Country India District Kaithal PIN 136027 Elevation 237 m Area code 01746 | State Haryana Time zone IST (UTC+5:30) Telephone code 01746 Local time Sunday 11:45 AM | |
Weather 19°C, Wind NW at 11 km/h, 50% Humidity | ||
Geong is a village in the Kaithal District of Haryana State, India. It is located 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) east of the District Headquarters on the Kaithal-Kurukshetra State Highway and 124 kilometres (77 mi) from the state capital Chandigarh. The village is part of Ambala Division and lies around 150 kilometres (93 mi) north of the national capital New Delhi. Geong is 237 meters above sea level.Geong ia religious village. There are so many temple and religious place.
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Map of Geong, Haryana 136027
Demographics
At the time of the 2011 Indian census, there were 1,008 families Geong. The population was 5,286, comprising 2,829 males and 2,457 females. The average sex ratio was 869, which is lower than Haryana state average of 879. The child sex ratio was 874, higher than the Haryana average of 834. The literacy rate of Geong village was 65.10% compared to 75.55% in Haryana. Male literacy was 75.58% and female literacy 53.03%. In line with the Constitution of India and the Panchyati Raaj Act,Geong is administrated by a sarpanch (head of village) who is an elected representative of the village.
The houses are mostly built of concrete. Most of the people who live in Geong are farmers; others works as potters, carpenters and blacksmith. Bulls are use for farming and other activities.
The majority of the population are Jaat but other cast are gurjar, brahman, nai,chamar balmiki etc. Currently, Geong does not have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.
In Geong, the sun time varies by 24 minutes from IST. The native languages of Geong are Hindi, Haryanvi and Punjabi; most of the village people speak Haryanvi.
Transportation
Geong is serveded by National Highway NH 65 and State Highways SH-6 and SH-8 (Karnal Road). Geong is connected to the Indian Railway network on the Kurukshetra - Narwana line, and also to the state capital Chandigarh and to New Delhi. Indian Railway uses code Geong Halt or Geong H, which also mentioned as GXG. The nearest railway station to Geong is Kaithal, around 7 kilometre distance. Geong's nearest airport is Karnal Airport situated 55.8 km away. Other airports are Chandigarh airport (around 120 km) and New Delhi airport (200 km).