KaNgrA D gOlDeN VaLlEy
The history of Pre-Aryan and Aryan eras is mainly based on the epics like Vedas, Puranas, Mahabharata, etc. In Rigveda, reference of Arijikya (Beas) flowing through this area has been made. This region, commonly named as Dev Bhumi is believed to be the abode of gods. According to the Vedas, some non-Aryan tribes inhabited this region before the arrival of Aryans. There is a mention of Trigarta (Kangra) kingdom
Kangra district is situated in Western Himalayas between 31°2 to 32°5 N and 75° to 77°45 E. The district has a geographical area of 5,739 km. which constitutes 10.31 % of geographical area of the State. The district is bounded by Chamba to the north, Lahul and Spiti to the northeast, Kullu to the east, Mandi to the southeast, and Hamirpur and Una to the south. The district shares a border with the states of Punjab on the southwest, and Jammu and Kashmir on the northwest. Due to the hilly terrain, not very much of the land is cultivated. The region is covered with uniform patches of barren land, as well as small forests. There is a reasonably good network of roads across the district.
Climate in Kangra district is having a topography that some of the parts like Milawan at 400 m altitude, while area of Bara Bhangal are at the altitude of 5500 m. Indora block of Kangra district falls in sub-humid sub-tropical zone where annual precipitation works out about 1000 mm and mean temperature of about 24°C, Dehragopipur and Nurpur blocks fall under humid sub-tropical zone where the annual rainfall is between 900–2350 mm and mean temperature about 2° to 24°C. Palampur and Dharamsala fall under wet temperate zone where the temperature ranges from 15 to 19°C and annual rainfall is about 2500 mm. (avg. of last fifty five years). Other parts of the Kangra district fall under hill area where the mean annual temperature varies from 13 to 20°C and annual rainfall is 1800– 3000 mm. The winter lasts from mid-December to mid-February, during which the temperature ranges from 0 to 20 °C. The winds cause winter rains. Summers last from April until June, and are hot (temp 25 to 38 °C) and dry. They are generally followed by a wet monsoon which ends in autumn.
Delhi to Dharamshala :
This access route leads via Sonipat - Panipat - Karnal - Kurukshetra (Pipli)- Ambala - Zirakpur - Kharar - Ropar - Swarghat - Una - Amb - Mubarakpur - Dehra Gopipur - Ranital - Kangra - Gaggal - Dharamshala
This access route leads via Sonipat - Panipat - Karnal - Kurukshetra (Pipli)- Ambala - Zirakpur - Kharar - Ropar - Swarghat - Una - Amb - Mubarakpur - Dehra Gopipur - Jawalamukhi - Ranital - Kangra - Gaggal - Dharamshala
This access route leads via Sonipat Panipat - Karnal- Kurukshetra - Ambala - Ludhiana - Jallander - Pathankot - Jassur - Nurpur - Gaggal - Kangra
This access route leads via Sonipat - Panipat - Karnal- Kurukshetra - Ambala - Chandigarh - Hoshiarpur - Gagret - Mubarakpur - Dehra Gopipur - Ranital - Kangra - Gaggal - Dharamshala
Shimla to Dharamshala :
This route leads via Bilaspur - Hamirpur - Jwalaji - Kangra
This route leads via Solan - Chandigarh - Kharar - Ropar - Swarghat - Una - Amb - Mubarakpur - Dehra Gopipur - Ranital - Kangra - Gaggal - Dharamshala
Chandigarh to Dharamshala :
This route leads via Kharar - Ropar - Swarghat - Una - Amb - Mubarakpur - Dehra Gopipur - Ranital - Kangra - Gaggal - Dharamshala
Kangra district obtains its name from Kangra town which was primarily called as Nagarkot in the ancient age. The modern Kangra district was founded on the 1st September, 1972 by the Government of Himachal Pradesh.
An official Census 2011 detail of Kangra, a district of Himachal Pradesh has been released by Directorate of Census Operations in Himachal Pradesh. Enumeration of key persons was also done by census officials in Kangra District of Himachal Pradesh. In 2011, Kangra had population of 1,507,223 of which male and female were 748,559 and 758,664 respectively. There was change of 12.56 percent in the population compared to population as per 2001. In the previous census of India 2001, Kangra District recorded increase of 14.05 percent to its population compared to 1991