| Kaladhungi | |
| Settlement Type: | town |
| Pushpin Map: | India Uttarakhand#India |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Uttarakhand, India |
| Coordinates: | 29.28°N 79.35°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: |  India |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Uttarakhand |
| Subdivision Type2: | District |
| Subdivision Name2: | Nainital |
| Unit Pref: | Metric |
| Elevation M: | 514 |
| Population Total: | 6126 |
| Population As Of: | 2011 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Demographics Type1: | Languages |
| Demographics1 Title1: | Official |
| Demographics1 Info1: | Kumaoni, Hindi |
| Timezone1: | IST |
| Utc Offset1: | +7:00 |
| Postal Code Type: | PIN |
| Postal Code: | 263140[1] |
| Registration Plate: | UK 04 |
Kaladhungi is a town and a nagar panchayat in Nainital district in the Indian state of Uttarakhand.
The place is located just on the foothill, a good climate but summers are hot, located 26 km west of Haldwani on the Haldwani-Ramanagar road. Nainital is at distance of only 30 km to the north and Bazpur at about 19 km to south. It has a road connecting to Delhi via Bazpur, Tanda, and Moradabad.
In this route there are beautiful forests on the north side. Kaladungi has been a local commercial center for the surrounding villages in the plains, for over a century now.[2]
Kaldhungi is a Tehsil headquarters, has an Intermediate Govt. School and Hospital, with normal facilities like electricity, water, telephone, banks, post office, etc.
It is a very fertile land and a variety of fruits and vegetables like mangoes, lychee, papaya, guava, bananas, (vegetables - potato, cauliflower, tomato, cabbage, peas, beans, eggplant, gourds, calabash, pumpkin, bitter gourd, coriander, turmeric, ginger, mustard, fenugreek, spinach, etc.). The main crops are wheat, rice, mustard, sugarcane, corn, soybean, gram, pigeon pea, green gram and red lentil.
Kaladhungi is located at 29.28°N 79.35°W.[3] It has an average elevation of 393 metres (1,289 feet).
India census,[4] Kaladhungi had a population of 6,126. Males constitute 53% of the population and females 47%. Kaladhungi has an average literacy rate of 62%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 70%, and female literacy is 53%. In Kaladhungi, 16% of the population is under 6 years of age.
Jim Corbett, the famous man-eater hunter and a great environmentalist lived at Choti Haldwani, 2 km west of Kaladhungi on Ramnagar road for most years of his life. His house has now been converted into a museum in his memory by the government, known as 'Jim Corbett Museum', a must-see for the tourist going to Nainital taking Kaladhunigi-Nainital road. There are also the graves of his two dogs in the compound of the museum.Another attraction is the Bajauniyahaldu village.
