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{{About|the district|its eponymous headquarters|Kurukshetra}}
{{India Districts
|Name = Kurukshetra
|Local = कुरुक्षेत्र जिला
|State = Haryana
|Division =
|HQ = Kurukshetra
|Map = HaryanaKurukshetra.png
|Area = 1683
|Rain =
|Population = 825,454
|Urban = 26.10
|Year = 2001
|Density = 490
|Literacy = 69.88
|SexRatio = 866
|Tehsils = 1. Thanesar, 2. Shahabad 3. Pehowa
|LokSabha = [[Kurukshetra (Lok Sabha constituency)|Kurukshetra]] (shared with Yamuna Nagar and Kaithal districts)
|Assembly = 4
|Highways =
|Website = http://kurukshetra.gov.in/
}}
'''Kurukshetra district''' ({{lang-hi|कुरुक्षेत्र जिला}}) is one of the 21 districts of [[Haryana]] state in northern [[India]]. The town of Kurukshetra, a sacred place for the [[Hinduism|Hindu]]s, is the administrative headquarters of this district. The district occupies an area of 1682.53 km². The district has a population of 825,454 (2001 census). This district is part of Ambala division.
==Origin of name==
[[Image:Kurukshetra.jpg|thumb|left|The [[Kurukshetra war]] depicted in a manuscript of the [[Mahabharata]]]]
The district derived its name from the ancient region of Kurukshetra, which literally means the land of the Kurus. It is believed that the [[Kurukshetra war]] described in the [[Mahabharata]] and the [[Puranas]] was fought here and [[Krishna]] recited the [[Bhagavat Gita]] to [[Arjuna]] on the battlefield before the war.
==History==
The district was carved out from the erstwhile [[Karnal district]] in 1973. Later some parts of this district were transferred to [[Kaithal district|Kaithal]] and [[Yamuna Nagar district|Yamuna Nagar]] districts at the time of their creation.
==Divisions==
Kurukshetra district comprises two sub-division: Thanesar and Pehowa. Thanesar sub-division comprises two tehsils, Thanesar and Shahabad and two sub-tehsils, Ladwa and Babain. Pehowa sub-division consists of Pehowa tehsil and Ismailabad sub-tehsil. The significant towns in this district are Kurukushetra, [[Thanesar]] and [[Pehowa]].
Due to its location at punjab border it has a substantial sikh population also
==Demographics==
According to the [[2011 census of India|2011 census]] Kurukshetra district has a [[Demographics of India|population]] of 964,231,<ref name=districtcensus>{{cite web | url = http://www.census2011.co.in/district.php | title = District Census 2011 | accessdate = 2011-09-30 | year = 2011 | publisher = Census2011.co.in}}</ref> roughly equal to the nation of [[Fiji]]<ref name="cia">{{cite web | author = US Directorate of Intelligence | title = Country Comparison:Population | url = https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2119rank.html | accessdate = 2011-10-01 | quote =
Fiji
883,125
July 2011 est.
}}</ref> or the US state of [[Montana]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://2010.census.gov/2010census/data/apportionment-pop-text.php|title=2010 Resident Population Data|publisher=U. S. Census Bureau|accessdate=2011-09-30| quote =
Montana
989,415
}}</ref> This gives it a ranking of 452nd in India (out of a total of [[Districts of India|640]]).<ref name=districtcensus/>
The district has a population density of {{convert| 630 |PD/sqkm|PD/sqmi}} .<ref name=districtcensus/> Its [[Family planning in India|population growth rate]] over the decade 2001-2011 was 16.81%.<ref name=districtcensus/> Kurukshetra has a [[sex ratio]] of 889 [[Women in India|females]] for every 1000 males,<ref name=districtcensus/> and a [[Literacy in India|literacy rate]] of 76.7%.<ref name=districtcensus/>
==Education==
[[Kurukshetra University]] was established as a unitary residential university at Kurukshetra in 1956. The Regional Engineering College at Kurukshetra was established in 1963, which was later renamed as [[National Institute of Technology, Kurukshetra|National Institute of Technology]].
==References==
{{reflist}}
==External links==
* [http://kurukshetra.gov.in/ Kurukshetra district website]
{{Geographic location
|Centre = Kurukshetra district
|North = [[Ambala district]]
|Northeast =
|East = [[Yamuna Nagar district]]
|Southeast = [[Karnal district]]
|South =
|Southwest = [[Kaithal district]]
|West =
|Northwest = [[Patiala district]], [[Punjab (India)|Punjab]]
}}
{{Districts of Haryana}}
{{Hindu temples in Haryana}}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Kurukshetra District}}
[[Category:Districts of Haryana]]
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[[Category:1973 establishments in India]]
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