Chakrata

Also known as Chakram

Key facts

Settlement.name: Chakrata
Settlement.native_name_lang: Jaunsari language
Settlement.settlement_type: Hill Town
Settlement.pushpin_map: Uttarakhand#India
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location in Uttarakhand, India
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1: State
Settlement.subdivision_type2: District
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Uttarakhand
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Dehradun
Settlement.unit_pref: Metric
Settlement.elevation_m: 2118
Settlement.population_total: 5,117
Settlement.population_as_of: 2011
Settlement.population_density_km2: auto
Settlement.demographics_type1: Languages
Settlement.demographics1_title1: Official
Settlement.timezone1: IST

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Encyclopedic overview

9 sections

Contents

History
The cantonment
Tourism and transportation
Demographics
Civic Administration
See also
Notes
References
External links

Chakrata is a cantonment town and also a sub district/tehsil, in Dehradun district in the state of Uttarakhand, India.

It lies between the Tons and Yamuna rivers, at an elevation of 2118 m, 98 km from the state capital, Dehradun. Chakrata was originally a cantonment of the British Indian Army. To the west lies Shillai, Himachal Pradesh, and to the east are Mussoorie (73 km) and Tehri Garhwal.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Chakrata” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.