Sonipat is a city and a municipal corporation in Haryana state of India. It comes under the National Capital Region and is around 44 kilometres from Delhi. It is also around 214 km southwest of Chandigarh, the state capital. The Yamuna River runs along the eastern boundary.
On 22 December 1972, Sonipat was created a full-fledged district. Sonipat Junction railway station is the main railway junction on Delhi-Kalka line. It lies on Delhi Western Peripheral Expressway, Eastern Peripheral Expressway and Grand Trunk Road as well as the planned Delhi–Sonipat–Panipat Regional Rapid Transit System.