Julana, India

Julana is a municipal committee town in Jind district in the Haryana state of India. It is positioned at the Interior Haryana and is usually known as Heart of Haryana. It is the administrative headquarters of Julana tehsil, located in the middle of Rohtak and Jind on NH 71.

Julana
Town
Nickname(s):  Heart Of Haryana
Julana Location in Haryana, India Julana Julana (India)
Coordinates: 29.1333°N 76.4167°E
Country	India
State	Haryana
District	Jind
Government
• MLA	Amarjeet Dhanda
Population  (2011)
• Total	18,755
Languages
• Official	Hindi
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	126101
Telephone code	01683
ISO 3166 code	IN-HR
Vehicle registration	HR
Website	haryana.gov.in

30 villages in total, come under the Tehsil 'Julana' such Nandgarh, Rajgarh, Malvi, Deshkhera, Jhamola, Karela, Bakhta Khera, Garhwali, Jai Jaiwanti, Khrarainti, Shadipur, Gatauli, Brahmanwas, Karsola, Lajwana, Budha Khera Lather, Ramkali, and Hathwala among others. Here, the majority of people belong to Gotra Lather. The local panchayat of Lather consists of 9 villages i.e. Rajgarh, Karsola, Deskhera, Julana, Shadipur, Budha Khera Lather, Motewala, Lajwana and Brahmanwas.

The town has two grain markets, generally called as old grain market and new grain market. New grain market is spread across several acres and is planned to avoid jams, especially during the kharif season. The town has a vegetable market situated on Main Jind-Rohtak road (NH-71) about 2.5  km. from the main Bus Stand. Bus Service for Delhi, Gurgaon, and Jind is available by Haryana Roadways, PRTC, and private buses. There is a railway station along with the bus stand. Besides passenger trains, some Express trains also stop here e.g. Udyan Abha Toofan Express, Janta Express, Andaman Express, Himsagar Express and Navyug Express.

Shri Sanatan Dharam Sanskrit Mahavidalaya is the main Sanskrit institute of north India which is situated in Julana. Besides Govt. Boys and Girls Senior Secondary Schools, many private schools are also opened to meet the educational needs. Govt. College has also been started by govt. of Haryana from the session 2006-2007, which is situated on Karsola Road near small canal (Minor). Here, co-education is provided in all streams of arts, commerce, computer application (BCA) etc.

Smt. Nisha Singla is the present chairperson of Municipal committee of Julana.[1]

Demographics

As of 2001 India census,[2] Julana had a population of 13,641. Males constituted 53% of the population and females 47%. Julana has an average literacy rate of 68%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 70%, and female literacy is 52%. In Julana, 17% of the population is under 6 years of age. There is an ancient Shiv Temple and a kul devi temple of Gotra Singhal (Aggarwal). A government hospital with a facility of 131 beds is also available in town.

Rajgarh

Village Rajgarh is situated on Julana-Hansi road. It has a population of around 3000 people and 850 voters. The sarpanch of this village is Sh. Rajbir Singh. There is a Govt. Middle School in the village to provide education for children. Its boundary touches Jai-Jaiwanti, Bakhta Khera, Jhamola, Desh Khera, and Julana. There are 2 small canals (Rajwaha) available in the village for irrigation. Most of the inhabitants are farmers. Here, many underground pipelines are buried by farmers to irrigate in distant fields.

References

1. https://jind.gov.in/public-utility/municipal-committee-julana/
2. "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.

In julana there is a famous lord Shiv temple named Prachin Shiv Mandir