Tohana

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?Tohana Haryana • India
Tohana
Coordinates: 29°42′N 75°54′E / 29.7, 75.9
Time zone	IST (UTC+5:30)
Area • Elevation	• 224 m (735 ft)
District(s)	Fatehabad
Population	51,518 (2001)
Codes • Pincode • Telephone • Vehicle	• 125120 • +01692 • HR23

Coordinates: 29°42′N 75°54′E / 29.7, 75.9 Tohana is a city and a municipal council in Fatehabad district in the Indian state of Haryana.

1 Geography
2 Demographics
3 History
4 People & Attractions
5 Education
6 References

[edit] Geography

Tohana is located at 29.7° N 75.9° E^[1]. It has an average elevation of 224 metres (734 feet).

[edit] Demographics

As of 2001 India census^[2], Tohana had a population of 51,518. Males constitute 53% of the population and females 47%. Tohana has an average literacy rate of 61%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 67%, and female literacy is 55%. In Tohana, 15% of the population is under 6 years of age.

Tohana is situated just 8 kilometers from the Haryana-Punjab border in North-West of Haryana. One of the neighbouring cities is Hisar (by which most of the people can identify it), which used to be the district for Tohana until 1995. Fatehabad was cut as a separate district from Hisar and Tohana was included in the part of land which went to Fatehabad.

[edit] History

Tohana has had a rich history in Sikhism and it is found in most of the references to Banda Bahadur where Banda issued letters to Malwa Sikhs to join him in his crusade against Wazir Khan of Sarhind. It used to be a desert land until the Bhakhra Nangal sub-branch brought a source of irrigation for the town and neighbouring villages. After this, Tohana developed into a major agricultural hub.

[edit] People & Attractions

The Tohana grain market is the trading place for a number of villages in the vicinity and boasts of high amount of crop input, the main ones being Cotton, Wheat, Paddy. Most of the industries in the town are agriculture based and almost 70% of the population is employed in the same. Agriculture is the main backbone of the town. Kharif and rabi are the main crops which are cultivated here.

The main attraction of this small town is " Baliala Guest House" where you can enjoy the disribution of the water of Bhakhra Nagnal Main Branch Canal into seven different canals. Hence this town is surrounded by the seven canals. Tohana is well connected by northern railways dierctly to Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkatta, Ludhiana, Jammu and other major cities. and it is well connected by the road network too. Tohana is located in the Punjabi speaking belt of northern Haryana. Punjabi, Hindi, Haryanvi, Multani languages are common here in the town. The strongest part of this small town is communal harmony. Tohana is now a days developing as a medical hub for the areas nearby to it.

[edit] Education

The town has two UG level colleges, one of them is a co-ed I.G. Govt. College, Tohana and other one being women college Shri Durga Mahila Maha Vidyalaya. The courses available are mostly arts and commerce, but there has been an increase in the number of computer courses like MCA etc. Both the colleges are affiliated to the Kurukshetra University. The town has a DAV school which has been building futures from last 15 years. As there is not much scope for professional education, students go to major education centres like Chandigarh, Hisar and Delhi.