Chakrata
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- 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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9 sectionsContents
- 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.