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Also known as Mewat district, Mewat

district of Haryana, India

Key facts

Country
India
State
Haryana
Division
Faridabad
Headquarters
Nuh
Tehsils
Nuh , Ferozepur Jhirka , Punahana , Taoru
Total
1,507 km (582 sq mi)
Density
722.8/km (1,872/sq mi)
Urban
11.39%
Time zone
UTC+05:30 ( IST )
Vehicle registration
1. HR 27 (Nuh) 2.HR 28 (Ferozepur Jhirka) 3.HR 74 (RTA Nuh) 4.HR 93 (Punahana) 5.HR 96 (Taoru)
Major highways
National Highway 248-A (Gurgaon–Sohna–Alwar), KMP Expressway and Delhi–Mumbai Expressway
Average annual precipitation
594 mm (23.4 in)
Lok sabha constituencies
Gurgaon (Lok Sabha constituency)
Vidhan sabha constituencies
1. Nuh , 2. Ferozepur Jhirka , 3. Punahana , 4. Sohna-Taoru
Website
nuh .gov .in

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Encyclopedic overview

Nuh district, formerly known as the Mewat district, is one of the 22 districts of the northern Indian state of Haryana. The district is known for having the largest Muslim population in Haryana. It lies within the National Capital Region as well as the historical Mewat region and Braj region of India.

It has an area of 1,860 square kilometres (720 sq mi) and had a population of 1.09 million in 2011. It is bounded by Gurugram district to the north, Palwal district of Haryana to the east, Deeg and Alwar districts to the south and the Bharatpur district of Rajasthan to the west. There are four sub-divisions in this district: Nuh, Ferozepur Jhirka, Punahana, and Taoru.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Nuh district” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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