Rohtak
Rohtak
Rohtak
Rohtak ( listen ) is a city and the administrative headquarters of the Rohtak
district in the Indian state of Haryana. It lies 70 kilometres (43 mi) north-west of Rohtak
New Delhi and 250 kilometres (160 mi) south of the state capital Chandigarh on NH
Municipal Corporation
9(old NH 10). Rohtak forms a part of the National Capital Region (NCR) which
helps the city in obtaining cheap loans for infrastructure development from the
NCR Planning Board.[6]
Rohtak is the sixth most populous city in Haryana as per the 2011 census with
population of 374,292.
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
(°F) (86.7) (92.5) (104.0) (113.0) (116.2) (117.0) (112.8) (106.3) (104.9) (102.9) (98.6) (86.5) (117.0)
°C (°F) (79.0) (84.6) (96.4) (107.8) (112.1) (111.9) (105.8) (99.7) (99.5) (98.1) (91.6) (82.4) (113.0)
(°F) (68.9) (75.2) (85.5) (98.4) (103.8) (103.3) (97.2) (93.9) (94.3) (92.5) (84.2) (74.5) (89.2)
(°F) (44.4) (49.5) (57.9) (68.0) (76.8) (79.9) (80.4) (78.8) (75.4) (64.8) (53.4) (45.5) (64.6)
°C (°F) (36.9) (41.0) (48.7) (58.1) (66.6) (71.2) (74.3) (74.3) (68.7) (56.7) (44.6) (38.3) (36.1)
(°F) (31.1) (32.4) (35.6) (50.7) (50.9) (66.2) (66.9) (70.0) (59.0) (46.9) (37.2) (32.0) (31.1)
mm (inches) (0.55) (0.65) (0.42) (0.56) (1.37) (2.62) (5.94) (7.57) (3.01) (0.50) (0.09) (0.22) (23.50)
Average rainy
1.2 1.6 1.3 1.0 2.1 3.4 6.9 6.5 3.6 0.7 0.3 0.6 29.2
days
Average relative
humidity (%) 60 50 43 27 29 42 64 70 59 47 51 57 50
(at 17:30 IST)
Rainfall
Annual rainfall of the district is about 58 cm. The rainfall is unevenly distributed and decreases from south east to south
west. The rainy season is from July to September. About 80% of the total rainfall is received during this period. Some
rainfall is received from western disturbances during the winter season. Due to the low rainfall and its short duration,
agricultural activities are mostly dependent upon canal irrigation and tubewells.[12]
Hydrology
The development of the area largely depends over the quality as well as quantity of ground water. As far as Rohtak District is
concerned ground water occurs in semi-confined to unconfined aquifers. The unconfined aquifers are tapped by dugwells.
While the semi-confined aquifers are tapped by shallow tubewells which are 22,000 in number.[12]
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Demographics
Rohtak is the sixth most populous city in the state of Haryana with a population of Historical Population
373,133 as per the provisional 2011 census figures.[5] The population in 2001 was Year Pop. ±%
294,577,[13] and the population growth rate during 2001-2011 was 26.7%. Spread over an 1901 20,323 —
area of 72.18 square kilometres (27.87 sq mi), Rohtak is inhabited by 75,528 families, 1911 20,361 +0.2%
and the population density of the city is 5,186 persons per square kilometer, which is 1921 25,240 +24.0%
higher than the state average density of 573 persons per square kilometer.[13] 1931 35,235 +39.6%
The city had a sex ratio of 887 females per 1,000 males and 10.9% of the population were 1941 48,148 +36.6%
under six years old.[5] Effective literacy was 84.08%; male literacy was 88.94% and 1951 71,902 +49.3%
female literacy was 78.68%.[5] 1961 88,193 +22.7%
1971 124,755 +41.5%
1981 166,767 +33.7%
Government and politics 1991 216,096 +29.6%
2001 294,577 +36.3%
There is a mini Secretariat in the city, located near the court.[14] 2011 373,133 +26.7%
Source: District Census Handbook[13]
Infrastructure
The Haryana Government has asked the Union Government to declare Haryana Sub-Region (HSR) a zone of strategic
national interest. HSR consists of 35 urban centres, including Gurgaon, Faridabad, Panipat, Sonepat and Rohtak. The
growth rate of urban population in the zone has been above 60 per cent, the highest among all the constituents of National
Capital Region. These urban centres face a rapid growth in population as the workforce travels to work from here to the
Capital.[15]
Sectors
In Rohtak old sectors are Sector 1, Sector 3, Sector 14, Sector 2, 4 are newly developed
and new sectors 4 ext. 5, 6, 25 are being planned. Model Town, Patel Nagar, DLF
Colony, Sector 1 and 14 are considered to be upmarket areas of the city. Entrance of
Sector-14 is opposite to Gate number 2 of Maharshi Dayanand University.D PARK
Model Town comprises all branded showrooms and one of best place to hangout in the
city. Sectors 26 and 28 are relatively new. They are a part of Real Estate Giant Omaxe
City's Residence Projects.
Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar's hometown, Karnal, tops the cities shortlisted by
the screening committee for the ‘smart city’ tag at a meeting.
Faridabad was placed second while Gurgaon, Rohtak and Hisar
could seize only the third spot. The Department of Urban Local Bodies asked for recommendations for smart city
contenders from all municipal bodies.[16]
Rohtak's Ex Mayor Renu Dabla (presently Manmohan Goyal) has stated that the process adopted for the selection of
Haryana districts for the Smart City project was biased and based on political considerations.[17]
Facilities
The Municipal Corporation has prepared a strategy for future developments, that
includes new residential areas, healthy environment, and maintained roads. Manohar
Lal Khattar, the Haryana CM, formally launched the project on 17 March 2018. The
ambitious, 6-km track, costing around Rs 316 crore, is set to come up on the Rohtak-
Panipat line in 18 months, and the existing railway track will be replaced by a road,
which will be built at the cost of Rs 8 crore.[18]
Healthcare
View of D-Park, Model Town
The city hosts the Pandit Bhagwat Dayal Sharma Post Graduate Institute of Medical
Sciences and Civil Hospital, both of which are operated by the state government. There
are also various privately operated medical facilities.
Pt B.D.Sharma, PGIMS, Rohtak has situated at a distance of about 240
km from Chandigarh and about 70 km from Delhi on Delhi-Hissar-Sirsa-Fazilka National Highway (NH-10). It is the only
major Institution for Medical Education and Research and a tertiary care centre for provision of specialised health care
services not only to the people of the State of Haryana, but also to those from Punjab, Rajasthan, Delhi and western U.P. The
Institute was started under the name of Medical College, Rohtak in the year 1960. For the first three years, the students
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were admitted to Medical College, Patiala which acted as a host Institution. In 1963, the
students were shifted to Rohtak. In the subsequent years, multifaceted expansion
measures have transformed the Institute into a fully developed centre of Medical
Education and research in all the major disciplines of Medicine. In the year 1994,
Medical College, Rohtak was renamed as Pt. B.D.Sharma, Medical College, Rohtak and
subsequently, it was upgraded to a Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences in the
year 1995. Today Pt. B.D.Sharma, PGIMS, Rohtak is a famous institution not only for
medical education but also for the healthcare facilities both at the National as well as
International level.
Tiger yawning at Rohtak Zoo
The Institute has a remarkably well-developed campus spread over an area of 350 acres
of land. During the 50 years of its existence, Pt. B.D.Sharma, PGIMS, Rohtak has
witnessed a phenomenal growth achieving not only its designated goals but also in expanding its horizons to set newer
objectives completely commensurable with the requirements of the National goal of “Health for all by 2020”.[19]
Sewerage
In NCR out of 108 towns only 33 towns have sewerage system and even in these 33 towns, the coverage can at best be
classified as partial. The network coverage in some of the important cities in NCR includes NCT Delhi, Meerut, Ghaziabad,
Noida, Faridabad, Panipat, Gurgaon, Rohtak, Sonepat and Alwar where Rohtak was completed 65% in 2001 and 90% in
2011 according to an official report.[20][21]
Political controversy
The development of Rohtak caused controversy in 2013 as a result of the allegedly disproportionate number of state
development projects that have been awarded to the city by Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda, who was born in a
nearby village. This has led to severe criticism by both the opposition parties and some members of the governing Indian
National Congress party, who have attacked Hooda for bias.[22] Rao Inderjit Singh, a BJP leader from South Haryana, used
Right to Information requests to determine that from a total of 5,135 announcements of schemes in the state, 2,045 went to
the three districts of Rohtak, Jhajjar and Sonepat. These areas were in Hooda's own constituency and that of his son, the
Lok Sabha MP Deepeder Singh Hooda. Of the 3,356 completed schemes, 1,560 were from these three districts whereas 1,796
schemes were completed in the rest of the state.[23][24] Ambala MP Selja Kumari[25] is also against the region-specific and
biased development of Rohtak.[26][27]
The Haryana Urban Development Authority has spent over Rs 3.4 billion on the development of Rohtak. Until 31 December
2010 collected Rs 3.22 billion as external development charges in Rohtak and spent almost Rs 6.63 billion of the fund.[28]
However, the most developed cities of the state based expenditure on infrastructure over the last 15 years are Gurgaon,
Faridabad, Hisar, Panchkula, Panipat and Ambala.[29][30][31]
Economy
As of 2018, Haryana State Industrial and Infrastructure Development Corporation (HSIIDC) has developed an Industrial
Model Township (IMT). MNCs like Maruti Suzuki, Asian Paints, Suzuki Motorcycle, Nippon Carbide, Amul, Lakshmi
Precision Screws and Aisin Automotive launched work on projects.[32]
Maruti is developing a mega research and development facility at Rohtak. The progress as R C Bhargava, non-executive
chairman of Maruti Suzuki India, says
"We will be able to do research and development and testing comparable to
anything Japan has. We used to send all our models to Japan for testing; all that can be done here. There will be saving of
time and money."[33]
Culture
A very old and antique heritage has been preserved in Rohtak. Baba Mast Nath Math, Gokaran, kiloi temple, and several
more such fine looking buildings erected in traditional Indian and Mughal styles such as spacious havelis with ornate
facade, finely carved wooden door sets and sandstone pillars, mosques that were once lavishly decorated in stucco work,
dharamshalas with fine looking statues of Radha and Krishna and temple spires and are few of them. The survey was
extended to study a few large village estates such as Balambha, Farmana Khas, Lakhan Majra, jassia, Bhaini Surjan and
Meham by Society for Peoples’ Advancement, Technology and Heritage (SOPATH). The present Monastery was founded by
Baba Mast Nath in 1731.
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Medieval Times
A centuries-old fort was situated at Rohtak, in present-day Qilla Mohallah. That fort was
built by Sheikhs of Yemen under Qazi Sultan Muhammad Surkh Zulqarni during Ghauri
Dynasty kings. The then Delhi emperor Mahmud Tughlaq posted two brothers, Malik
Idrees and Mubariz Khan at that fort in 1400. The fort of Rohtak was besieged by Syed
Khizer Khan in 1410 which could only succeed after a long seizure lasting six
months.[34]
Sai Mandir
British period (1800-1947)
Rohtak is among the oldest organised districts of Haryana; the British officers used to reside here since 1810. Those British
constructed a Church at Rohtak, which was completed in 1867. It was named as All Saints Church. Its central hall was built
by Maj. Feindala in the memory of his daughter Athel Nora, while the contribution for woodwork was given by JF Bruster
and RF Kalenal.[34]
There are some tombstones, having dated inscriptions in the graveyard near mini secretariat building of
Rohtak. Previously it was said to be surrounded by a garden, but now only a narrow strip of land is left for this cemetery. It
has some 180-year-old historic tombstones, including one identified to be that of DC Moore. This centuries old cemetery is
currently in a deserted condition and a thick thorny vegetation growth has covered the tombs stones there.[34]
Transportation
Roads
National highway
Three National Highways, NH-9 (Malaut, Punjab to Askot in Uttarakhand), NH-709 View of Latest Sign-Board
(Rajgarh, Haryana to Panipat, Haryana) and NH-352 (Narwana to Rewari) pass through
the city. Rohtak is connected to Delhi through NH-9, and currently the road is being
widened to six lanes by NHAI, with the plans to develop the entire corridor as an industrial area. NH-352 From Rewari to
Rohtak is 4 lanes, and NH-709 from Rohtak to Panipat is 4 lanes.
Railway
Rohtak City is a railway junction with connections to Delhi, Panipat, Rewari, Bhiwani
and Jind converging on the city. Rohtak is connected to Bahadurgarh through Delhi
line, to Gohana through Panipat line and Jhajjar through Rewari line. Delhi and Jind
connections are part of the Delhi-Fazilka line, and the line is double tracked from Delhi
to Bhatinda, Punjab, India, and is electrified between Delhi and Bhatinda. All other
lines are single track and electrified i.e. Rohtak Rewari Line, Rohtak Hisar Line (via Rohtak railway station
Bhiwani).[35]
Rohtak Junction railway station is served by three Shatabdi Express services (New Delhi
Moga Shatabdi Express, New Delhi–Firozpur Shatabdi Express and New Delhi
Ludhiana Shatabdi Express) and Ajmer Chandigarh Garib Rath Express.[36]
The railway track between New Delhi and Rohtak has been electrified. EMU services has
been running between the two cities since March 2013.[37]
There is currently no commercial airport serving the city. The state govt has shown interests in building a Greenfield Cargos
Airport at the Meham town to serve this city and the AAI has given consent in principle for this. The nearest International
Airport is Indira Gandhi International Airport at Delhi approx.75 km.
Education
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Sport
The Haryana Urban Development Authority (HUDA) has developed the Rajiv Gandhi
Sports Complex. in Sector-6 completed in 2012. The complex includes cricket, hockey
and football facilities, tennis courts, an athletics stadium, wrestling hall, swimming
pools and other leisure facilities. An athletic pavilion has also been constructed at the Institute of Engineering and Tech. at
sports complex. The pavilion has a height of 100 feet and it has a capacity to Maharishi Dayanand University
accommodate 8000 spectators. A synthetic track has also been constructed in front of
the pavilion for warming up of athletes. Apart from this, three earthen mounts have
been developed on international standard and these would provide seating capacity for 22,000 spectators. Therefore, in all,
a total of 30,000 spectators would be able to view the sports activities in this sports complex.[46]
Chaudhary Bansi Lal Cricket Stadium is a cricket ground in the Lahli, Rohtak (Haryana). The Stadium can accommodate
only 8,000 spectators. The ground came into the limelight when Sachin Tendulkar played his last Ranji match in October
2013
Notable individuals
Rafi Muhammad Chaudhary, most prominent nuclear scientist from Indian sub continent AMU Alumni, Rutherford's PhD
student and Pakistani scientist
Manushi Chhillar, Miss World 2017, model and actress*
Manish Grover, MLA and politician
Abdul Hafiz (VC) was the youngest Indian Victoria Cross holder, he came from Kalanaur village, Rohtak
Bhupinder Singh Hooda, former Chief Minister of Haryana
Deepender Singh Hooda, politician
Randeep Hooda, Bollywood Actor
Chhotu Ram, most prominent pre-partition politicians in Punjab, co-founder of the National Unionist Party
Karambir Singh, Indian Army
Paramvir Singh, During his 38 years service as WildLife Inspector set and broke his own records of Wild animal articles'
seizure from poachers. Resultantly he was instrumental in wiping out illegal trade of Wild animals and their derivatives
from NCT of Delhi. Lt. Governor, Delhi felicitated and commended his efforts vide letter Dt. 26 April 1988
Amit Panghal, Asian Games Gold Medalist in Light Flyweight Men's Boxing
Sakshi Malik, Bronze Medalist - Women's 58 kg Freestyle Wrestling at 2016 Rio Summer Olympics
See also
Bahadurgarh
Gurgaon
Faridabad
Sonepat
Moradabad
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Jind
Gohana
Bhiwani
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External links
Rohtak Official Website (https://web.archive.org/web/20090209215206/http://rohtak.nic.in/)
Haryana Urban Development Authority (http://www.huda.gov.in/)
Government Technical Institution (http://www.techeduhry.nic.in/)
Rohtak (http://rahuldigital.org/rohtak/)
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