Sundar Nagar
Sundar Nagar
Sunder Nagar | |
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city | |
| Population (2001) | |
| • Total | 23,979 |
| Website | www.sundernagar.co.in |
Sunder Nagar (Devanagari: सुंदर नगर) is a city and a municipal council in Mandi district in the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh. Formerly it was a princely state, known as Suket.[citation needed]
Geography
Sunder Nagar is located at 31°32′N 76°53′E / 31.53°N 76.88°E[1]. It has an average elevation of 861 metres (2824 feet).
Accessibility
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| From | Distance |
| Delhi | 438 km |
| Manali | 140 km |
| Shimla | 105 km |
| Chandigarh | 175 km |
Reaching Sunder Nagar is not easy by Rail as the neareast Broad Gauge Railway Station is UNA(H.P) which is about 100 km. The nearest narrow gauge Railway Station is Jogindernagar (80 km).
Sundar Nagar is situated on National Highway 21, almost 5.5 h from Chandigarh. The nearest airport is Bhuntar, near Kullu.
Demographics
 | This section may contain information not important or relevant to the article's subject. (december 2009) |
As of 2001[update] India census[2], Sunder Nagar had a population of 23,979. Males constitute 53% of the population and females 47%. Sunder Nagar has an average literacy rate of 82%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 85%, and female literacy is 78%. In Sunder Nagar, 10% of the population is under 6 years of age.
There is a mixture of Himachali's, Punjabi's, Haryanvi's and Rajasthani's in this town. This is due to the presence of the Bhakra Beas Management Board.(B.B.M.B), which is a Govt. of India project having Punjab, Haryana, Rajsthan and Himachal Pradesh as partners and hence the employees are mostly from Punjab, Haryana and Rajsthan.Now the number of people from Bihar and U.P. are also increasing due to different construction works going on(mainly houses).
The place as a whole is quite peaceful.There are lot of scenic beauties to see like sunset across the lake,valley view from the road going to karane etc. There are two open big grounds in the colony where a lot of children play, people usually go for a walk in the evenings and mornings,usually on the roads towards near by villages like Chambi and kerane.But there is a project of Cement factory which has been initiated by the government in Karane.
Education
There is a Govt. Polytechnic, an Engineering College, a dental college and hospital [Himchal Dental College], a degree college [M.L.S.M.], Sanskrit College besides many schools in Sundar Nagar. There are two schools of B.B.M.B. Project Senior Secondary Model School and Senior Secondary School. And then there is St.Mary's High Secondary School. The notable institutions are:
- Jawaharlal Nehru Government Engineering College
- Maharaja Lakshman Sen Memorial College
- Government Polytechnic
- Himachal Dental College
- Govt. Sr. Sec. School(Boys)
- Govt. Sr. Sec. School(Girls)
- St. Mary's High School
- DAV public school
- Angel's Public School
Important Establishments
- The office of the Director of Accounts (Postal), H.P. Circle is located at Sundernagar since November 1994. The present Director (as on February 2007) of this office is Sh. A. I. Haidry.
- A unit of National Thermal Power Corporation is working here at Koldam, near Barmana.
- ACC Cement plant is also situated at Barmana Near Sunder Nagar.
- Bhakra Beas Management Board Office are situated here.
- River Beas also flows in a tunnel underneath the city before it merges into Sutlej River at Slapar where a power house namely Dehar Power house is located
- Sh. V. Verma, formerly secretary of Himachal Vidhan Sabha and author of many books on Himachal belongs to Sundar Nagar
- Sundernagar houses a privately managed recognised dental college Himachal Dental College running a 3-year BDS Programme and four 3-years MDS Programmes. The College is affiliated to the Himachal Pradesh University, Shimla.
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