Jagadhri

Jagadhri is a city and a municipal council in the Yamunanagar district of the Indian state of Haryana. The town is adjacent to the city of Yamunanagar, around 90 km from Chandigarh, the capital city of Haryana state.

Jagadhri
City
Haryanvi language
An old market road of Jagadhri in Yamunanagar (Haryana)
Jagadhri Location in Haryana, India Show map of Haryana Jagadhri Jagadhri (India) Show map of India
Coordinates: 30.168°N 77.301°E / 30.168; 77.301
Country	India
State	Haryana
District	Yamunanagar
Established	20 june
Government
• Type	Municipal Corporation
• Body	Yamunanagar Municipal Corporation
Elevation	281 m (922 ft)
Population  (2001)[1]
• Total	124,894
Languages
• Official	Hindi, Regional Haryanvi
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	135003
Telephone code	1732
ISO 3166 code	IN-HR
Vehicle registration	HR-02
Website	haryana.gov.in

Etymology

Jagadhri may be named after Yugandhari, legendary king of the Yugandharas.^[2]

Demographics

As of 2011 Indian Census, Jagadhri had 26,716 households with a total population of 124,894 of which 67,685 were male and 57,209 were females. Population within the age group of 0 to 6 years was 14,011. The total number of literates in Jagadhri was 94,468, which constituted 75.6% of the population with male literacy of 78.3% and female literacy of 72.5%. The effective literacy rate of 7+ population of Jagadhri was 85.2%, of which male literacy rate was 88.3% and female literacy rate was 81.5%. The Scheduled Castes population was 15,460.^[1]

Education

Local schools include:

• Maharaja Agrasen College, Jagadhri
• Maharaja Agrasen Institute of Management and Technology
• Mukand Lal National College
• S.D. Public School, Jagadhri
• St. Thomas school, Jagadhri
• St. Lawerence International School
• Sacred Heart School, Jagadhri