Sonipat
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Sonipat is a planned industrial city & administrative headquarter in Sonipat district of Haryana state of India. It comes under the National Capital Region and is around 44 kilometres (27 mi) from New Delhi. It lies 214 km (128 miles) southwest of Chandigarh, the state capital. The Yamuna River runs along its eastern boundary.
Sonipat | |
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Coordinates: 28.990°N 77.022°E / 28.990; 77.022 | |
Country | India |
State | Haryana |
Division | Rohtak |
District | Sonipat |
Government | |
• Type | Municipal corporation |
• Body | Sonipat Municipal Corporation |
• M.P. | Ramesh Chander Kaushik (BJP) |
• M.L.A. | Surender Panwar (INC) |
• Mayor | Nikhil Madan (INC)[1] |
Area | |
• City | 181 km2 (70 sq mi) |
Elevation | 224.15 m (735.40 ft) |
Population | |
• City | 382,000 |
• Urban | 402,000 |
Languages[5][6] | |
• Official | Hindi, Haryanvi |
• Regional | Haryanvi[7] |
Time zone | UTC+5.30 (Indian Standard Time) |
PIN | 131001 |
Telephone Code | +91-130 |
ISO 3166 code | IN-HR |
Vehicle registration | HR-10, HR-69(Commercial Vehicles), HR-99(Temporary), DL-14 Sonipat (Delhi NCR), HR-86 |
Sex Ratio | 1.19 |
Effective literacy | 85.48% |
Website | sonipat |
On 22 December 1972, Sonipat designated a full-fledged district. Sonipat Junction railway station is the main railway junction on Delhi-Kalka line. It lies on Delhi Western Peripheral Expressway, Eastern Peripheral Expressway (NE II) and Grand Trunk Road (NH 44) as well as the planned Delhi–Sonipat–Panipat Regional Rapid Transit System.