KANGRA

 District Headquarter  -        Kangra
Population                    -        15,07,223
Area                               -        5,739 sq. km.
Density                          -        263 (per sq. km.)
Literacy                         -        86.49
Female                           -        80.62
Male                               -        92.55
Sex Ratio                       -        1013 (Females per 1000 males)

Formation of District--
With the merger of Punjab hill areas in Himachal Pradesh it was included in Himachal Pradesh as district on 1st November, 1966.

Boundaries-- 
It is bounded on the South West by Una district, on the North-West by district Gurdaspur of Punjab, on the North by Lahaul-Spiti and Chamba districts. On the East by Kullu and Mandi districts.
Hamirpur district comprises its Southern boundary.

Assembly Seats--              (15) 
Nurpur, 
Indora, 
Fatehpur, 
Jawali, 
Dehra, 
Jaswan-Pragpur,
Jawalamukhi, 
Jaisinghpur, 
Sulah, 
Nagrota,
Kangra, 
Shahpur, 
Dharamshala, 
Palampur and
Baijnath 

Important Hills--
The Dhauladhar Range 

Rivers & Tributaries-- 
The Beas river enters at Sandholand leaves the district at Mirthal -ghat. Awa, Baner, Banganga, Chakkland Gaj "Khad" are the important tributaries flowing through the district.

Pride of the District--
*Brajeshwari temple,
*Chamunda Devi temple,
*Masrur temple,
*Baijnath (Vaidyanath) temple,
*Dharamsala (Headquarter of Tibet Government in exile);
*Mcleodganj a major Buddhist Centre and residence of Dalai Lama (the Tibetan Spiritual leader);
*General V.N. Sharma (former Chief of Army Staff), Justice Mehar
India),
*Captain Ram Singh (music director Chand Mahajan, former Chief Justice of of the Indian National Army (INA) of Subhash
Chander Bose, 
*Major Somnath Sharma (the first recipient of Maha Vir Chakra),
*Durga Mal and Dal Bahadur (famous freedom fighters) belonged to the district;
*Home of Katoch dynasty (perhaps the oldest ruling princely dynasty);
*Sardar Sobha Singh Art Gallery.