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 The
district headquarter is situated
in Jind town. Other smaller
towns are Narwana, Safidon and
Uchana. The total area of Jind
district is 2736 sq kms and its
population is 9,63,000.
The town, headquarter of the
district of the same name is
situated on the Ferozepur-Delhi
section of the Northern Railway,
123 kilometers away from Delhi
and 57 Kilometers from Rohtak.
It is also connected by road
with Delhi, Patiala, Chandigarh
and other important towns of
Haryana.
Jind town has a Arjun stadium,
milk plant, cattle feed plant,
Bulbul restaurant and a large
grain market. There are
facilities for stay at PWD rest
house, canal rest house and
market committee rest house. The
town is well provided with
schools, colleges, hospitals and
other basic amenities. Jind is
noted for its numerous temples
sacred to the worship of Shiva.
Tradition assigns the settlement
of the town to the Mahabharat
period.
According to the legend, the
Pandavas built here a temple in
honor of Jainti Devi (the
 goddess of victory) and offered
prayers for success in their
battle against the Kouravas. The
town grew up around the temple
and was named Jaintapuri, (abode
of Jainti Devi) which in course
of time corrupted to Jind. Raja
Gajpat Singh in 1755 seized a
large tract of country including
the present districts of Jind
from the Afghan and made Jind
the capital of the state in
1776. He made a fort here in
1775. Later, Sangrur was chosen
as capital of Jind State by Raja
Sangat Singh (1822 to 1834 AD).
Prime
Attractions
How To
Get There
Rail. The district is
connected by rail network.
Road : Jind is well
connected with the neighboring
cities by road.
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