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The
District Sonipat come in to existence on December 22, 1972 .It was a part of
Rohtak district till December 21,1972. District Sonepat comprises of three
sub-divisions namely Ganaur, Sonepat and Gohana and seven blocks (Ganaur,
Sonepat, Rai, Kharkhoda, Gohana, Kathura and Mundlana).
The Sonipat Police is under the authority of the Haryana Police, Govt. of Haryana.
As Sonipat, witnessed fast development, industrial growth, rapid urbanization and
increase in population, Sonipat Police was converted from a District Police
headed by Superintendent of Police to a Commissionerate of Police headed by Commissioner of Police,
not below the rank of Inspector General of Police, on 1st January, 2023. Presently,
for purpose of administration, revenue district of Sonipat is divided into three Police Districts,
namely Police District East, Police District West, and Police District Gohana,
each headed by a Deputy Commissioner of Police in the rank of Superintendent of Police.
Population
According
to 2001 Census population of the district is 12.788 lacs. The district sex ratio
per thousand male to female 839 and density of population per square kilometer
of the district is 603. The district population constitutes 6.07% of the state
population. Sonipat is the largest
Tehsil in the district followed by Gohana Tehsil. Broadly speaking. The entire
district is a part of the Punjab
Plains. Soil of the district is fine foam, sandy & Callar with gradical slop
to the south and west. District may be divided roughly in three Regions
namely the Khader, Plain and sandy region. Climate of the district is dry within
extremely hot summer and cold winter. The weather becomes comparatively mild
during monsoon period July to September. The district experiences high humidity
during the monsoon period. The annual rainfall varies considerably from year to
year.
LOCATION
AND EXTENT
District
Sonepat has an area of 2,13,080 Hectare. It lies in the south-east of the State
of Haryana , North of the Union Territory of the Delhi and is bounded by the
Districts of Rohtak, Jind, Panipat. The District shares an inter-state boundry
with district Meerut of Uttar Pradesh. The River Yamuna runs along the eastern
boundary of the district and separates it from Uttar Pradesh.
It is often believed that Sonipat was one of the five Prasths or towns demanded by
Yudhishtara from Dhuryodhana as the price of peace. Another tradition as cripes
its foundation to Raja Soni,thirteen in decent from Arjuna,s brother of
Yudhishtara . Both these traditions are without substance. There is no mention
of Sonipat in Mahabharat although it has been noted much earlier by the great
grammarian Panini in his celebrated Ashtadhyayi
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