Pangi, Himachal Pradesh

Pangi Valley (Killar)
division (tehsil)
Pangi Valley (Killar) Location in Himachal Pradesh, India
Coordinates: 31°35′22″N 78°16′42″E / 31.58932°N 78.278275°E / 31.58932; 78.278275Coordinates: 31°35′22″N 78°16′42″E / 31.58932°N 78.278275°E / 31.58932; 78.278275
Country	India
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Chamba district
Population (2001)
• Total	17,598
Languages
• Official	Hindi
Time zone	IST (UTC+5:30)

Pangi is a tehsil of Chamba, Himachal Pradesh.

The Pangi valley is a remote, rugged and poorly developed tribal area in Himachal Pradesh state. Pangi valley is divided into the Saichu, Hudan Bhatori and Sural Bhatori valleys. These are inhabited at elevations of 7,000 feet (2,100 m) to 11,000 feet (3,400 m) above sea level. Roads are poor, with few of them surfaced. The Saach Pass at an altitude of 14,500 feet (4,400 m) is open for vehicular traffic between mid June and October, but closed by heavy snow at other times of the year.^[1]

The Pangi tehsil covers 1,601 square kilometres (618 sq mi), and had a population of 17,598 as of the 2001 census. Pangi has 16 panchayats and 54 inhabited villages. With recent improvements to the roads, the villagers have started to grow cash crops such as peas, apples and other fruit.^[1] The valley is mostly inhabited by Pangwal and Bhoti people, mostly Hindu with some Buddhists. Attempts are being made to develop the area for tourism, trekking through the dramatic scenery.^[2] Language spoken by Pangi people is called as Pangwali.^[3] Two Linguists are working with Pangi people for Pangwali language development. Phonology, Grammar and discourse analysis has been done. “Tubari” A Pangwali monthly magazine is regularly published in valley. Pangwali literature is under development some titles are Baue pyar- Father’s love stories book, Pangwali-Hindi Grammar book and Manihelu- Proverbs and idioms booklet.All these materials are available in pangi website. In 2013 debut Pangwali language development website was launched in three languages Pangwali, Hindi and English. To see this website please click here www.pangi.in

Due to its remoteness,dangerous roads and combination of other unavoidable adverse situations, only very few Scientist have visited the Pangi valley for the study of its unique geography, vegetation and other scientific studies. Prof. Shahnawaz from University of Salzberg (Austria), who is basically from Chamba District, has done research work on geography, economics and peoples of Pangi Valley while he was doing Ph.D. at Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi and later as a Professor at the Jawaharlal Nehru University, Geography faculty. http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.1659/0276-4741(2002)022%5B0324%3AAEOFMC%5D2.0.CO%3B2).

Recently research work on the Plants of Pangi valley is done by Pawan Kumar Rana(Ph.D.),a resident of Sahali Village from Pangi Valley himself (http://www.researchgate.net/profile/Pawan_Rana/) with Dr. Puneet Kumar (UGC-Postdoc fellow) under the supervision of Prof. V K Singhal, from Department of Botany, Punjabi University, Patiala, Punjab. A number of research publication in various International journals such as Protoplasma, Plant Systematics and evolution, Journal of systematics and evolution, Biologia, Caryologia, Cytologia, Turkish Journal of Botany, The Scientific World Journal etc of high Impact factor and peer review process has been published on the Plants of Pangi Valley and its adjoining areas by these researchers. The links are provided as:-

http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00709-013-0581-0

http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00606-013-0975-7

http://www.hindawi.com/journals/tswj/aip/753289/

http://mistug.tubitak.gov.tr/bdyim/abs.php?dergi=bot&rak=1108-23

http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00606-013-0922-7

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1759-6831.2011.00144.x/abstract

http://link.springer.com/article/10.2478%2Fs11756-011-0033-2

http://www.caryologia.unifi.it/past_volumes/64_1/04.pdf

http://www.academicjournals.org/journal/JMPR/article-abstract/CE82A6741667

https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/cytologia/77/2/77_173/_article

https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/cytologia/74/2/74_2_229/_article

http://botanicaserbica.bio.bg.ac.rs/2010_34_1.html

A view of Chandrabhagha River through Pangi valley

References

http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00709-013-0581-0

http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00606-013-0975-7

http://www.hindawi.com/journals/tswj/aip/753289/

http://mistug.tubitak.gov.tr/bdyim/abs.php?dergi=bot&rak=1108-23

http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00606-013-0922-7

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1759-6831.2011.00144.x/abstract

http://link.springer.com/article/10.2478%2Fs11756-011-0033-2

http://www.caryologia.unifi.it/past_volumes/64_1/04.pdf

http://www.academicjournals.org/journal/JMPR/article-abstract/CE82A6741667

https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/cytologia/77/2/77_173/_article

https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/cytologia/74/2/74_2_229/_article

http://botanicaserbica.bio.bg.ac.rs/2010_34_1.html