Nuh district

Nuh district is one of the 22 districts in the Indian state of Haryana. It has an area of and 1.09 million population. It is bounded by Gurugram district on the North, Palwal District of Haryana on East and Alwar District of Rajasthan on the South and West.It is predominantly populated by the agculturists Meos.HistoryThe district was created as Mewat district by taking areas from Gurgaon district and the Hathin Block of Faridabad district on 4 April 2005. However, Hathin sub-division was moved to the new district of Palwal in 2008. The district was renamed Nuh in 2016 as Mewat is a cultural region which spans the state of Haryana, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh.The district comprises Nuh, Taoru, Nagina, Ferozepur Jhirka, Indri, Punhana and Pinangwan blocks, 431 villages and 297 panchayats. There were 512 villages and 365 panchayats in district before Hathin Block was transferred to Palwal district.GeographyThe soil of district is light in texture, particularly sandy, sandy loam and clay loam. The upper hills are mostly barren.The total area of Nuh district is 1507 km2.Towns Ferozepur Jhirka Nagina Pinangwan Punahana Tauru Nuh