Panipat (pronunciation ) is a historic city in Haryana, India. It is 95 km north of Delhi and 169 km south of Chandigarh on NH-1. The three major battles fought in 1526, 1556 and 1761 took place near the city. The city is famous in India as the "City of Weavers" and "Textile City". It is also known as the "cast-off capital" due to being "the global centre for recycling textiles".. Panipat is included in the list of Critically Polluted Industrial area in India, it has Comprehensive Environment Pollution Index (CEPI) 71.91 as against Ankaleshwar (Gujrat) which is 88.50.


Panipat is located at . It has an average elevation of 243 metres (797 feet).
 India census, Panipat had a population of 578,937. Males constitute 53% of the population and females 47%. Panipat has an average literacy rate of 73%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 78%, and female literacy is 67%. In Panipat, 13% of the population is under 6 years old. Punjabi language spoken by majority in city while Haryanvi & Hindi are also widely understood languages here as well as English which used for official purposes only..

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