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'''Shahbad''' is a city and a [[Local Governance in India| Municipal Committee]] in [[Kurukshetra District]] in the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[Haryana]].
==Demographics==
[[As of 2001]] India [[census]]{{GR|India}}, Shahbad had a population of 37,130. Males constitute 53% of the population and females 47%. Shahbad has an average literacy rate of 73%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 76%, and female literacy is 69%. In Shahbad, 11% of the population is under 6 years of age.
==Location==
Shahbad lies 21 kilometers south of [[Ambala]] on the Ambala [[Delhi]] Highway. It is some 30 kilometers to the North of [[Kurukshetra]] city, which is the capital of the district. Shahbad is on the national highway, and has a railway station on the Delhi Ambala line.
It lies on the banks of the river [[Markanda]]- A tributary of the [[Ghaggar]], and supposed to be a part of the ancient/ Vedic [[Saraswati River]] Basin system. There is a large historic temple on the banks of the river with Markendeshwar, the river sage/deity being worshipped there.
There is also a road from [[Panchkula]], via Ramgarh and Dosarka that comes out near Shahbad.
There are also direct roads to [[Ladwa]] and [[Radaur]] as well as [[Yamunanagar]] from Shahbad.All these being east of Shahbad. [[Pipli]], near [[Kurukshetra]] and [[Nilokheri]] are other nearby towns on the National highway.
==Economy==
It is a significant agricultural market for procurement of agricultural products. The area being on a river bank is fertile and is used for paddy as well as wheat and vegetables. The yield is very high, and the belt till [[Karnal]] has a large number of rice mills to pick up the high quality grain.
==Sports==
Of late Shahbad has produced a large number of women hockey players. This is thanks to the efforts of Coach Baldev Singh, who is also a Asst Director in the Haryana Sports department. The current national Hockey team has 12 women from Shahbad. For the last decade Shahbad has produced a large number of women Hockey players who have donned Haryana , [[Railways]] or Indian team colours. It has got the epithet of [[Sansarpur]] of Women's hockey. Current national team representatives from Shahbad are :- Suman Bala, Nutan, Meenakshi, Simarjeet Kaur, Balwinder Kaur, Kiran Bala, Gurpreet Kaur, Jasjeet Kaur, Rajni Bala, Rajwinder, Gagandeep Kaur and Surinder Kaur.
==History==
Historically it was a muslim majority town, with references made to a fort during Mughal times, and raids as well as sacking of the fort by [[Banda Bahadur]]. Significantly it also has a historic gurudwara of those times. After partition most of the muslims left, and Punjabi Sikh's and Hindu's from Pakistan were resettled here. The town and surrounding villages hence have a large Punjabi presence.
At the time of partition it was a small village, but has subsequently grown and now even has to urban area sectors planned and developed by [[HUDA]].
==Links==
Article on hockey in Shahbad [http://www.tribuneindia.com/2004/20040228/spr-trib.htm#1]
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