Ambala Cantonment

Ambala Cantonment
—  city  —
Grand Trunk Road, at Ambala Cantonment, during British Raj
Ambala Cantonment Location in Haryana, India
Coordinates: 30.361915°N 76.8480778°E / 30.361915; 76.8480778
Country	India
State	Haryana
District	Ambala
Government
• Body	AMBALA MUNICIPAL CORPORATION, Cantonment board ambala.
Population (2011)
• Total	196,216
Languages
• Official	Hindi
Time zone	IST (UTC+5:30)
Vehicle registration	HR 01, HR 37

Ambala Cantonment is a cantonment town in Ambala district in the state of Haryana, India. It is next to Ambala and is on the Grand Trunk Road. It is some 200 kilometres north of Delhi and 50 km south from Chandigarh.It is a major market for scientific products for school and colleges.The city is famous for producing great acamedicians.^{[citation needed]}

Overview

The Cantonment is from the British times as it lies at an important junction, from here one can take the road North to Chandigarh and onwards to Simla, or turn East towards Uttar Pradesh, or go west to Ludhiana, and onwards to Jalandhar and Amritsar - Lahore. It has a lot of colonial bungalows and wide tree lined roads typical of British Cantonements in the subcontinent. It also gets a mention in the Rudyard Kipling book Kim. The formation sign of Punjab, Haryana and Himachal Pradesh Area (earlier Punjab Area) located here (a Taurus on a Red background) is a theme in the book. The formation sign still exists for an Indian Army formation in Shimla with some units affiliated to it still using the sign in Ambala.

It is currently the Headquarters of II Corps (India),(raised in 1970, formation sign Kharga) and an important forward Indian Air Force base.

The railway station is a prominent junction and is located on the Grand Trunk Road. Just across the railway station is the bus stand.

Demographics

As of 2011 India census, Ambala Cantonment had a population of 1,136,784,. Males constitute 61% of the population and females 39%. Ambala Cantonment has an average literacy rate of 82.9%, higher than the national average of 59.5%; with 64% of the males and 36% of females literate. 12% of the population is under 6 years of age.

Visitor attractions

• Gurudwara Lakhnaur Sahib
• Hathi Khana Shiv Mandir
• Holy Redeemer Church
• Saint Paul’s Church
• Indira Park
• Christian Cemetery
• Raja Ka Talab
• Rani Ka Talab
• Kharga Golf Club