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Jind is a town in Jind District
Jind district
Jind district is one of the 21 districts of Haryana state in northern India. Jind town is the administrative headquarters of the district. It is part of Hisar Division....

, Harayana state, India.
It is one of the oldest districts of Harayana. It is one of the first Sikh
Sikh
A Sikh is a follower of Sikhism. It primarily originated in the 15th century in the Punjab region of South Asia. The term "Sikh" has its origin in Sanskrit term शिष्य , meaning "disciple, student" or शिक्ष , meaning "instruction"...

 Kingdoms. It lies in central Haryana and is the fourth district of the Jat belt (i.e. Sonipat
Sonipat
Sonipat , also spelled as Sonepat, is an ancient town and a municipal council in Sonipat district in the state of Haryana, India. It comes under National Capital Region and is 45 km north of Delhi. The Yamuna River runs along the eastern boundary of the district...

, Rohtak
Rohtak
Rohtak City is a Municipal Corporation in Rohtak district that styles itself as the "Heart of Haryana". It is located 70 km Northwest of New Delhi and 210 km South of the state capital Chandigarh at the NH 10...

, Hissar
Hisar, India
Hisar city, previously spelled Hissar, is the administrative headquarters of Hisar district, in the state of Haryana, in northwestern India. Hisar was founded in 1354 CE, as Hissar-e-Firoza by Firoz Shah Tughlaq, who reigned over the Sultanate of Delhi from 1351 to 1388. on the demolished ruins...

, Jind).The city is beautiful. Rani Talab is the major tourist place Pandu
Pandu
In the Mahābhārata epic, King Pandu is the son of Ambalika and Rishi Ved Vyasa. He is more popularly known as the father of the Pandavas and ruled Hastinapur.-Birth:...

-Pindara and Ramrai
Ramrai
Ramrai is an ancient village in Jind district in Haryana. It is located on Jind-Hansi road, 8 Kilometers west of Jind. It's a very popular village of Haryana. The Jats of this village are of Dhull gotra mainly. Ramrai or Ramahrada is a traditional south-west Yaksha of the Kurukshetra region...

 are the main devotional places attracting devotees for Amaavas bath.

Origin and name

The district derives its name from its headquarters town Jind that is said to be a corruption of Jaintapuri. It is also said that this town had been founded at the time of the Mahabharata
Mahabharata
The Mahabharata is one of the two major Sanskrit epics of ancient India and Nepal, the other being the Ramayana. The epic is part of itihasa....

. According to an old saying, the Pandavas built the Jayanti Devi Temple
Jayanti Devi Temple
The name of Jind town comes from Jayanti, the goddess of victory. The Pandavas built a temple to Jayanti Devi around which came up the town of Jaintpuri. The name later morphed into Jind....

 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.

Geography

Jind is located at 29.32°N 76.32°E. It has an average elevation of 227 metres (744 feet).

Demographics

As of the 2001 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...

, Jind had a population of 136,089. Males constitute 54% of the population and females 46%. Jind has an average literacy rate of 69%, higher than the national average of 59.5%. Male literacy is 75%, and female literacy is 61%. In Jind, 14% of the population is under 6 years of age.

Princely Jind

Jind state was founded by descendants of Chaudhry Phul Singh under the patronage and protection of the Sikh Guru (Guru Hargobind and Guru Har Rai). Jind was a state of Sikhs of Sidhu
Sidhu
Sidhu is the most influential and prominent Jat/Jatt gotra .The Sidhu clan is mainly found in the Malwa region of Punjab state,Ganganagar district and the province of Punjab in Pakistan...

 Jat origin founded by the grandson of Chaudhary Phul Singh who was the founder father of the Phulkian Dynasty i.e. the Patiala, Jind and Nabha Kingdoms. Chaudhary Phul Singh had six sons, namely, 1.Tiloka 2.Ram Singh 3.Rudh 4.Chunu 5. Jhandu and 6.Takhtmal. The area of the state was 1259 square miles (3,260.8 km²) and the annual income of Jind state was Rs 30,00,000/-.

Industry

With the emergence of Haryana as a separate State in 1966, the process of industrialization in the district began. Several small-scale industrial units for the manufacture of radio and electrical good, fabrication of cement jallis, soap and candles, etc., were set up in urban areas. Some more important units manufacturing agricultural implements, chemicals, thermometers, surgical cotton, foundries, screws, plastic products, paper-board, coke briquettes, etc. were established after 1968. The first large-scale industrial unit was the Milk Plant at Jind, which came into existence in 1970. Another unit for the manufacture of steel products was set up in 1973. Industry in the district received a further fillip with the establishment of a cattle feed plant in 1974.

A number of local and National Newspaper Publish from Jind City.

Government and politics

Parliamentary Seats:Sonepat

Member of Parliament
Member of Parliament
A Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a :parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title, such as senate, and thus also have different titles for its members,...

 - Jitender Singh - Congress

Total Number of Constituencies for State Assembly : 5
  • Jind
  • Narwana
  • Safidon
  • Uchana
  • Julana


Member of the Legislative Assembly
Member of the Legislative Assembly
A Member of the Legislative Assembly or a Member of the Legislature , is a representative elected by the voters of a constituency to the legislature or legislative assembly of a sub-national jurisdiction....

 - Dr. Harichand Midda

Railways

Jind is a major junction which is connected by railways to Important Indian cities like Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Pune, Indore, Bhopal, Jabalpur etc.
  • 11449/11450 Durgavati Express
    Durgavati Express
    The Durgavati Express or Jabalpur - Jammu Tawi Express is a bi weekly mail express train service run by West Central Railway. It runs between Jabalpur Junction railway station of Jabalpur, an important military hub of Eastern Madhya Pradesh state and Jammu Tawi railway station of Jammu & Kashmir...

    (Jabalpur - JammuTawi)
  • 19315/19316 Ekta Express (Indore - Amritsar)
  • 12919/12920 Malwa Express
    Malwa Express
    Malwa Express is a daily superfast express train service which connects Indore Junction BG railway station of Indore, the largest city and commercial hub in Madhya Pradesh, to Jammu Tawi in Jammu & Kashmir, India.- Number and Nomenclature :The 'down' service from Indore runs as number 12919, and...

    (Indore - JammuTawi)

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