# 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 44.

## Demographics

Religion in Nilokheri (2011) :
| Religion | Religion | Percent | Percent |
| Hinduism | Hinduism | 81.58% | 81.58% |
| Sikhism | Sikhism | 16.26% | 16.26% |
| Christianity | Christianity | 1.17% | 1.17% |
| Islam | Islam | 0.84% | 0.84% |
| Others | Others | 0.15% | 0.15% |
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).
vtePlaces 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 :