Samalkha

Samalkha
Samalkha
Town
	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	132101
Telephone code	0180
ISO 3166 code	IN-HR
Vehicle registration	HR-60
Website	haryana.gov.in

Samalkha is a town and Sub district of

GT road, 19 km (11.7 miles) south of Panipat, the district headquarter and 72 kilometres (45 mi) from the national capital Delhi

. It is center of politics in Haryana after Sohna in gurugram and Faridabad.

Industries in the town include cast iron, nuts and bolts, iron rods machine tools and bathroom fittings manufacture. There are about 82 villages in Samalkha block and 17 wards. Main villages are Bapoli, Sanauli, Chulkana, Patti kalyana, Jaurassi, Kiwana, Manana and Naraina.

Geography

Samalkha has an average elevation of 227 metres (745 ft). It is situated on

GT road, 19 km (11.7 miles) south of Panipat, 32 km north from Sonipat and 72 kilometres (45 mi) from the national capital Delhi, 136 km (84 miles) south of Ambala and 178 km (110 miles) southwest of Chandigarh

.

Connectivity

Grand Trunk road network.^[1]

Some of villages (like- Hathwala, Bilaspur, etc) of Samalkha are also connected to UP through the Yamuna River.

Samalkha is connected to all major Indian cities via Samalkha railway station

Demographics

According to the

2011 India census, Samalkha had a population of 39,710. Males are 21,379 and females are 18,331. Samalkha has an average literacy rate of 78%, higher than the national average of 61.5%: male literacy is 78%, and female literacy is 69%. In Samalkha, 20% of the population is under 6 years of age.^[2]

Samalkha town is inhabited by outsiders mainly vaishyas, Punjabis and local jats.

Market

Samalkha takes the position of ward no. 5 in Panipat. It is in possession of large grain, jaggery and wood markets, one of the largest markets is located in the state of Haryana. The market stretches for 1 km from the old bus stand/GT road to the railway station and features prominent companies in the polymer and bath fitting industries. It also receives a high influx of customers from neighboring districts like Baghpat or Uttar Pradesh.

Industries

Nestlé India Ltd, situated on Patikalyana-Kiwana Road.
Continental Warehousing Corporation NS Ltd. D P WORLD Group, situated on NH 1 at Diwana, Haryana
Haryana Organics Bear Factory, situated on Chulkana-Samalkha Road
Jai Hind Iron Foundry, situated on GT Road Samalkha
Shri Tirupati Steels, situated on HSIIDC Road Samalkha
Bharat Trading Company, Shop No.155 situated in New Grain Market Samalkha.

Colleges

Gandhi Adrash College, Chulkana Road
Vaish Girls College, Samalkha
Tau Devi Lal College of Education, Manana
Samalkha Group of Institutions, Hathwala Road
Panipat Institute of Engineering and Technology, near Pattikalyana, N.H. 44
Geeta Institute of law,Karhans

Politics

Samalkha's politics is very complex. Samalkha is Gurjar dominant legislative constituency.Since many years only a

Non Gurjar community in 2014. In 2019 election a Gurjar community candidate named Dharam Singh Chhoker won the elections who previously also served as the MLA

of Samalkha from 2009-2014.

References

[1] Battle of Panipat commute to Delhi

[2] ttp://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/0607_PART_B_DCHB_PANIPAT.pdf ^{[bare URL PDF]}

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