Ghanari | |
Pushpin Label Position: | right |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Himachal Pradesh, India |
Coordinates: | 31.72°N 76.025°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | India |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Himachal Pradesh |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Una |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Elevation M: | 470 |
Population Total: | 5000 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Demographics Type1: | Languages |
Demographics1 Title1: | Official |
Timezone1: | IST |
Utc Offset1: | +5:30 |
Postal Code Type: | PIN |
Postal Code: | 177212 |
Area Code Type: | Telephone code |
Area Code: | 01976 |
Registration Plate: | HP-19AA, HP-19AB, HP-72 (District RTO) |
Blank1 Name Sec1: | Nearest city |
Blank1 Info Sec1: | Hoshiarpur, Talwara, Una, Chintpurni |
Blank2 Name Sec1: | Lok Sabha constituency |
Blank2 Info Sec1: | Hamirpur |
Blank3 Name Sec1: | Civic agency |
Blank1 Name Sec2: | Climate |
Blank1 Info Sec2: | Hot and humid. (Köppen) |
Blank2 Name Sec2: | Avg. summer temperature |
Blank2 Info Sec2: | 31°C |
Blank3 Name Sec2: | Avg. winter temperature |
Blank3 Info Sec2: | 10°C |
Ghanari is the headquarter of Tehsil Ghanari in Una district of Himachal Pradesh, India. It comes under Gagret vidhan sabha constituency and shares border with Punjab and lies on the bank of the seasonal Swan River. It is situated in plains of District Una.
Origin of name Ghanari lies in two Sanskrit words Ghan(घन) which means clouds and ari(अरी) which means enemy. It is said that a lot of times in past it used to rain in all surrounding places but not in Ghanari. Thats why this place was named Ghanari(Ghan + Ari).
Ghanari is 7km (04miles) from both Gagret and Daulatpur, 32km (20miles) from Hoshiarpur, 28km (17miles) from Talwara, and 42km (26miles) from district headquarters at Una, Himachal Pradesh.
The local language is Kandi dialect of Punjabi while Hindi and English are used for official purpose. The population of Ghanari is around 4600. Most of people of Ghanari belong to the Education Department, explaining Ghanari's fame for its teachers.
Ghanari has given many soldiers and officers to Indian Armed Forces including a winner of sword of honour at Indian Military Academy.
In summer, Ghanari's temperature reaches up to 46-47 degrees celsius and in winters it falls to -2 degrees celsius.
In 2011, literacy rate of Ghanari was 91.56% compared to 82.80% of Himachal Pradesh. Male literacy stands at 97.00% while female literacy rate was 86.43%.