Ghanari

Ghanari

Town
Country  India
State Himachal Pradesh
District Una
Government
  Body Panchayat
Elevation 470 m (1,540 ft)
Population
  Total 4,000
Languages
  Official Hindi
Time zone IST (UTC+5:30)
PIN 177212
Telephone code 01976
Vehicle registration HP-19
Nearest city Hoshiarpur, Talwara, Una, Chintpurni
Lok Sabha constituency Hamirpur
Civic agency Panchayat
Climate Hot and humid. (Köppen)
Avg. summer temperature 45 °C (113 °F)
Avg. winter temperature 3 °C (37 °F)

Ghanari(घनारी) is Headquarter of Tehsil Ghanari in Una district of Himachal Pradesh, India. It comes under Gagret parliamentary constituency and shares border with Punjab and lies on the bank of the seasonal Sombhadra river. It is situated in plains of una which is part of punjab region of indian subcontinent.

Ghanari is 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) from both Gagret and Daulatpur and 34 kilometres (21 mi) from Hoshiarpur city of Punjab. It is also 28 kilometres (17 mi) from the Punjab town of Talwara, in Hoshiarpur district, but 42 kilometres (26 mi) from its own district headquarters at Una.

People

The local language is primarily Punjabi while Hindi and English are used in official purpose. The population of Ghanari is around 4500. Most of people of ghanari belong to Education Department that's why Ghanari is famous for its teachers.

Climatic conditions

In summer, Ghanari's temperature reaches up to 40-45 degrees and in winters it falls to -3 degrees.

Education

Average literacy rate of Ghanari is more than 95% higher than the national average of 59.5%. Coordinates: 31°43′N 76°00′E / 31.717°N 76.000°E / 31.717; 76.000

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 11/16/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.