District Yamuna Nagar
Yamunanagar
Yamunanagar is a city and a municipal council in Yamunanagar District in the Indian state of Haryana. The older town is called Jagadhri. The railway station servicing the town is called Jagadhri railway station.
Yamunanagar is located at 30.1° N 77.28° E[1]. It has an average elevation of 255 metres (836 feet). It has the river Yamuna running through the district, and forming the eastern boundary with the neighbouring Saharanpur district. This boundary is also a state boundary as Saharanpur is in the state of Uttar Pradesh.
Towards its northern edge is a sub mountainous region, which has more forest cover and lots of streams; it's the area where the river Yamuna comes out of the hills and into the plains. The northern boundary is also an interstate boundary with the state of Himachal Pradesh being to the north. Sirmour in Himachal is the district to its north with the towns of Nahan and Paonta Sahib being close to the boundary with Yamunanagar.
To its west and northwest is Ambala district, and to its west and southwest is Kurukshetra district. To its south is Karnal district.
As of 2001 India census[2], Yamunanagar had a population of 189,587. Males constitute 54% of the population and females 46%. Yamunanagar has an average literacy rate of 74%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 77%, and female literacy is 70%. In Yamunanagar, 12% of the population is under 6 years of age.
Yamunanagar was earlier known as 'Abdulahpur'. Pre-independence, it was a small village with population concentrated around Jagadhri Railway Station. After partition of India, many refugees from Punjab in Pakistan chose to make Yamunanagar/ Jagadhri their new home, and in the process adding to the culture of the town. The area where land was allocated to the refugees later developed into the model town area of Yamunanagar.
The main industries are ,Stone Crushing,Paper, Stainless steel Utensil making, Plywood board, Sugar, Industrial boilers and stone crushers . The city has a large paper factory of Ballarpur Industries Limited owned by Thapar group of India. Prior to Indian independence the factory was owned by the British.
It has one of the largest Sugar Mill's in Asia with a capacity of 13000TPD (Tonnes per day) cane crushing capacity and one of the biggest Railway workshop in North India.
It also now has a huge Thermal electricity plant between the town and the River Yamuna.
The stone crushing are the most popular industries of the yamunanagar.
