List of Districts in Haryana 2022 – Latest New Districts Name List – The meaning of the word Haryana is Forest land of Hari. The earliest reference to ‘Hariana’ occurs in a Sanskrit inscription dated 1328 AD kept in Delhi Museum, which refers to this region as The heaven on earth, indicating that it was fertile and relatively peaceful at that time.
Capital – Chandigarh
Official Language – Hindi
Population – 2.54 Crores (as per 2011 Census)
Population Rank – 17th
Area – 44,212 Sq Km
Area Rank – 20th
Sex Ratio – 879 females per 1000 male
Sex Ratio Rank – 29th
Literacy Rate – 75.5 %
No. of Districts – 21
Assembly Seats – 90 (Unicameral)
Lok Sabha Seats – 10
Rajya Sabha seats – 5
Established – 1 Nov 1966
First Chief Minister – Bhagwat Dayal Sharma
First Governor – Dharma Vira
Highest peak-Â Karoh peak, 1499 m
List of Districts in Haryana
List of Districts in Haryana 2022 – Latest New Districts Name List
No.
Name of District
Area (sq km)
Population
Name of Head Quarters
1
Ambala
1,574
1,136,7841
Ambala
2
Bhiwani
3,432
1,629,109
Bhiwani
3
Charkhi Dadri
1370.11
502,276
Charkhi Dadri
4
Faridabad
792
1,798,954
Faridabad
5
Fatehabad
2,538
941,522
Fatehabad
6
Gurugram
1,253
1,514,085
Gurugram
7
Hisar
3,983
1,742,815
Hisar
8
Jhajjar
1,834
956,907
Jhajjar
9
Jind
2,702
1,332,042
Jind
10
Kaithal
2,317
1,072,861
Kaithal
11
Karnal
2,520
1,506,323
Karnal
12
Kurukshetra
1,530
964,231
Kurukshetra
13
Mahendragarh
1,859
921,680
Narnaul
14
Nuh
1,874
1,089,406
Nuh
15
Palwal
1,359
1,040,493
Palwal
16
Panchkula
898
558,890
Panchkula
17
Panipat
1,268
1,202,811
Panipat
18
Rewari
1,582
896,129
Rewari
19
Rohtak
1,745
1,058,683
Rohtak
20
Sirsa
4,277
1,295,114
Sirsa
21
Sonipat
2,122
1,480,080
Sonipat
22
Yamunanagar
1,768
1,214,162
Yamunanagar
The state shares its borders with 4 other states – Uttar Pradesh in east, Rajasthan in southwest, Punjab in northwest and Himachal Pradesh in north.
The river Yamuna marks its eastern border with Uttar Pradesh.
It surrounds nation’s capital Delhi from three sides.
The only river which flows through this state is Ghaggar.
Haryana has literacy rate of 75.5 % which is more than India’s average literacy rate of 74.04 %.
Haryana stands at 15th rank among Indian states in terms of education.
Bhivani district of Haryana is largest by area. Faridabad is largest by population.
The highest peak of the state is Karoh peak which comes in Morni hill range. The altitude of this peak is 1,499m.
Haryana is the first state in India to have 100 % rural electrification.
