Time zone IST (UTC+5:30) Local time Friday 12:30 PM | Elevation 226 m (741 ft) PIN 131101 ISO 3166 code ISO 3166-2:IN | |
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Weather 22°C, Wind SE at 14 km/h, 62% Humidity Neighborhoods Shastri Nagar, Ward Number 4, Vasant Vihar, Hari Nagar, Anup Nagar, Tyagi Mohalla, Sunehra Nagar | ||
Ganaur is a city and a municipal committee in Sonipat district in the state of Haryana, India.
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Map of Gannaur, Haryana 131101
Demographics
As of 2011 India census, Ganaur had a population of 35,603 with 18,991 males and 16,612 females. Population of Children with the age of 0-6 is 4459 which is 12.52 % of total population of Ganaur (MC). In Ganaur Municipal Committee, Female Sex Ratio is of 875 against state average of 879. Moreover Child Sex Ratio in Ganaur is around 804 compared to Haryana state average of 834. Literacy rate of Ganaur city is 83.56 % higher than state average of 75.55 %. In Ganaur, Male literacy is around 90.15 % while female literacy rate is 76.12 %. Ganaur Municipal Committee has total administration over 6,863 houses to which it supplies basic amenities like water and sewerage. It is also authorized to build roads within Municipal Committee limits and impose taxes on properties coming under its jurisdiction.
Economy
Bharat Steel Tubes Ltd. (BST) is a steel tube manufacturer of its old times is the only centre of concern for the development of the Ganaur City. It is also the pioneer company of the Raunaq Group – commissioned in the early sixties, in collaboration with Abbey Etna, USA.
It also has DICT (Delhi International Cargo Terminal) and a newly constructed Fruit and Vegetable Mandi (market) named India International Horticulture Market Which is supposed to be the largest fruits & vegetable market of Asia.
Ganaur's industrial area is known as Barhi Industrial Area which provides job to a large number of migrant workers.
Geography
Ganaur is located 62 km north of the National Capital, New Delhi, and is on the National Highway 1 (Delhi - Amristar).It is also known as Ganaur Mandi as it was used to be a warehouse and grain market for the villagers who used to go sell their goods to Delhi via Ganaur Station.