Sundar Nagar

Infobox Indian Jurisdiction
native_name = Sunder Nagar | type = city | latd = 31.53 | longd = 76.88
locator_position = right | state_name = Himachal Pradesh
district = Mandi
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altitude = 861
population_as_of = 2001
population_total = 23,979| population_density =
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area_telephone = 01907
postal_code = 174402
vehicle_code_range =HP-31
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website = www.sundernagar.co.in
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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.Fact|date=August 2008

Geography

Sunder Nagar is located at coord|31.53|N|76.88|E| [ [http://www.fallingrain.com/world/IN/11/Sundarnagar.html Falling Rain Genomics, Inc - Sundarnagar] ] . It has an average elevation of 861 metres (2824 feet).

Accessibility

Reaching Sunder Nagar is not easy by Rail as the neareast Broad Gauge Railway Station is Kiratpur Sahib(Punjab) 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

As of 2001 India census [GR|India] , 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.

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

Important Establishments

*The office of the Director of Accounts (Postal), H.P. Circle is located at Sundernagar since November 1994. The contact number of this office is 01907-266460. The present Director(as on February 2007) of this office is Sh. A. I. Haidry (contact p.k. shukla on 9418180619)contact Sh. Makhhan lal Vashisht- 9418030410.
*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

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