Kinnaur district
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Key facts
- Country
- India
- State
- Himachal Pradesh
- Headquarters
- Reckong Peo
- Tehsils
- Kalpa, Pooh, Sangla, Moorang, Hangrang, Bhaba Nagar .
- Total
- 6,401 km (2,471 sq mi)
- Density
- 13.14/km (34.04/sq mi)
- Urban
- 0.00%
- Literacy
- 88.37%(male), 71.34%(female)
- Official
- Hindi
- Regional
- Pahari Kinnauri Kinnauri Bhoti Kinnauri Chitkuli Kinnauri
- Time zone
- UTC+05:30 ( IST )
- Vehicle registration
- HP-25, HP-26, HP-27
- Major highways
- National Highway 5 (India)
- Website
- hpkinnaur .nic .in
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- district of India
- Country
- India
- Located in
- Himachal Pradesh
- Capital
- Reckong Peo
- Population
- 84121
- Area
- 6401
- Time zone
- UTC+05:30
- Shares border with
- Kullu district
- Official website
- hpkinnaur.nic.in
- Households
- 19976
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- Category:Kinnaur district
- Commons category
- Kinnaur district
- male population
- 46249
- female population
- 37872
- urban population
- 0
- rural population
- 84121
- literate population
- 60699
- illiterate population
- 23422
- short name
- KIN
- native label
- किन्नौर
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Encyclopedic overview
Kinnaur district ( Hindi: [kɪnːɔːɾ]) is a mountainous district located in the northeast part of the state of Himachal Pradesh, India. Kinnaur district borders Tibet to the east, the state of Uttarakhand to the south, Shimla district to the southwest, Kullu district to the west, and Lahaul and Spiti district to the north. The administrative headquarters of the district is at Reckong Peo. Kinnaur district's south-western parts are part of the historical Mahasu region.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Kinnaur district” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.