Demographics
According to the 2011 census of India, Hisar city has a population of 301,249 (not to be confused with the population of Hisar district) and is currently the 141st most populated city in India. Males constitute 54% of the population and females 46%. There are 844 females per thousand males. Hisar has an average literacy rate of 81.04%, higher than the national average: male literacy is 86.13% and female literacy is 75.00%. In Hisar, 11% of the population is under 6 years of age and the child sex ratio of girls to boys is 860 per thousand boys. Although Hisar city has population of 301,249; its urban population is 306,893 of which 166,623 are males and 140,270 are females. The decadal growth rate was 27.06%. In 1960s, the per capita income of the city was the highest in the country.
Hisar has the highest number of permanent immigrants to the US among all districts in Haryana. According to a recent report on permanent immigration from the Northern Indian Districts of Indian subcontinent by the US Department of Homeland Security on the state of Haryana, Hisar ranks number 1 (with 893); Faridabad (812) and Karnal (656) are second and third.
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