Panchkula was formed as the 17th district of Haryana on 15th August, 1995. It comprises of two sub divisions and two Tehsils named Panchkula and Kalka. It has 264 villages out of which 12 villages are uninhabited and 10 villages wholly merged in towns or treated as census towns according to census 1991. There are four towns in the district named Kalka, Panchkula, Pinjore and HMT Pinjore. Area of the district is 816 sq km and the total population is 3,19,398 out of which 1,73,557 are males and 1,45,841 females. The male literacy in the district is 61.8% whereas of the females is 46%.

The Panchkula District comprises a region which as a cradle of great civilization and culture has a glorious past located in the district is the valley of the rigvadic sarswati which was intimes gone by a hub of great activity. The district abounds in many places, the antiquity of which has been established by archeological explorations. Some other more recent places have acquired importance on the account of their economic and industrial. Still other places have been developed as tourist spots like Morni hills and Pinjore complex.

MANSA DEVI TEMPLE lies in Bilaspur village, about three kilometers east of Mani Majra (Chandigarh UT). There are two temples dedicated in the goddess here. The older one is said to have been built by the ruler of Mani Majra (C.A.D.1815). The legend is that originally the shrine was in the territory of earst while Princely state of Nahan and the stream which supplied water to the pilgrims visiting the temple, was cut off by some hill people causing great distress to the pilgrims. There upon the goddess appeared in dream of Gurbax Singh, ruler of Mani Majra and asked him to construct a temple for her at this place. This temple contains thirty-eight panels of wall paintings besides floral designs painted all over the ceiling and the arches leading into the temple. The drawings of the temple are not of high standard but a great variety of themes is illustrated. The other temple is said to have been constructed by Maharaja Karam Singh of earst while Patiala State 9C.A.D. 1861) to commemorate his success in the battle against the Gurkhas.The fairs are held twice a year in March-April (Chat shudiashtami) and September-October (asoj shudi ashtami).

The entire area lying between Ambala-Kalka national highway and the Ghaggar River has been earmarked for regional recreation. The area will have a golf course, a dear park, zoological garden, an exhibition ground and a children park etc. A beautifully designed youth Hostel to provide cheap and comfortable accommodation for young tourists is situated on the bank of the Ghaggar. Very popular with the people of Chandigarh and with those travelling Himachal Pradesh, "Red Bishop" a bar and a restaurant is a comfortable stopover. A jainendra Gurukul was established there in 1929 which is now running as a high school. Panchkula a rapidly growing town of Haryana Chandigarh, has a number of voluntary welfare associations. To name a few, prominent among them area Panchkula Resident Welfare Federation (Regd.) which came into existence on 3rd July 1989. At present the Federation has affiliation of 13 associations representing all different sectors of the Panchkula Urban Estate. The federation has successfully taken up various matters with the appropriate authorities for the welfare of the residents of Panchkula. Panchkula consumer Forum is another important organisation, which is doing excellent role in getting the genuine complainants of consumers removed and generating a feeling that consumers should get the real worth of what he spends for.