Samalkha is a town/tehsil and a municipal committee in Panipat district

Panipat District

Panipat district is one of the 21 districts of Haryana state in northern India. The historical town of Panipat is the administrative headquarters of the district. The district occupies an area of 1268 km².-History:...

 in the India

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 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...

. Samalkha has been dominated by Gurjars since its inception. There are 24 villages of Chhokars (a surname of Gurjars) and 27 Villages of Rawals (surname of Gurjars) in samalkha. Samalkha is known for its MANDI so known as SAMALKHA MANDI as well. Purani GUR MANDI is the one of the prominent one and is still having renowned residents famous for wisdom and honesty. Another business is cast iron industries (fodder cutting machines), nuts and bolts(fastners), iron rods (Saria), bathroom fitting manufacturing plants etc.

Geography

Samalkha is located at 29.23°N 77.02°E. It has an average elevation of 227 metre

Metre

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s (744 feet).
It is situated on GT road, 72 km from Delhi on the way to Panipat/Ambala/Amritsar.

Demographics

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, Samalkha had a population of 29,856. Males constitute 55% of the population and females 45%. Samalkha has an average literacy rate of 68%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 74%, and female literacy is 61%. In Samalkha, 15% of the population is under 6 years of age.

Trains

Towards New Delhi

1. 12312 Hawarah Kalka Mail[Delhi, Kanpur, Mugalsaray, Gaya, Kolkata(Hawrah)](04:18)

2. 11078 Jhelam Express (08:15)[New Delhi, Agra, Bhopal, Pune ]

3. 14732 Bhatinda Express (10:58)[Sonipat, Delhi]

4. 11058 Dadar Express (18:15)[New Delhi, Agra, Bhopal, Dadar]

5. 14218 Unchahar Express (19:30)[Delhi, Kanpur, Allahabad]

6. 14096 Himalyan Queen(20:57) [Sarai Rohilla, New Delhi, Panipat, Ambala, Kalka]

Towards Amritsar / Jammu Tavi / Punjab-Himachal

1. 14217 Unchahar Express (05:55)[Panipat, Kurukshetra, Ambala, Chandigarh]

2. 11057 Dadar Express (06:15)[Panipat, Kurukshetra, Ambala, Patiala, Amritsar]

3. 14095 Himalyan Queen(07:09)[Sonipat, New Delhi]

4. 14731 Bhatinda Express (15:58)[Panipat, Kurukshetra, Ambala, Patiala, Bhatinda]

5. 11077 Jhelam Express (22:45)[Panipat, Kurukshetra, Ambala, Jammu Tavi]

6. 12311 Hawarah Kalka Mail(23:10)[Panipat, Kurukshetra, Ambala, Chandigarh, Kalka]

7. 14553 Himachal Express (Nangal Dam)(23:48)[Panipat, Kurukshetra, Ambala, Una (Himachal)]

Market

It has a big grain, jaggery and wood markets, one of the big markets in north India and Haryana(India).
Samalkha has a large market starting from old bus stand/GT road to railway station about 1 km. have some prominent companies in Polymer. Samalkha is best place for business because there is better connectivity with other parts of country being on G.T road (NH-1), New Delhi to Amtritsar along with Railway Line.

Colleges

• Gandhi Adrash College, Chulkana Road, Samalkha
• Vaish Girls College, Samalkha
• Panipat Institute of Textile & Engineering, PattiKalyana (PITE)samalkha
• Tau Devi Lal College of Education, Manana/Samalkha
• Samalkha Group of Institutions, Hathwala Road, Samalkha

Schools

• Maharaja Agrasen Public School, Samalkha(since2000)
• Himgiri Public School, Samalkha(since1997)
• Vaish Sr Sec School, Samalkha
• Geeta Sr Sec School, Samalkha (since 1999)
• Govt. high school, Dhodpur
• Arya Sr. Sec.Shikshaw Sadan School Atta
• Saraswati Sr Sec School, Samalkha(1994)
• Vaish Kanya Sr Sec School, Samalkha
• Govt. Sr.Sec School Samalkha.
• Delhi Public School (DPS) Panipat city Samalkha
• Ganesh Memorial High School, Near Power House, G.T. Road Samalkha.
• Siddhartha International School(Since 1994)—on G.T. Road, Samalkha
• D.A.V.Public School,Samalkha
• Asha Deep Sr. Sec. School, Pawti Road, Samalkha
• Hare Krishna International School,Gari Chaju Road,Samalkha
• Mother India Sr. Sec. School in SAHARMALPUR
• Holy Heart Junior Sports School, near I.T.I samalkha
• Bharat Mata Vidhay Mandir, Jaurasi Road, Samalkha
• S.V.B.P.Public School,Chulkana Road near chulkana
• Kidzee Zee Pre School, near Gulati Road
• Haryana Sr. Sec. School, Samalkha
• SJS International School,Dikadla Road, Samalkha
• Shivam kids valley School,Samalkha

Rural Samalkha Block

Samalkha itself has MC. Rural Samalkha has 83 village panchayats including following villages:
Chulkana,
Dhodpur,
Nirana,
Bapoli
Jurasi,
JeetGarh,
Pattikalyana,
Shaharmalpur,
Beholi,
Garhi Chaju,
Tajpur,
Kiwana,engineer sunil chhoker's village '
Taharpur,
Bapoli etc. Currently the rural panchayats are handled by BDPO Samalkha.