Assandh is a city and a municipal committee in Karnal district

Karnal District

Karnal district is one of the 21 districts of Haryana state in northern India. Karnal town is the administrative headquarters of the district. Other major towns in this district are Assandh, Gharaunda, Nilokheri, Indri and Uncha Siwana. This district is part of Rohtak Division.-History:Karnal...

  in the state of Haryana

Haryana

Haryana is a state in India. Historically, it has been a part of the Kuru region in North India. The name Haryana is found mentioned in the 12th century AD by the apabhramsha writer Vibudh Shridhar . It is bordered by Punjab and Himachal Pradesh to the north, and by Rajasthan to the west and south...

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India

India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

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Demographics

India census

Census

A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring and recording information about the members of a given population. It is a regularly occurring and official count of a particular population. The term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common...

, Assandh had a population of 22,707. Males constitute 53% of the population and females 47%. Assandh has an average literacy rate of 62%, higher than the national average of 59.5%; with 58% of the males and 42% of females literate. 15% of the population is under 6 years of age.

Assandh is a small town in Karnal District, Haryana. Assandh is 45 km north-west of Karnal.
From a visiting tourist’s point of view, a trip to the historic sites around Delhi, Kaithal and Panipat will be an exciting option.

Nearest airport is at New Delhi. Panipat was the part of District Karnal till 31 October 1989, which was upgraded as a separate District, including Assandh Tehsil of district Karnal. When the District was reformed on 1 January 1992 Assandh Tehsil was excluded from this District.

The more than 2000-year-old nation’s biggest Buddhist Stupa is situated at Assandh.The stupa is 25-metre high and at least 75 metres in diametre raised on an earthen platform. It is built with the help of bricks. This stupa is bigger than the much-famous stupa at Sanchi.According to historians, bricks used to construct this stupa, having a width of more than two-feet, indicate that the history of this monument dates back to more than 2000 years.Therefore, the importance of Assandh in the ancient period can not be ruled out with the presence of the nation’s biggest stupa.

• Pincode - 132039
• STD Code - 01749
• DL Code - HR-40

Politics

Assandh is part of Assandh constituency of the Haryana Vidhan Sabha. The following is the list of MLA

Member of Legislative Assembly

A Member of Legislative Assembly, or MLA, is a representative elected by the voters of an electoral district to the Legislature of a State in the Indian system of government...

s have been elected from this constituency:

• 1977 - Jogi Ram - JNP
• 1982 - Manphool Singh - LKD
• 1987 - Manphool Singh - LKD
• 1991 - Krishan Lal Panwar - JP
• 1996 - Krishan Lal Panwar - SAP
• 2000 - Krishan Lal Panwar - INLD
• 2005 - Raj Rani Poonam - INC
• 2009 - Pt. Zile Ram Sharma - INC

Villages in Assandh Tehsil

• Alawla
• Ardana
• Bahri
• Balla
• Balona
• Bassi
• Bhambar Heri
• Bindrala
• Bir Bassi
• Chaugawan
• Chochra
• Danauli
• Dopedi
• Gangatheri
• Goli
• Ichhanpur
• Jai Singhpura
• Jalmana
• Jhabala
• Jhimri Khera
• Kaboolpur
• Karsa Chaur
• Kaul
• Khaktor
• Khanda Kheri
• Kheri Sharafali
• Khizarabad
• Kurlan
• Lalain Panghala
• Mardan Heri
• Mor Majra
• Mundh
• Pacca Khera
• Padha
• Phaphrana
• Popra
• Rahra
• Rattak
• Risalwa
• Ruksana
• Salwan
• Sheikhupura Manchuri
• Thal
• Thari
• Tharwa Majra
• Uplana
• Uplani
• Rangrutti Khera

Places of Interest

• Salwan Chowk
• Jind Chowk
• Bus Stand
• Virk Palace
• City Palace
• Milan Palace
• Mandir Chowk
• Kaithal Road Byepass
• Holy Chowk
• Post Office
• Police Station
• Tehsil
• Gopal Tea Stall
• Dakkhane Wali Gali
• General Hospital
• Satto Peer
• Geeta Colony
• Ram Nagar
• Theatre
• Hafed Sugar Mill
• Gurdawara Chowk
• Madan Pakora Wala
• J C coolege
• Tractor Market
• Gurudwara Market
• Gurudwara Dehra Sahib
• Ajay Financial Associates
• Haryana computerised laboratory
• Ward No. 8
• darbara colony
• high school ground
• beautiful drain with diamonds

Hospitals

• DR.W.S.Chaudhary
• Dr.Varinder Hospital
• General Hospital
• Dr. Munjal Hospital
• Dr. Luthra Hospital
• Dr. Singla Hospital
• Dr. Goel Hospital

BUSINESS

• M/S LUXMI RICE MILL
• M/S GOEL FERTILIZERS & AGRO CHEMICALS
• Ajay Financial Associates
• raj fiance associate

Education

• DAV Public School
• Guru Arjun Dev Girls Senior Secondary school
• Cambridge Public School
• Minerva Public School
• National Public School
• Himalya Public School
• JPS Academy
• MM Public School
• J.C. College of Education
• Vivekananda Vidya Niketan, Kaithal Road, Assandh.
• J.C. Mahila Mahavidalaya
• goodly public school,jalmana,assandh
• GMS tharwa mazra ,assandh