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Rohtak () is a city and the administrative headquarters of the Rohtak district in the Indian state of Haryana. It lies north-west of New Delhi and south of the state capital Chandigarh on NH 9 (old NH 10). Rohtak forms a part of the National Capital Region (NCR) which helps the city in obtaining cheap loans for infrastructure development from the NCR Planning Board.

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Rohtak is a city and municipal council located in the state of Haryana, India. It serves as the capital of both Rohtak district and Rohtak division. The city has a population of 374,292 and covers an area of 115 square kilometers. Situated at an elevation of 220 meters above sea level, Rohtak operates in the UTC+05:30 time zone. Its postal code is 124001, and the local dialing code is 1262.

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Place details

Locality
Rohtak
Region
Haryana
Country
India
Population
374,292
Timezone
Asia/Kolkata

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63.6 µg/m³
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Key facts

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Ramavtar Valmiki
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Deepender Singh Hooda (INC)
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Travel guide

Understand

thumb|Quilla road The district lies in the south east of Haryana state. It is near to National Capital of India, Delhi and comes under National Capital Region (NCR) II. Rohtak is 70 km from Delhi, comes on National Highway no. 10.

Rohtak has its historical background to know more you can ask anybody for village Girawad. A Harappan site with painted grey ware artifacts has been discovered near a village in Rohtak district in Haryana. The site with painted grey ware remains dating back to the Mahabharata period has been discovered at village Girawad on the Madina-Samargopalpur road, in Rohtak district.

This site was found by a research scholar Vivek Dangi, under a team led by deputy director J S Khatri. The team proceeded from Meham towards Madina and discovered the site at village Girawad. The site was spread over an area of 25 acres and rose about 1.5 metres in height from the ground. Material culture available from the site indicates that the economy of Girawad was based on agriculture. Boundary wall, early Harappan pottery, furnaces and other antiquities found during surface explorations are sufficient evidence to prove its antiquity to that of early Harappan times.

As many as 45 early-Harappan and Harappan sites had so far been discovered on the ancient river bed of Drishadvati and its tributaries in Meham Block itself. It means that this area was thickly inhabited during Harappan times. The discovery of large number of Harappan and painted grey ware sites in the Satl…

Get in

You can reach Rohtak by train and road directly. Delhi's Indira Gandhi International Airport is also 70 km from Rohtak. A 6-lane highway is under construction. After it is completed the journey time will be reduced and the trip will be safer.

Do

You can visit Haryana Tourism's Highway stopover known as Tilyar Lake, which is at the entrance to Rohtak while coming from Delhi. The Tilyar Lake lies in a 132-acre area. The lake forms an integral part of the setup making it one of the greenest stretches one can imagine. It lies close to Rohtak town, some 70 km from Delhi. Tilyar is famous for its lake and zoo.

Also, if you love Bollywood movies, the best place to go is Sheela Theater (a.k.a. Sheela Talkies). Sheela Theater used to be an old-fashioned movie theater but it was transformed into a cineplex.

The Mansarovar Park, which is at the heart of Rohtak city, is also a good place to go for a walk or jogging. The Mansarovar Park is one of the oldest park in the Rohtak city. People from all age groups comes to visit it on a daily basis. It is nicely maintained and well decorated. You can have a picture with two old fashioned cannons placed there.

Buy

You can visit Shouri Cloth market which is Asia's largest cloth market. A visit to the integrated campus of the city is a must, which is a campus of premiere institutes situated in sector 6 behind ISBT. these institutes are a pioneer in creative arts such as school of design, school of film & TV and school of fine arts.

Drink

If you wish to have some hard drink then you can try Haryana Tourism Resorts. One is in the middle of city and other on the Rohtak-Delhi highway.

Sleep

Tivoly Hotel near Sheela Cineplex Lagan Hotel near DPark Viceroy and the Lords Hotel near Ashoka Chowk

Travel guide from Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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Encyclopedic overview

38 sections
Contents
  • Name
  • History
  • Third Battle of Panipat in 1761 and aftermath
  • Geography
  • Climate
  • Rainfall
  • Hydrology
  • Demographics
  • Religion
  • City
  • Tehsil
  • Government and politics
  • Infrastructure
  • Sectors
  • Smart City contender
  • Facilities
  • Healthcare
  • Sewerage
  • Political controversy
  • Economy
  • Industrial areas and townships
  • Maruti research and development plant
  • Culture
  • Transportation
  • Roads
  • National highway
  • Railway
  • Air travel
  • Education
  • List of universities in Rohtak
  • Media and communications
  • Sport
  • Notable individuals
  • See also
  • Notes
  • References
  • Sources
  • External links

Rohtak () is a city and the administrative headquarters of the Rohtak district in the Indian state of Haryana. It lies north-west of New Delhi and south of the state capital Chandigarh on NH 9 (old NH 10). Rohtak forms a part of the National Capital Region (NCR) which helps the city in obtaining cheap loans for infrastructure development from the NCR Planning Board.

Rohtak is the third most populous city in Haryana as per the 2011 census with a population of 373,133.

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

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