गोहाना सोनीपत जिले में हरियाणा राज्य में है
gohana city is in the sonepat district of haryana state of india country.
Gohana town is situated in Sonipat district of Haryana. It is a Tehsil town of more than 300,000 population now in year 2011, has its own municipality and a constituency for Haryana Vidhan Sabha.It is located on Rohtak-Panipat state highway and has a railway station on Rohtak-Panipat railway line. From the district, its distance is 40 Km. Earlier, it was part of Rohtak district.
In ancient times, Gohana was known as Gavambhavana and was considered a sacred place. Prithviraj Chauhan had constructed a fort here. After defeating Prithviraj in 1192, Muhammad Ghori destroyed the fort. Later, Gohana also became a settlement of Taga Brahmins. All Muslim families left this place in 1947 and migrated to Pakistan. Being a tehsil town, people from diverse communities reside in the town. it is 40 km away from the Sonipat district.
As of 2001 India census,[2] Gohana had a population of 48,518. Males constitute 53% of the population and females 47%. Gohana has an average literacy rate of 67%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 74%, and female literacy is 60%. In Gohana, 15% of the population is under 6 years of age.
