Ambala Cantonment | |
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City | |
 Grand Trunk Road, at Ambala Cantonment, during British Raj | |
| Nickname: Science City | |
  Ambala Cantonment Location in Haryana, India  Ambala Cantonment Ambala Cantonment (India) | |
| Coordinates: 30°21′43″N 76°50′53″E / 30.361915°N 76.8480778°E | |
| Country |  India |
| State | Haryana |
| District | Ambala |
| Government | |
| • Body | Cantonment Board Ambala |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 55,370[1] |
| Languages[2][3] | |
| • Official | Hindi |
| • Additional official | English, Punjabi |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| Vehicle registration | HR 01, HR 85, HR 37 |
| Website | haryana |
Ambala Cantonment is a cantonment town in Ambala district in the state of Haryana, India. It is 200 km north of Delhi and 55 km southwest of Chandigarh. This cantonment was established in the year 1843 and is an important centre for manufacturing of scientific and surgical instruments.
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Demographics
As of 2011[update] India census, Ambala Cantonment had a population of 55,370. Males constitute 61% of the population and females 39%. Ambala Cantonment has an average literacy rate of 91.24%, higher than the national average of 74%; with 95.07% of the males and 85.32% of females literate. 11.41% of the population is under 6 years of age.[1][better source needed]
Economy
Scientific and surgical instruments are manufactured in Ambala Cantonment.[4][unreliable source?]
Transport
Railways
Ambala Cantonment Junction railway station is a major junction. Delhi-Kalka and Saharanpur-Ludhiana's railway lines pass through this junction[4]
By road
G.T. Road passes through Ambala Cantonment.
Places of interest
Education
Historic Colleges which were established before independence of India are also present. an example of that is Sanatan Dharma College on Ambala–Jagadhri Highway.[5][6] Convent of Jesus and Mary is a girls' day-school in Ambala Cantonment.[7]
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Ambala Cantonment Temple. -
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St Paul's Church before being bombed by the Pakistani Air Force in the 1965 conflict. -
References
- ^ a b c "Ambala Cantt. City Population Census 2011 - Haryana". Census 2011.
- ^ "Report of the Commissioner for linguistic minorities: 52nd report (July 2014 to June 2015)" (PDF). Commissioner for Linguistic Minorities, Ministry of Minority Affairs, Government of India. pp. 85–86. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 November 2016. Retrieved 24 March 2019.
- ^ IANS (28 January 2010). "Haryana grants second language status to Punjabi". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 24 March 2019.
- ^ a b Ambala info Archived 28 October 2016 at the Wayback Machine, yellowpages.
- ^ "Ambala: Convocation". The Tribune (Chandigarh). 5 March 2004. Retrieved 6 February 2019.
- ^ "S.D. College graduates get degrees". The Tribune, Chandigarh. 15 April 2000. Retrieved 6 February 2019.
- ^ "Divjot Kaur Jaggi a topper from Ambala Cantonment". The Times of India. 6 May 2019. Retrieved 9 April 2021.
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