Narkanda
Sign in to saveNarkanda is a hill station town. It is a nagar panchayat in Kumarsain subdivision of Shimla district in the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh. It is at an elevation of 2708 meters on the Indo-Tibet Road (NH 5) in Himachal Pradesh, India within a fir (abies pindrow) forest. It is about 60 km away from Shimla and surrounded by the Himalayan Range.
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- Narkanda
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- Town
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- From top, left to right:Views from Narkanda, Apple orchards as viewed from uphill, Narkanda covered in snow, Top of Hatu peak, Hatu Mata Temple, Tani Jubbar lake
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- Country
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- State
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- District
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- Tehsil
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- Himachal Pradesh
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- Shimla
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- Kumarsain
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- Metric
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- 2708
- Settlement.population_total
- 901
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- 2011
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- Languages
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- Official
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- Hindi
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- Native
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Narkanda is a hill station town. It is a nagar panchayat in Kumarsain subdivision of Shimla district in the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh. It is at an elevation of 2708 meters on the Indo-Tibet Road (NH 5) in Himachal Pradesh, India within a fir (abies pindrow) forest. It is about 60 km away from Shimla and surrounded by the Himalayan Range.
thumb|Refuelling station in Narkanda It is a skiing resort in winter. It connects Shimla with Kumarsain and Rampur and a detour also goes to Kotgarh-Thanedhar, the prime apple belt of Himachal Pradesh where Satyananda Stokes started the apple culture.