not stated
 
 0.65%
Religion in Gurugram District
Religious
group 		2011[9]
Pop. %
Hinduism 1,408,801 93.03%
Islam 70,842 4.68%
Sikhism 15,097 1%
Christianity 9,725 0.64%
Others 9,967 0.66%
Total Population 1,514,432 100%
Religious groups in Gurgaon District (
British Punjab province
era)
Religious
group 		1901[10] 1911[11][12] 1921[13] 1931[14] 1941[15]
Pop. % Pop. % Pop. % Pop. % Pop. %
Hinduism [a] 499,373 66.92% 421,885 65.59% 460,134 67.47% 493,174 66.63% 560,537 65.83%
Islam 242,548 32.5% 217,237 33.78% 216,860 31.8% 242,357 32.74% 285,992 33.59%
Jainism 3,909 0.52% 2,921 0.45% 2,762 0.4% 2,665 0.36% 2,613 0.31%
Christianity 278 0.04% 782 0.12% 1,316 0.19% 1,463 0.2% 1,673 0.2%
Sikhism 99 0.01% 342 0.05% 924 0.14% 500 0.07% 637 0.07%
Zoroastrianism 1 0% 9 0% 6 0% 4 0% 4 0%
Buddhism 0 0% 1 0% 0 0% 0 0% 0 0%
Judaism 0 0% 0 0% 1 0% 0 0% 2 0%
Others 0 0% 0 0% 0 0% 0 0% 0 0%
Total population 746,208 100% 643,177 100% 682,003 100% 740,163 100% 851,458 100%
Note:
British Punjab province era district borders are not an exact match in the present-day due to various bifurcations to district borders — which since created new districts — throughout the historic Punjab Province region
during the post-independence era that have taken into account population increases.
Religion in the Tehsils of Gurgaon District (1941)[15]
Tehsil Hinduism [a] Islam Sikhism Christianity Jainism Others[b] Total
Pop. % Pop. % Pop. % Pop. % Pop. % Pop. % Pop. %
Gurgaon Tehsil 113,614 80.84% 24,878 17.7% 312 0.22% 727 0.52% 941 0.67% 71 0.05% 140,543 100%
Firozpur Jhirka Tehsil 25,777 20.83% 97,500 78.79% 14 0.01% 4 0% 448 0.36% 0 0% 123,743 100%
Nuh Tehsil 61,870 41.9% 85,462 57.88% 12 0.01% 181 0.12% 124 0.08% 0 0% 147,649 100%
Palwal Tehsil 130,234 81.58% 28,754 18.01% 183 0.11% 269 0.17% 186 0.12% 15 0.01% 159,641 100%
Rewari Tehsil 151,763 83.31% 29,277 16.07% 61 0.03% 99 0.05% 841 0.46% 134 0.07% 182,175 100%
Ballabgargh Tehsil 77,279 79.09% 20,121 20.59% 55 0.06% 177 0.18% 73 0.07% 2 0% 97,707 100%
Note1:
British Christians
, who were classified under "Other" category.

Languages

At the time of the

2011 Census of India, 65.60% of the population identified their first language as Hindi, 23.28% Haryanvi, 2.35% Punjabi, 2.20% Bengali and 1.33% Bhojpuri.[16]

Political and administrative divisions

Assembly constituencies

There are 4

Gurgaon Lok Sabha constituency.[18]

Sub-Divisions

The Gurgaon district is headed by an IAS officer of the rank of

Sub-Divisional Magistrate (SDM): Gurgaon, Sohna, Pataudi and Badshahpur[19]

Revenue tehsils

The above 4 sub-divisions are divided into 5 revenue

Rural development blocks
- Gurgaon, Sohna, Pataudi and Farrukhnagar.

Economy

A large number of industries and offices have been established in Gurgaon city, Manesar and Sohna Road.

Special Economic Zones (SEZ)s in Haryana state are in Gurgaon, except Sonipat[20]

Ecology

Wildlife Safari

See also: Leopards of Haryana

Gurugram Leopard and Deer Safari, also Gurugram Wildlife Safari, will be established as an

migratory birds, tourist facilities such as boat rides and picnic spots.[21][22]

Gairatpur Bas lake:
Lake near Gairatpur Bas (on the

Delhi's Red Fort). Gairatpur Bas lake collects the rainwater from Aravallis. Haryana Forests Department (HFD) has also been laying pipelines and making channels in the Aravallis around Gairatpur Bas depression to direct rainwater to the lake during rains. To make it perennial the treated water from Gurgaon's Behrampur Sewage Treatment Plant (STP) in Sector 72 will be supplied by a 3.5 km long pipe. Behrampur STP treats 17 cr ltr/day water, of which only 90 lakh ltr was in use, and remaining 16 cr ltr/day water was available for rejuvenating the wetlands of Aravali in Gurgaon and NCR.[21][22]

Significance - biodiversity and wetlands:
This area is rich in

Shivalik areas of Haryana, as 2016 survey was held only in Shivalik hills.[25]

Funds:
In Sept 2019, Haryana's Forests Minister had announced that they will allocate INR 300 cr for the project.[24]

Concerns:
Activists have raised concerns that there is lack of transparency in the plan.[21] Activists and locals also have concerns about the freedom of leopards. If Safari has any barricades it will confine the movement of free ranging leopards, they must not be placed in any enclosures as they are "already facing a threat of losing their territory because of the ruin the Aravalli forest has been facing over the past two to three decades."[24]

Conservation:
Haryana's Additional Principal Chief Conservator of Forests, assured that "Once the DPR is ready, we will be in a better position to comment what kind of safari it will be. We will not disturb the natural movement, feeding and breeding of leopards. We are working in consultation with wildlife experts of the country and under the guidance of the ministry of environment and forest."[24] Since [Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) has developed similar leopard safari near Jamnagar in Gujarat under Corporate social responsibility (CSR),[26] there are suggestions to engage RIL for their partnership, expertise and CSR funding in public–private partnership (PPP) mode to set up similar sections such as the "Forest of India", "Frog House", "Insect Life", "Dragon’s Land", "Exotic Island", "Wild Trail of Haryana" and "‘Aquatic Kingdom" and many more.

Current status:
As of August 2019 was that the GDMA will lay the water pipe by March 2020 provided DPR is approved by the GoH. By October 2019, forests officials had surveyed the area and sent two separate Detailed Project Reports (DPR) to Government of Haryana (GoH) for approval - once each for the wildlifie safari by forests department and for water pipeline by PHED Haryana and GDMA (Gurugram Metropolitan Development Authority).[21]

Wetland, flooding and water conservation

Gurgaon area has several natural lakes formed by the streams draining the

Aravali hills in the area. To avoid the flooding various check dams, called "bund" or "bundh", were built.[27]

Deforestation, ruined state of some of the check dams and obstruction to the

ephemeral streams due to random urbanisation and encroachments have led to flooding. This can be prevented by rejuvenating the johads (lakes) and existing check dams and also by constructing new check dams and artificial lakes. Following must be developed to prevent flooding and enable groundwater recharge, water for wildlife which includes leopards of Haryana, eco tourism and boating, etc.[27]

Summary of plan
  • Summary of action plan: Following must be done:[27]
    • Badshapur drain needs to be deepened
    • Additional lakes needs must be built between Teekli-Badshahpur and Ghata-Kadarpur
    • Existing lakes at Bhondsi and Damdama and stream draining into these need to be rejuvenated i.e. deepened and widened
    • Existing check dams at Ghamroj, Ghat, Gairatpur Bas, Kadarpur, Jharsa, Ghasola, etc must be rejuvenated.
    • New check dams, such as at Pandala.
Detailed action plan
  • Bhondsi-Ghamroj-Damdama catchment:
    It lies on the eastern and south side of the Aravalli on the south of Gurugaon.
    • Bhondsi lake, deepen and widen to rejuvenate this lake inside the Bharat Yatra Kendra (BYK) ashram of former prime minister Chandra Shekhar and rejuvenate all the channels from hills to this lake, it must be large enough to arrest the overflow from Ghamroj and other nearby villages.[27]
    • Ghamroj lake: greenfield lake construction and rejuvenate existing bund and channel to arrest the water from the eastern and south side of the Aravalli on the south of Gurugaon.[27]
    • Damdama Lake, rejuvenate the lake and build more upstream check dams,[27] and construct ponds for the wildlife on top of Aravalli which must be supplied by the solar powered silent pumps.
  • Badshapur-Teekli-Gairatpur Bas catchment:
    It lies ion the Aravalli south of Gurugaon. Pandala and Gairatpur Bas streams confluence at Teekli and through the Badshapur (sec 66) drain flow through Khandsa (sec 37) and Gadoli (sec 37B) to Daultabad (sec 103) and Honda Chowk flooding all these areas. This requires rejuvenation of existing streams and bunds and construction of new ones at the following location.[27]
    • Teekli-Badshapur greenfield lake: a large greenfield lake must be constructed between Teekli and Badshahpur to arrest the water from Aravalli south of Gurugaon.[27]
    • Pandala, Haryana, greenfield bund and channels[27]
    • Gairatpur Bas, rejuvenate existing bund and channels, construct new if needed.[27]
    • Teekli, rejuvenate existing bund and channels, construct new if needed.[27]
  • Ghata-Kadarpur catchment:
    • Ghata-Kadarpur lake: greenfield lake between upstream Ghata and Kadarpur to arrest the water from Aravali hills which arrives via the Gold Course and rejuvenate downstream lakes/johads at Jharsa and Ghasola.[27]
    • Ghata, Haryana,
    • Kadarpur,
    • Jharsa, rejuvenate check dams and streams
    • Ghasola (sec 49),rejuvenate check dams to prevent flooding at Ghata-Kardarpur.

Deforestation and illegal encroachments

Due to the rapid urbanisation in and around Gurgaon, there is rampant illegal deforestation and encroachments by people in violation of rules,[27] often in cahoots with corrupt officials.[citation needed] In February 2021, authorities from the town of Sohna demolished 15 illegally-built structures in Aravali Retreat, after an order from the National Green Tribunal directed the Haryana government to enforce protection of the Aravali range.[28]

Villages

See also

References

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  2. ^ Gazeteer of Gurgaon 1983 Archived 19 March 2015 at the Wayback Machine, Haryana Revenue Department, Chapter II, pp.35-45.
  3. ^ Gazeteer of Gurgaon 1910" Archived 9 October 2016 at the Wayback Machine, Haryana Revenue Department, Section B, pp.19-24.
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  18. ^ "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). The Election Commission of India. p. 157.
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  1. ^ a b 1931-1941: Including Ad-Dharmis
  2. British Christians, Buddhism, Zoroastrianism, Judaism, Tribals
    , others, or not stated

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