Jind district

Jind district is one of the 22 districts of Haryana state in northern India. Jind town is the administrative headquarters of the district. It is part of Hisar Division and was created in 1966.

Etymology

The district derives its name from its headquarters town Jind that is said to be derived from Jaintapuri. It is also said that this town had been founded at the time of the Mahabharata. According to a legend, the Pandavas built a temple in honour of Jainti Devi (the goddess of victory), offered prayers for success, and then launched the battle with the Kauravas. The town grew up around the temple and was named Jaintapuri (Abode of Jainti Devi) which later on came to be known as Jind.

History

Jind Fort

Raja Gajpat Singh, a great-grandson of Chaudhary Phul Singh Sidhu Jat, the founder of the Phulkian Misl, established a kingdom by seizing a large tract of the country, which included the territory occupied by the present district of Jind, from the Afghan governor Zain Khan in 1763 and created Jind city, the capital of the state in 1776. He built a fort here in 1775. Later, Sangrur was chosen as the capital of Jind State by Raja Sangat Singh (reigned 1822 to 1834).

The Raja of Jind is of the same family as the Maharaja of Patiala, being like him, descended from Phul.

The Originator of the Phulkian Dynasty, Phul left six sons, of whom Tiloka was the eldest, and from him are descended the families of Jind and Nabha.

From Rama, the second son, sprang the greatest of the Phulkian houses, that of Patiala besides Bhadaur, Kot Duna and Malaudh.

In 1627 Phul founded and gave his name to a village which was an important town in the State of Nabha. His two elder sons founded Bhai Rupa while Rama also built Rampura.

Punjab history reveals that Jind was founded by descendants of Phool. Jind was a native state in Haryana. Jind was a state of Siddus founded by the grandson of Chaudhary Phul Singh.

Tiloka had two sons namely, 1. Gurudutta 2. Sukh Chain. Sukh Chain's descendants ruled Jind state and Gurudatta's descendants ruled Nabha state.

Post-Independence after 1947

After Independence, Jind and Patiala States were merged into the Indian Union on 15 July 1948, the Jind Tahsil of Jind State and mostly Narwana Tahsil of Patiala State were reorganized to form two new tahsils: Jind and Narwana in Sangrur district, which became part of the newly formed Patiala and East Punjab States Union (PEPSU).

During the reorganization of Punjab on 1 November 1966, Sangrur district was divided, and the Jind and Narwana tahsils were transferred to the newly created state of Haryana. These tahsils were combined to form the new Jind district, one of the seven original districts of Haryana. In 1967, Jind Tahsil was further split into two separate tahsils: Jind and Safidon.

In January 1973, 54 villages were transferred from Kaithal Tahsil of Karnal district to Jind district—43 to Jind, 5 to Safidon, and 6 to Narwana Tahsil. In 1974, the village of Barsola was also added to Jind Tahsil from Hansi Tahsil in Hisar district.

Divisions

The district comprises three sub-divisions: Jind, Narwana and Safidon. Jind sub-division is further divided into three tehsils: Jind, Julana and Alewa (sub-tehsil). Narwana sub-division is further divided into two tehsils: Narwana and Uchana (sub-tehsil), and Safidon sub-division is also divided into two tehsils: Safidon and Pillu-Khera (sub-tehsil).

There are five Vidhan Sabha constituencies in this district: Jind, Julana, Safidon, Uchana Kalan and Narwana. Jind, Julana and Safidon are part of Sonipat Lok Sabha constituency. Narwana and Uchana Kalan are part of Sirsa and Hisar Lok Sabha constituencies respectively.

Jind town, the administrative headquarters, has an Arjun stadium, milk plant, cattle feed plant, and a large grain market. There are facilities for stay at PWD rest house, canal rest house, and market committee rest house. The town is well provided with schools, colleges, hospitals, and other basic amenities. Jind is noted for its numerous temples sacred to the worship of Shiva. Tradition assigns the settlement of the town to the Mahabharat period. Rani Talab is the major tourist attraction and Pandu-Pidara and Ramrai are the main devotional places attracting devotees for Amaavas bath.

Demographics

According to the 2011 census Jind district has a population of 1,334,152, roughly equal to the nation of Mauritius or the US state of Maine. This gives it a ranking of 364th in India (out of a total of 640). The district has a population density of . Its population growth rate over the decade 2001-2011 was 11.95%. Jind has a sex ratio of 870 females for every 1000 males, and a literacy rate of 72.7%. Scheduled Castes make up 21.16% of the population.

Religion

Religious groups in Jind District (British Punjab province era)

Religious group	1881		1891		1901		1911		1921		1931		1941
	Pop.	%	Pop.	%	Pop.	%	Pop.	%	Pop.	%	Pop.	%	Pop.	%
Hinduism File:Om.svgTemplate:Efn	210,627		230,846		211,963		210,222		234,721		243,561		268,355
Islam File:Star and Crescent.svg	34,247		38,508		38,717		37,520		43,251		46,002		50,972
Sikhism File:Khanda.svg	4,335		15,020		29,975		22,566		28,026		33,290		40,981
Jainism File:Jain Prateek Chihna.svg	649		173		1,258		1,233		1,548		1,613		1,294
Christianity File:Christian cross.svg	3		7		80		187		637		210		161
Zoroastrianism File:Faravahar.svg	0		0		0		0		0		0		3
Buddhism File:Dharma Wheel (2).svg	0		0		0		0		0		0		3
Judaism File:Star of David.svg	—	—	6		0		0		0		0		0
Others	1		0		10		0		0		0		43
Total population	249,862		284,560		282,003		271,728		308,183		324,676		361,812
Note1: British Punjab province era district borders are not an exact match in the present-day due to various bifurcations to district borders — which since created new districts — throughout the historic Punjab Province region during the post-independence era that have taken into account population increases. Note 2: British Punjab province era figures refer to Jind State. Relative to present-day Jind district, the state excluded areas of contemporary Narwana tehsil but included Charkhi Dadri district along with some parts of contemporary Sangrur district, Bathinda district, and Patiala district.

Religion in Jind district (2011)
Religion			Percent
Hinduism			95.69%
Sikhism			2.18%
Islam			1.73%
Other or not stated			0.40%

Religious groups in Jind District (Modern era)
Religious group	1971
	Pop.	%
Hinduism File:Om.svg	6,11,573	95.62%
Sikhism File:Khanda.svg	15,997	2.5%
Islam File:Star and Crescent.svg	7,650	1.2%
Jainism File:Jain Prateek Chihna.svg	4,230	0.66%
OthersTemplate:Efn	82	0.1%
Total population	639,610

Languages

Template:Pie chart At the time of the 2011 Census of India, 84.07% of the population in the district spoke Haryanvi, 12.41% Hindi and 2.80% Punjabi as their first language. Saraiki is also spoken by migrated people from Saraiki region.

See also

• Haryana Tourism
• List of Monuments of National Importance in Haryana
• List of State Protected Monuments in Haryana
• List of Indus Valley Civilization sites in Haryana
• List of National Parks & Wildlife Sanctuaries of Haryana, India
• Nachar Khera
• Jind State

External links

• Official website
• Jind Directory