Narkanda

Narkanda is a hill station town. It is a nagar panchayat in Kumarsain subdivision of Shimla district in the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh. It is at an elevation of 2708 meters on the Indo-Tibet Road (NH 5) in Himachal Pradesh, India within a fir (abies pindrow) forest. It is about 60 km away from Shimla and surrounded by the Himalayan Range.

Key facts

Settlement.name: Narkanda
Settlement.settlement_type: Town
Settlement.image_caption: From top, left to right:Views from Narkanda, Apple orchards as viewed from uphill, Narkanda covered in snow, Top of Hatu peak, Hatu Mata Temple, Tani Jubbar lake
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1: State
Settlement.subdivision_type2: District
Settlement.subdivision_type3: Tehsil
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Himachal Pradesh
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Shimla
Settlement.subdivision_name3: Kumarsain
Settlement.unit_pref: Metric
Settlement.elevation_m: 2708
Settlement.population_total: 901
Settlement.population_as_of: 2011
Settlement.demographics_type1: Languages
Settlement.demographics1_title1: Official
Settlement.demographics1_info1: Hindi
Settlement.demographics1_title2: Native

via Wikipedia infobox

Wikidata facts

Area: 1
Elevation: 2710
Image: Narkanda India1.jpg

Show 2 more facts

postal code: 171213
Commons category: Narkanda

Sources (1)

wikidata.org

via Wikidata · CC0

~4 min read

Article

7 sections

Contents

Geography
Climate
Flora
Demographics
See also
References
External links

thumb|Refuelling station in Narkanda It is a skiing resort in winter. It connects Shimla with Kumarsain and Rampur and a detour also goes to Kotgarh-Thanedhar, the prime apple belt of Himachal Pradesh where Satyananda Stokes started the apple culture.