Ellenabad
ऐलनाबाद Kharial | |
|---|---|
| Nickname: खड़ियाल | |
  Ellenabad Location in Haryana, India | |
| Coordinates: 29°27′N 74°39′E / 29.45°N 74.65°E | |
| Country |  India |
| State | Haryana |
| District | Sirsa |
| First Settled | 1920s |
| Founded by | Robert Hutch |
| Named for | Ellena |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipality |
| • Body | Municipal committee of Ellenabad |
| Area | |
| • Total | 10.88 km2 (4.20 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 189 m (620 ft) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 44,452 |
| • Density | 4,100/km2 (11,000/sq mi) |
| Demonym | Haryanvi |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Hindi, Haryanvi,Bagri,Punjabi,English |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 125102 |
| Telephone code | 01698 |
| ISO 3166 code | IN-HR |
| Vehicle registration | HR 44 |
| Sex ratio | 1000/884 ♂/♀ |
| Literacy | 75.19 |
Ellenabad, previously known as Kharial,[1] is a city with a municipal committee, near Sirsa City in the Sirsa district of the state of Haryana, India. It is located on the south bank of the Ghaggar River and serves as a port of entry into the state of Haryana from the Rajasthan side. The Ellenabad city is divided into 17 wards for which elections are held every 5 years. As of 2023, the city has an estimated population of more than 50,000. Ellenabad Municipal Committee has total administration over 8,387 houses to which it supplies basic amenities like water and sewerage. It is also authorize to build roads within Municipal Committee limits and impose taxes on properties coming under its jurisdiction.
It is a constituency of Haryana Vidhan Sabha. The current MLA is Abhay Singh Chautala.[2][3]
Etymology
Ellenabad was founded by Robert Hutch, the Commissioner of Hisar during the British Raj, whose wife gave birth to a child in the area. The story is that Robert Hutch was the Commissioner of Hisar and his wife Madam Ellena was very fond of hunting. Because the land around Kharial was very grassy with many kinds of animals, madam Ellena always went there for hunting. Once she came here with her companions. She was pregnant. While hunting she started suffering from delivery pains. Then her companions took her to Kharial. The people of Kharial served her like their own relative. Madam Ellena got healthy. When she went to Hisar she asked her husband to do something for Kharial's people. Then Mr. Robert Hutch founded a town on the south bank of the Ghaghar river, and named it Ellenabad after the name of his wife.[4]
Transport
Ellenabad is well connected by railways on the Sriganganagar-Sadulpur railway line.[5] It is 43 kilometres (27 mi) from Hanumangarh and 136 kilometres (85 mi) from Sadulpur. It is planned to be connected to Sirsa and Sardarshahar by train. Ellenabad is situated on state highway number 23 and is 42 kilometres (26 mi) from Sirsa, the district headquarters. Haryana Roadways is the main transport for travelling. Also, there are daily night bus services for Chandigarh, Delhi, Jaipur and Haridwar. Ellenabad also administrates small villages like Kashi ram ka Bass ,Mithanpura, Kishanpura, Karamshana, Dhani Sheran under its greater extended urban region.
Demographics
The Ellenabad Municipal Committee has a population of 44,452 of which 23,559 are males while 20,893 are females as per a report released by Census India 2011. The population of Children in the range of 0 to 6 years is 5437, which is 12.23% of the total population of Ellenabad (MC). In Ellenabad Municipal Committee, the Female Sex Ratio is 884 against the state average of 879. Moreover, the Child Sex Ratio in Ellenabad is around 862 compared to the Haryana state average of 834. The literacy rate of Ellenabad city is 75.19%; lower than the state average of 75.55%. In Ellenabad, Male literacy is 81.80% while the female literacy is 67.75%. The next census evaluation by the Ellenbad Municipal Committee was set to take place in 2021 but got delayed due to Covid and most probably its cancelled as of now and latest census will take place in 2031.
Ellenabad has a majority Hindu population, with a significant minority of Sikhs and small Muslim and Christian communities.
Ellenabad Religion Data 2011
| Town | Population | Hindu | Muslim | Christian | Sikh | Buddhist | Jain | Others | Not Stated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ellenabad | 36,623 | 84.06% | 1.88% | 0.29% | 13.66% | 0.01% | 0.05% | 0.02% | 0.03% |
Economy
Ellenabad's primary source of income is agriculture. Its grain market provides support to farmers from surrounding villages and daily trains connect Ellenabad to Mumbai, Gurgaon ,Firozpur, Jaipur, Bathinda , Ajmer, New Delhi , Sri Ganganagar, Abu Road, Ahmedabad, Surat, Sikar, Hanumangarh, Churu and Jhunjhunu.
Education
Despite the passage of a quarter of the twenty-first century, there is no government graduate college here. There are only 2 government schools for higher secondary education in the city. There is a huge demand for govt. medical college and hospital in the city along with other higher institutions of education for Bachelors and post graduation. A lot of students translocate to Delhi, Chandigarh and Jaipur for higher degrees due to lack of these institutions. A significant number of students also do daily updown in buses and trains for colleges in Sirsa, Sri Ganganagar, Hisar and Bhatinda.
School level education i.e upto 12th is considerably good here compared to other cities and towns nearby. Students not only from city but nearby villages and towns from Haryana and Rajasthan like Talwara, Tibi, Mallekan, Rania, Nohar, Chaiya, Rawatsar, Chahuwali, Thalarka and Masita Head come here daily for their school studies notably in private institutions for better english medium education. Daily school buses do a lot by providing longer services. Nachiketan Public School, Sarvodaya School Ellenabad, Satluj Public School, Nachiketan Model school and C.R.D.A.V. Public School are the quality education institute. The other most notable schools in the city are Sir Chhotu Ram Jat Senior Secondary School, Nivedita Senior Secondary School,[6][7] Sarvpalli Public School, Ch. Harpal Singh Convent School (H.C.S.),[8] D.A.V. Public School, Navjyoti Senior Secondary School, R.R. Memorial School and Saraswati High School.[9] The schools in the city are well known for their English, Science, Commerce and Mathematics departments.
Health care
Nearby hospitals include the Civil Hospital, Janta Hospital, Gupta nursing and maternity home, Jain Hospital, Shri Nursing Home, CMC Hospital, Bansal Hospital, Pareek Hospital, Singla Hospital, Shubham Hospital, Tiwari clinic, Kahlon Child Clinic, Chaudhary Eye Hospital, City Eye hospital and many others.[10]
References
- ↑ Kapur, Anu (2019). Mapping place names of India. Abingdon, Oxon. ISBN 978-0-429-05768-7. OCLC 1108508869.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ↑ "Population of Ellenabad". Citypopulation.de. Retrieved 25 March 2012.
- ↑ "Sudden showers dampen Sirsa farmers' crop set for purchase". Hindustan Times. 3 May 2020. Retrieved 7 October 2020.
- ↑ "Glorious History of Ellenabad". Ellenabad.com. Retrieved 26 March 2012.
- ↑ "Railway Maps of India". www.mapsofindia.com. Retrieved 26 March 2012.
- ↑ "Sarvodaya Shiksha Sadan". Facebook. Retrieved 10 August 2015.
- ↑ Sarvodaya, Blogspot. "Sarvodaya Shiksha Sadan". Retrieved 10 August 2015.
- ↑ "Welcome to Ch. Harpal singh convent senior secondary school | No. 1 school in Ellenabad". Hcsellenabad.com. 4 April 1994. Retrieved 3 January 2015.
- ↑ http://satlujpublicschool.org/. Retrieved 26 March 2012.
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