Nilokheri
# Nilokheri

Nilokheri is a town, just 19 km from Karnal city and a municipal committee in Karnal district in the Indian state of Haryana. It has 13 wards. The town is located about 143 km from Delhi on National Highway 1.

## Demographics

As of 2011 India census"Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India" (PDF). Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. 2 April 2018. Retrieved 2 April 2018., Nilokheri had a population of 16,405. Males constitute 52% of the population and females 48%. Nilokheri has an average literacy rate of 73%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 77%, and female literacy is 69%. In Nilokheri, 13% of the population is under 6 years of age.

## Administration

Nilokheri is a town and a municipal committee in Karnal district in the Indian state of Haryana . Nilokheri has a polling strength of 12517.

## Educational institutions

### Academic Technical Learning Institute

* Guru BrahamaNand Ji Govt. Polytechnic Institute Nilokheri
* State Institute of Engineering & Technology, Nilokheri
* Central Tool Room Extension Centre, Nilokheri earlier functional as Integrated Training Centre, Nilokheri now affiliated to Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises
* Maharana Pratap Horticultural University, Karnal
* Kalpana Chawla Government Medical College, Karnal
* Kalpana Chawla University of Health Sciences, Karnal
* National Dairy Research Institute, Karnal
* Govt. Polytechnic, Umri
* Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra
* National Institute of Technology, Kurukshetra
* National Institute of Design, Kurukshetra
* National Institute of Electronics & Information Technology, Kurukshetra

### Other Government offices, institutions and organisations

**Government Organisation**

* Government of India Press, Nilokheri.
* Post Office Nilokheri (Sub Office), Karnal, Haryana HR), India (IN), Pin Code:- 132117.
* BSNL, Nilokheri (Sub Office ) state-owned telecommunications company .
* Agro Engineering Workshop, Nilokheri was set up in 1968-1969. It is a unit of Haryana Agro Industries Corporation Limited (A Government of Haryana Undertaking).
* Haryana State Cooperative Supply and Marketing Federation Ltd (HAFED) was set up on 1 November 1966. One of the largest apex cooperative federation of Government of Haryana.

### Primary and secondary schools

**Govt. Schools**

* Government Senior Secondary School, Nilokheri affiliated to Haryana Board of School Education Bhiwani,

**Pvt. Schools**

* D.A.V. Centenary Public School, Nilokheri affiliated to Central Board of Secondary Education
* Meera Bai School affiliated to Haryana Board of School Education Bhiwani
* S.D.M.N. Vidya Mandir Sr. Secondary School affiliated to Central Board of Secondary Education

## Geography

Nilokheri is located at 29°50′N 76°55′E﻿ / ﻿29.83°N 76.92°E﻿ / 29.83; 76.92. It has an average elevation of 237 metres (830 feet).

Places adjacent to Nilokheri :

Ludhiana, Bhatinda

Kurukshetra, Ambala, Chandigarh-123 Km.

Jagadhri, Saharanpur-40.9 Km, Dehradun-80.8 Km.

Pehowa, Pundri, Anjanthali

Nilokheri

Indri, Yamuna Nagar-Km.

Kaithal, Narwana, Jind

Taraori, Karnal, Gharaunda, Panipat, Sonipat, New Delhi-143 Km.

Shamli, Meerut :

