Kaladungi

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native_name = Kaladungi | type = town | latd = 29.28 | longd = 79.35
state_name = Uttarakhand
district = Nainital
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altitude = 393
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Kaladungi or Kaladhungi is a town and a nagar panchayat in Nainital district in the Indian state of Uttarakhand.

The place is located just on the foothill, a good climate but summers are hot, located 26 km west of Haldwani on the Haldwani-Ramanagar road. Nainital is at distance of only 30 km to the north and Bazpur at about 19 km to south. It has a road connecting to Delhi via Bazpur, Tanda and Moradabad.

Overview

In this route there are beautiful forests on the northside. Kaladungi has been a local commercial centre for the surrounding villages in the plains, for over a century now [ [http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V18_335.gifNainital District] The Imperial Gazetteer of India 1909, v. 18, p. 324.] .

Kaldhungi is a Tehsil headquarters, has an Intermediate Govt. School, and Hospital, with normal facilities like, electricity, water, telephone, banks, post office etc.

Kaladungi is a very fertile area and a variety of fruits and vegetables like mangoes, lichi, papaya, gauva, bananas, (vegetables - potato, cauliflower, tomato, cabbage, peas, beens, brinjaul, guards, lauki, kaddu, karela, dhaniya, haldi, zinger, sarson, methi, palak etc). Main crops are wheat, rice, mustard, sugarcane, maiz, soyabean, gram, arhar, moong, masoor etc.

Geography

Kaladungi is located at coord|29.28|N|79.35|E|. [ [http://www.fallingrain.com/world/IN/39/Kaladhungi.html Falling Rain Genomics, Inc - Kaladungi] ] It has an average elevation of 393 metres (1,289 feet).

Demographics

As of 2001 India census [GR|India] , Kaladungi had a population of 6126. Males constitute 53% of the population and females 47%. Kaladungi has an average literacy rate of 62%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 70%, and female literacy is 53%. In Kaladungi, 16% of the population is under 6 years of age.

Local attractions

Jim Corbett, the famous man eater hunter and a great environmentalist lived at "Choti Haldwani", 2 km west of Kaladungi on Ramnagar road for most years of his life. His house has now been converted into a museum in his memory by the government, known as 'Jim Corbett Museum', a must see for the tourist going to Nanital taking Kaladunigi-Nainital road. There are also the graves of his two dogs in the compound of the museum.

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