Kurukshetra district is one of the 22 districts under Division Ambala of Haryana state. Kurukshetra is also the land of Srimad Bhagawad Gita. Jyotisar is the place in Kurukshetra where Krishna is believed to deliver the sermon of Gita to Arjuna in the Mahabharata.
Kurukshetra has 4 Sub Divisions, 4 Tehsils and 7 Blocks. Some parts of this district were transferred to Kaithal and Yamuna Nagar districts at the time of their creation.
Ranking of Kurukshetra in Haryana according to
(Ranking in Decreasing Order)
Population – 16th
Area – 15th
Literacy – 13th
Established – 23 January 1973
Area – 1530 Sq K.M
Division – Ambala
Tehsil – Thanesar, Pehowa, Shahabad and Ladwa
Block – Thanesar, Pehowa, Shahabad, Ladwa, Babain and Ismailabad, Pipli
Sub Division – Thanesar, Pehowa, Shahabad and Ladwa
Population – 9,64,655 (2011)
Sex Ratio – 888/1000 (2011)
Density – 630 Sq Km
Literacy – 76.7%
Known as – Dharm Nagri
Website – https://kurukshetra.gov.in/
Temples
- महाकाली मंदिर
- स्थानेश्वर महादेव मंदिर
- लक्ष्मी नारायण मंदिर
- दुःख भंजनेश्वर मंदिर
- भद्र काली मंदिर
- बिरला मंदिर
- अदिति मंदि
- हनुमान मंदिर
- मारकंडेश्वर मंदिर
- तिरुपति बालाजी मंदिर
Gurudwara
- गुरुद्वारा छठी पातशाही
Other Famous Places in Kurukshetra
- कर्ण का टीला
- मिर्ज़ापुर का टीला
- दौलतपुर का टीला
- हर्ष का टीला
- श्री कृष्ण संग्रहालय
- गुलज़ारी लाल नंदा संग्रहालय
- थानेसर संग्रहालय
- शेख चिल्ली का मक़बरा
- ब्रह्मसरोवर
- ज्योतिसर
- सन्निहित सरोवर
- भीष्म कुंड
- मिनी चिड़ियाघर
- नाभाहॉउस
- फरीदकोट हाउस
- जिंदल पार्क
Education
- Kurukshetra University
- National Institute of Design
- National Institute of Technology
- National Institute of Electronics & Information Technology
- Ayush University