Karnal district


Karnal district is one of the 22 districts of Haryana state in northern India. Karnal city is the administrative headquarters of the district. It is one of the 22 Districts which constitutes the National Capital Region of India.

Demographics

According to the 2011 census Karnal district has a population of 1,505,324, roughly equal to the nation of Gabon or the US state of Hawaii. This gives it a ranking of 333rd in India. The district has a population density of . Its population growth rate over the decade 2001-2011 was 18.22%. Karnal has a sex ratio of 996 females for every 1,000 males, and a literacy rate of 74.73%.
At the time of the 2011 Census of India, 87.41% of the population in the district spoke Hindi, 10.86% Punjabi and 1.06% Lahnda as their first language.

People from Karnal District