There are very few children going to school. People live in poverty.
They cannot afford to pay the school fee. Teachers do not take keen
interest in teaching the children. Children hardly learn anything.
These reasons force children to drop out at an early age.
Unemployment is a grave issue. Youth have taken solace in committing
petty crimes. The crime rates have increased.
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Faridabad District
Area, Population & Sex Ratio Geographical Area : 2151.0 Km2
Population in Faridabad (Census 2011)
Total Population
Total : 1798954
Male : 961532
Female : 837422
Disabled population
Total disabled population : 37484
In seeing : 17272
In speech : 1988
In hearing : 2232
In movement : 12198
Mental : 3794
Rank ( VoiceOfBharat.org Analysis
) Backwardness : Does not figure in list of 447 backward
districts
Sex Ratio Rank : 23
(Rank one is least sex ratio - Cenus 2001)
HIV Category District : C
(HIV Sentinel Surveillance 2004 -2006)
Disability : 242 (Census 2001)
Literacy Ratio : 198 (Census 2001)
Minority : Does not figure in MCD
Water : Flouride in Groundwater above permissible limits
Brief About Faridabad District
ORIGIN & DEVELOPMENT
Faridabad was founded in A.D. 1607 by Shaikh Farid,
treasurer of Jahangir, with the object of protecting the highway
which passed through the town. Shaikh Farid built a fort, a tank
and a mosque which are in runins. Later, it becomes the headquaters
of a pargana which was held in jagir by the Ballabgarh ruler. The
District Faridabad came on the map of Haryana on 15th August, 1979
as the 12th District of the state. The new District was carved out
from erstwhile Gurgoan District.
LOCATION & BOUNDRIES
Faridabad is about 25 Kilometers from Delhi in
28o 25' 16" North Latitude and 77o 18' 28"
East Longitude.It is bounded by Union Territory of Delhi (National
Capital) on its north, Gurgaon District on the west and State of
Utter Pradesh on its east & south. The river Yamuna seprate
the District Bundary on easteren side with UP State. Delhi-Mathura
National Highway No.2 (Shershah Suri Marg) passes through centre
of District. It has a railway station on the Delhi-Mathura double
track broad-gauge line of the Central Railway.
AREA & POPULATION
The district having an area of 2151.00
K.m. District having a share of 4.86% of the total state land accommodates
a population of 21,93,276 (2001 Population census figures) 10.40
percent of the state population. Only 55 Sq. Km. is area under forest,
which is about 2.61% of the total grographical area of the District.
The district has almost flat plains. The river Yamuna flow on its
entire eastern boundary. Its density according to 2001 population
census is 1020 persons per Sq. km. against 372 in the state. It
is the most densely populated district in the state.
ADMINISTRATIVE STRUCTURE
Faridabad comes under the Gurgaon Division of Haryana.
Haryana is divided in four Divisions. Each Division is headed by
Divisional commissioner. The Deputy Commissioner is the administrative
head of District. The Faridabad is divided into five Sub Divisions
and each Sub Division is headed by Sub Divisional Magistrate (SDM).The
district has 6 Community Development Blocks located in 5 tehsils.
It has 474 villages of which 25 are uninhabited and 40 villages
have been urbanised.
INFRASTRUCTURE
Faridabad has well connected network of road and
Electricity. All the villages of the District are connected by metalled
roads as well as all villages having electricity since 1970.
Faridabad is well connected with other parts of the country by Rail
and Road. The broad gauge railway line of Central Railways passes
through the District and most of the trains going to South
and West of India passes through the District. Also Delhi-Mathura-Agra
road NH-2 passes through the middle of the District and Faridabad,
Ballabgarh, Palwal & Hodal are the mains towns of the District
on the National Highway. District has six telephone exchanges and
about 126 post offices.
INDUSTRY
There are now about 15,000 small, medium and large
industries in this complex providing direct and indirect employment
to nearly half a million people and ranks 9th largest industrial
estate in Asia.The combined turnover is estimated to be about Rs.
1500 billion. Many international/ multinational companies like Whirlpool,
Goodyear, Larsen & Toubro, Asia Brown Boveri, GKN Invel, Woodward
Governer, Castrol besides Escorts, Eicher, Cutler Hammer, Hyderabad
Asbestos, Nuchem are operating in this belt.
FARIDABAD AT A GLANCE
District Faridabad after being carved out
from erstwhile Gurgaon district came on the map of Haryana
on 15th August, 1979district.
For a long time it has been felt that all the information
relating to this district regarding population, area, livestock,
industries, labour statistics and the developmental activities should
be kept in a small booklet so that any body may be able to know
about the district alongwith the comparative position of the district
in the state. This booklet contains statistics of Haryana alongwith
comparative statistics of Faridabad district with respect to other
districts in the state and which district is leading in the state
alongwith what its highest position.
This booklet is prepared from the Statistical
Abstract of Haryana, 2000-01 issued by the Economic & Statistical
Organisation, Planning Department Haryana.
This is an attempt to fulfill the needs of information
gap regarding the district Faridabad.
Compiled by: District Statistical Officer,
Faridabad
