Nathuakhan

Nathuakhan
—  village  —
Nathuakhan Location of Nathuakhan in Uttarakhand and India
Coordinates	29°28′30″N 79°36′18″E / 29.475°N 79.605°E / 29.475; 79.605Coordinates: 29°28′30″N 79°36′18″E / 29.475°N 79.605°E / 29.475; 79.605
Country	India
State	Uttarakhand
District(s)	Nainital
Time zone	IST (UTC+05:30)
Area • Elevation	• 1,940 metres (6,360 ft)
Codes • Pincode • 263158

Nathuakhan is a village in the Ramgarh block of the Nainital district in the state of Uttarakhand. It is situated at a height of 1940 meters, in the heart of Kumaon Mountains of the central Himalayas, close to the towns of Mukteshwar and Nainital.

Nathuakhan lies in the heart of the fruit basket of the Kumaon. It is a serene mountain retreat, perfect at any time of the year for a nice vacation. It is north–east facing and has a predominantly temperate eco system.

It is the birthplace of several freedom fighters like SHRI DHAN SINGH NEGI, SHRI UDAI SINGH NEGI, SHRI JAGAT SINGH NEGI, SHRI SHIV NARAYAN SINGH NEGI AND SHRI HARAK SINGH NEGI which made this place an important centre of national struggle against the British. these are the great freedom fighters who fought against britishers bravely and contributed their everything for indian freedom. well the two sons of the great freedom fighter shri dhan singh negi were also active in the politics for many years. shri shiv narayan singh negi was one of the founder of co-operative bank and were m.l.a. in nainital constituency for congress and shri harak singh negi was the block pramukh of ramgarh block for consecutive 15 years and were also associated with kisaan sangharsh vaahini at that time.

Geography

The village is divided into 12 hamlets which are as follows:

• Tallatanda
• Navada
• Mallatanda
• Gaon
• Kafaldhari
• Kanala
• Jhopro
• Banola
• Bunga
• Bageecha
• Lamakhan
• Tapuk

Education

Some schools in and around Nathuakhan are:

• Shri Dhan Singh Negi Government Inter-College - Peora
• Shri Shiv Narayan Singh Negi Government Inter-College - Nathuakhan
• Government Higher Secondary School - Reetha
• Government Higher Secondary School - Devdwar

Religion

Some of the temples in and around Nathuakhan are:

• Devdwareshwar Mahadev temple - Devdwar
• Ram mandir and Hanuman mandir - Nathuakhan
• Devi Temple - Delkuna
• Gangnath - Delkuna
• Bhumijyu temple - Delkuna
• Devi Temple - Nathuwakhan