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Kangra district

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District in Himachal Pradesh, India

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Country
India
State
Himachal Pradesh
Division part of
Kangra
Tehsils
Kangra Nurpur Jawali Indora Dehra Shahpur Baroh Khundian Jaswan Rakkar Fatehpur (Vidhan Sabha constituency) Baijnath Jaisinghpur Dharamshala Palampur
Headquarters
Dharamshala
Lok sabha constituency part of
Kangra Nurpur Indora Fatehpur Jawali Jawalamukhi Jaisinghpur Sullah Nagrota Kangra Shahpur Dharamshala Palampur Baijnath , Hamirpur Dehra Jaswan-Pragpur
Member of parliament lok sabha
Rajeev Bhardwaj
Deputy commissioner
Nipun jindal, IAS
Superintendent of police
Vimukt Ranjan, IPS
Total
5,739 km (2,216 sq mi)
Highest elevation hanuman tibba
5,930 m (19,460 ft)
Lowest elevation
500 m (1,600 ft)
Density
263/km (680/sq mi)
Official
Hindi
Regional
Kangri
Time zone
UTC+5:30 ( IST )
Vehicle registration
HP - 68(RTO), 01/ 02D(Taxi)
Largest city
Dharamshala

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Population
1510075
Area
5739
Official website
hpkangra.nic.in
Image
Kangra.jpg
Households
338887
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Commons category
Kangra district
male population
750591
female population
759484
urban population
86281
rural population
1423794
literate population
1152640
illiterate population
357435
short name
KNG
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Kangra district is the most populous district of Himachal Pradesh, India. Dharamshala is the administrative headquarters of the district.

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