Narwana

Narwana is a town and a municipal council in Jind district in the Indian state of Haryana.

narwana junction

Narwana
Town
Narwana
Narwana
Location in Haryana, India
Narwana
Narwana (India)
Coordinates: 29.616667°N 76.1116667°E / 29.616667; 76.1116667
Country India
StateHaryana
DistrictJind
Elevation
225.16 m (738.71 ft)
Population
 (2011)
 • Total62,090
Languages spoken
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
126116
Telephone code01684
Vehicle registrationHR-32

History and etymology

Narwana is shortcode as NRW in Indian Railways[1] and according to historical references and the ancestors, there are several myths related to the existence of the city's name. One of them is that it was named after a lake, Nirwana, near Baba Gaibi Sahib Temple. And another one is that people with the Jat surname Mor lived in Narwana with a large number of the population before and it was called Morwana before and later was changed to Narwana.

Geography

Narwana is located at 29.616667°N 76.116667°E / 29.616667; 76.116667.[2] It has an average elevation of 213 metres (702 feet).

Climate

Narwana features a typical version of the humid subtropical climate. Summers are long and extremely hot, from early April to mid-October, with the monsoon season in between. The months of March to May see a time of hot prickling heat. Monsoon arrives at the end of June, bringing some respite from the heat, but increasing humidity at the same time. The brief, mild winter starts in late November and peaks in January and is notorious for its heavy fog. Extreme temperatures range from −0.6 °C (30.9 °F) to 46.7 °C (116.1 °F).

Religions and Communities

Hindus constitute the bulk of the population mainly of Jats followed by a minority of Jains.

Education

There are number of schools in the city affiliated either to State board or Central board. Also there are many schools affiliated to CBSE.

Colleges in The City
  1. K.M.Govt.College Narwana
  2. Govt. Polytechnic narwana
  3. Industrial Training Institute (ITI)
  4. Rajiv gandhi college
  5. S.D. Kanya Manavidyalaya Narwana[3]

Demographics and well-known persons

As of 2011 India census,[4] Narwana had a population of 62090. Males constitute 38,073 of the population and females 34,017. Narwana has an average literacy rate of 77.22%, higher than the national average of 74.04%. Hindu Jats are in majority and surnames such as Mor, Goyat, nain and Dhillon are found here.

Manjeet Chahal got 1st rank in 800m in the Asian games.

Utility services

The water supply in Narwana is managed by its Jal Board and is well managed . Narwana's Electric Supply Undertaking is managed by the DHBVN.BSNL provides tele-services for landline and mobile and many other services. Many private telecom operators are also offering their services in the city as Jio 4G, Vodafone Essar, Airtel, Idea, Reliance, Tata.

Utility services are well managed including water supplies, irrigation and agriculture, banking. Medical services are served by a Civil Hospital and private hospitals.

Transportation

Narwana is well connected with railway and road network as it many cities jind,Tohana. jakhal, bathinda, patiala, ludhiana, Kaithal, Pundri, ambala, chandigarh, safidon, panipat, rohtak, delhi, gurugram and faridabad. It is connected with NH 52, NH152 and NH 352. Haryana Roadways buses connect it with most of the destinations. Buses are available in day hours and also in night hours but in rare numbers.

Healthcare

There is a 100-bed civil hospital in the town[5] and many other private hospitals that provides healthcare facilities to the residents of the town And There are many medicals shops that provide medicine and some of them are Bhagwati Medical Hall ,anat ram arya , pal medicos, family medicos famous for providing a big range of medicine.

Places of interest

There are some places of interest to visit in Narwana. Nehru Park is one of them. Stadium For Games (Nav-deep stadium has India's first indoor Handball court, which is only in Narwana and also a newly made athletic track of world-class standards, as well as FIH approved hockey astroturf) and Chotu Ram Park are well known.

Religious places

Baba Gaibi sabh is a very old and religious temple in this City. People from nearby villages come to pray here esp on Sunday. Apart from this there are some other famous temples like Bhagwan Prashuram Mandir, Hanuman Mandir, Navgarah Mandir near Bakshi cinema, Vishavkarma temple, Old Shiv temple near dhola kuan etc. It is said that the main idol of Hanuman Mandir is made by the five pandavas.

Nearest Airports to Narwana are of Hisar, Chandigarh, Patiala and Delhi. Delhi's Airport is very well connected to the Narwana Palace and Indian states and territories. A few private companies also provide charted flights from Sirsa, which is 2 hours distance by road.

Internet Services

There are plenty of options available for data connectivity in Narwana city. Apart from 3G and 4G services there are pretty good broadband services offered by BSNL, Digital World Broadband etc.

Railway Connectivity

By rail it is on the main BG line that connects the national capital to Bhatinda. It is also a junction station with branch line to Kurukshetra. The important trains which stop at this station are Punjab Mail (Mumbai CST–Firozpur), Jabalpur - Jammutawi Express (Jabalpur – Jammu Tawi Express), Sriganga Nagar–New Delhi Intercity, Mumbai–Firozpur Janta Express (Via Kota), Howrah–Sriganga Nagar (Via Patna), Kanyakumari–Jammu Express (1 of Longest train running in India), Mangalore–Jammu Navyug Express, Chenni–Jammu Andman Express, Pathankot–Delhi Dhauldhar Express, Guwahati–Lalgarh (Bikaner) (Now proposed to extend to New Tinsukia Junction as per Indian Govt. Railway Budget),Delhi Firozpur Intercity, Kurukshetra-Delhi DMU Via Narwana and a few other passenger trains.

The New Chandigarh-Jaipur Intercity Express has started recently the route of which is having Narwana on it way. The new train will stop at various destinations of Haryana, including Ambala Cantt, Kurukshetra, Kaithal, Narwana, Jind, Rohtak, Jhajjar, Rewari, besides Khairthal, Alwar, Raigarh, Bandikuai and Dausa in Rajasthan before reaching the Jaipur station

Newly introduced New Delhi-Ludhiana/Moga Shatabadi express train provide a faster connectivity to Dist. HQ JIND which is appx. 30 km From Narwana.[6][7]

A new Train from Kota to Jammu Tawi is also proposed to run via Narwana as per Indian Govt. Railway Budget[8]

Sports

Football, Kabaddi, Handball,Badminton and Cricket are the most popular sports in Narwana. Narwana's NavDeep stadium was named in honor of players Naveen and Deepak, who died in a train accident while returning from a sport meet. It has a football playground, hockey playground, wrestling court, tennis court and badminton hall, gymnastics, roping and much more and has a capacity of about 15,000 people.

References

[9]

  1. http://indiarailinfo.com/departures/827
  2. http://www.fallingrain.com/world/IN/10/Narwana.html
  3. http://sdmmnarwana.com
  4. "Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)". Census Commission of India. Archived from the original on 16 June 2004. Retrieved 1 November 2008.
  5. "Narwana accident: Vehicle had 17 passengers on board; driver booked". Times of India. 17 December 2012. Retrieved 25 February 2013.
  6. Source : "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 25 November 2013. Retrieved 5 April 2014.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  7. http://indiarailinfo.com/train/15522
  8. http://www.indianrailways.gov.in/railwayboard/view_section.jsp?id=0,1,304,366,537
  9. Digital World Broadband Services in Narwana
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