Nalagarh

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Nalagarh v • d • e Himachal Pradesh • India
Nalagarh
District(s)	Solan
Coordinates	31.05° N 76.72° E
Time zone	IST (UTC+5:30)
Area • Elevation	• 372 m (1,220 ft)
Population	9,433 (2001)

Coordinates: 31.05° N 76.72° E

Nalagarh is a city and a municipal committee in Solan district in the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh. It was the seat of the eponymous princely state during the British Raj, and known in medieval period as the state of Hindur. It was founded by the Chandella Rajputs in 1100AD.At present Nalagarh is an emerging Town for Industries as it hosts Production units for leather , steel , chemicals ,thread mills and breweries.Air Poluutions hence is quiet a concern here .Yet it belongs to Himchal Prdesh , the spoken Lingua-Franca is Punjabi.

1 Geography
2 Demographics
3 Roads
4 Industrialization
5 References
6 External links

[edit] Geography

Nalagarh is located at 31.05° N 76.72° E.^[1] It has an average elevation of 372 metres (1220 feet). Nalagarh is a Semi Hilly Area . While the summers are hot and dry Winters are Dry and wet .Summers temperature does reach 45 degrees celsius ,also it could be Humid , Which Make "Feel Temperature" at 50 degrees celsius .During rainy season strong winds are experienced . Yet Nalagarh Physically belongs to Himachal Pradesh but Look and feel of it is mostly like Punjab .It is a town Which is close to Pinjore in Haryana , to Ropar in Punjab .

[edit] Demographics

As of 2001 India census,^GRIndia Nalagarh had a population of 9433. Males constitute 54% of the population and females 46%. Nalagarh has an average literacy rate of 76%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 80%, and female literacy is 72%. In Nalagarh, 12% of the population is under 6 years of age.

[edit] Roads

First thing you will notice about Nalagarh is the "Roads of Nalagarh". Nalagarh is quiet a industrial developing town , However the Roads of Nalagarh is quiet a concern . Few Roads that emerges / joins from/to Nalagarh are Ropar road , Pinjore road , Swarghat road . Swarghat road had bad fortunes from the beginning ,it's a single line road which is marred by the Heavy Laden trucks.It may take a lot of jumps to reach your destination while trudging this road. Ropar road and Pinjore road have simlar stories .