Agroha (town)

Agroha (29.20 N 75.38 E) is an ancient town in Haryana

in what is now Northern India, believed to be the birthplace of the Agarwal and Agrahari communities. Ancient
structures, pot-shards, coins and seals have been found
in archaeological excavations. Agroha was the capital of
legendary Emperor Agrasen with ideology of One brick
one rupee.

52.68% of the population and females (3654) 47.31%.

Agroha has an average literacy (4522) rate of 58.55%,
less than the national average of 74%: male literacy
(2659) is 58.8%, and female literacy (1863) is 41.19%.
In Agroha, 13.71% of the population is under 6 years of
age (1059).[1]

It is situated in Hisar district in between Hisar city and

Fatehabad on NH 10.

3 Recent times
See: Agroha Dham

Early history

Main article: Agroha Mound

Agroha remained an important centre of commerce and

Agroha ruins, ASI monument: N-HR-27.

Agroha temple.

political activity till the period of Feroze Shah Tughluq as

it was situated on the ancient trade route between Taxila
and Mathura. Earlier excavations proved the potentiality
of the site and its ancient name 'Agrodaka', headquarters
of a Janapada.

In 1976, the then Chief Minister of Haryana Banarsi Das

Gupta started the development of Agroha under the banner of Agroha Vikas Trust. A huge Temple of Maharaja Agrasen, Mata Lakshmi (Kuldevi of Agarwal and
traders community) and Mata Saraswati was constructed
there and which was inaugurated Rajiv Gandhi.

The Agroha mound goes back to the 3rd century BC

and is where Harappan coins were discovered apart from Subsequently, Banarsi Das Guptas initiatives led to the
stone sculptures, terracotta seals, iron and copper imple- formation of Agroha Development Board. In rst ever
meeting, a decision was taken that in the name of Maments, shells and a host of other things.
haraja Agrasen Maharaja Agrasen Medical College will
Recent excavations have yielded ve cultural periods
be established in Agroha. It was Shri Guptas persistence
ranging from circa fourth century to fourteenth centhat the Haryana Government released 267 acres of land
tury AD. The excavations have also revealed two ancient
to the Agarwal Society for the Medical College, for just
shrines namely a Buddhist stupa and a Hindu temple.
Re. 1 in lease. The Government also make an agreement
with the society under which the Government decided to
bear 50% of the development amount, and to hand over
2 Demographics
the managements to the Agarwal Society while contributing 99% of the maintenance fee; once the Medical ColAs of 2011 India census, Agroha had a population lege is developed. The remaining 1% is to be borne by the
of 7722 in 1491 households. Males (4068) constitute Agarwal Society. It was this agreement which increased
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REFERENCES

4 Famous residents
Agroha is the birthplace of best wrestler of India Geetika Jakhar who won silver medal at Asian
Games held at Doha in 2006.
Agroha is the birthplace of the athlete Krishna Poonia who won gold medal in the discus throw in the
Commonwealth Games 2010 held in Delhi.

5 See also
Agrasen ki Baoli
Agroha Dham
Agroha Mound

6 References
[1] Census of India 2011. Retrieved 12 March 2014.
HANUMAN TEPLE AGROHA HISAR HARYANA

Sheela Mata Temple Agroha

the momentum of the development of the Medical College and the AGROHA.
During the last 20 years Agroha Vikas Trust has done a
lot of development of this Holy town, and a modern lodging and boarding facility is now available. A number of
temples have been constructed in the Complex, including
the Sheetla mata temple and Hanuman temple.
A Medical and Engineering college is also present at
Agroha.

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