Hathin


Hathin is a town and a Municipal Committee in Haryana, India.

Geography

It is located south of Delhi and east from NH2.

Governance

Hathin is a Haryana Legislative Assembly constituency segment, within the Faridabad Lok Sabha constituency.

History

Circa 150 BCE to 100 CE Shunga Empire or Kushan Empire era Hindu temple guard rail pillars were excavated from a filled well of Bhadas village and from Hathin. The pillars are exhibited in the Haryana State Museum. The railing pillars have images of Yaksha and three mortises carved on them. These pillars may have belonged to the same monument as the lens-shaped mortises because both have the same size, the color of the stone, distances between the three mortises carved on the pillars and yaksha carvings. The yaksha on the Bhadas pillar stands on protome of a Cloven hoofed animal, with the raised right hand holding a flower and the left hand on the hip holding up the drapery. Roundel on top of the pillar is a composite animal with protome of deer and hindquarters of makra superimposed over a lotus in bloom.
On 10 April 1919, Mahatma Gandhi was arrested at Palwal railway station, accused of sedition and jailed.

Infrastructure

Electricity is provided by DHBVN.
State transport Haryana buses connect the town to district Palwal and with cities like Gurgaon, Delhi, and Chandigarh.
An updated community health center and am office is under construction.
On 27 May 2015, Haryana chief minister ML Khattar announced a budget of Rs 40 crore for a four-lane highway project from Palwal to Hathin and a bypass from Hathin to link NH-2. 5 crore to Hathin, 150 crore for improvement of irrigation facilities and improvement of existing government girls school buildings.

Demographics

The Hathin Municipal Committee has a population of 14,421 of which 7,673 are male and 4,493 are female according to Census India 2011. The population of children ranging from 0-6 is 2255, which is 15.64% of the total population of Hathin. The female ratio is on par with state average of 879. The child ratio is 820 against a state average of 834. The literacy rate is 71.97% against the state average of 75.55%.
TownPopulationHinduMuslimChristianSikhBuddhistJainOthersNot Stated
Hathin14,42180.06%18.96%0.08%0.01%0.09%0.64%0.00%0.17%

Transport

Rail

Located from Hathin, Palwal is the nearest railway station. The station has 10 platforms. It is one of the largest in India. Numerous trains connect Palwal to Delhi. Fast trains are available for longer distances. Women-only trains run between Palwal and Delhi.

Education