Local businesses in Ambala
Listed in OpenStreetMap within 3.5 km of the city centre.
- Colleges and universities: 1
- Kalpana Chawla Government Polytechnic for Women
- Hospitals: 36
- Narain Hospital, Ambala; Bansal Eye Hospital, Ambala City; Healing Touch Hospital; Mehnidratta Hospital; Jaspal Hospital; Leelawati Hospital, Ambala; Civil Hospital Ambala City; Aarogya Surgical Hospital; Aggarwal Heart And Surgical Hospital; Awan Children Hospital
- Banks: 1
- State Bank of India
Ambala facts
- District
- Ambala district
- Population, 2011 Census
- 1,95,153
- PIN codes
- 133001 (Ambala), 134003 (Ambala City)
- Education
- Ambala has many schools and colleges, including Maharishi Markandeshwar University at Mullana and a government polytechnic.
- History
- Ambala is said to be named after a 14th-century Rajput called Amba, or after the goddess Bhawani Amba, whose temple still stands in the city.
- Getting there
- Ambala sits on the border of Punjab and Haryana, close to Chandigarh. National Highway 44, the old GT Road, passes through it, and it is an interchange for travellers heading to neighbouring states.
Sources: Census of India 2011, Wikipedia, Wikidata, India Post and OpenStreetMap. Last checked 14 October 2026.