Una District | |
Settlement Type: | District of Himachal Pradesh |
Total Type: | Total |
Coordinates: | 31.4761°N 76.2703°W |
Coor Pinpoint: | Una, Himachal Pradesh, India |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | India |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Himachal Pradesh |
Established Title: | Established |
Established Date: | 1 September 1972 |
Seat Type: | Headquarters |
Seat: | Una |
Parts Type: | Tehsils |
Parts Style: | para |
P1: | 5 |
Area Total Km2: | 1540 |
Population As Of: | 2011 |
Population Total: | 521173 |
Population Urban: | 8.8% |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Demographics Type1: | Demographics |
Demographics1 Title1: | Literacy |
Demographics1 Info1: | 87.23% |
Demographics1 Title2: | Sex ratio |
Demographics1 Info2: | 977 |
Leader Title: | Parliamentary Constituency |
Leader Name: | Hamirpur |
Leader Title1: | Member of Parliament |
Leader Name1: | Anurag Thakur |
Timezone1: | IST |
Utc Offset1: | +05:30 |
Registration Plate: | HP-72 (District RTO) |
Blank Name Sec2: | Average annual precipitation |
Blank Info Sec2: | 1253 mm |
Website: | http://hpuna.nic.in/ |
Una district is a district in the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh. Una shares its border with the Hoshiarpur and Rupnagar districts of Punjab and Kangra, Hamirpur, and Bilaspur districts of Himachal Pradesh. The terrain is generally plain with semi hills.
Una has five tehsils, namely Ghanari, Haroli, Amb, Bangana and Una itself. It was a tehsil of Hoshiarpur district until the Punjab Reorganisation Act, 1966 and Kangra district until 1972, after which it became a district of Himachal Pradesh.
Una lies in the western part of Himachal Pradesh, with the Sivalik Hills of the Himalayas rolling on the western side and Solah Singhi range on the eastern side. The Satluj river alongside Shahtalai, known for the shrine of Baba Balak Nath passes through south of district near Nangal Dam and Beas passes at the north of district near Pong Dam, Talwara.
The altitude varies from more than 409 meters in plains to over 1000 meters in hills. Swan River which is basically seasonal river and also known as soul of district Una flows 65 km right across the Jaswan Valley towards south until it submerges in the Sutlej river near Anandpur.[1]
According to the 2011 census, Una district has a population of 521,173,[2] giving it a ranking of 543rd in India (out of a total of 640).[2] The district has a population density of 338PD/sqkm.[2] Its population growth rate over the decade 2001-2011 was 16.24%.[2] Una has a sex ratio of 977 females for every 1000 males,[2] and a literacy rate of 87.23%. 8.62% of the population lives in urban areas. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes make up 22.16% and 1.65% of the population, respectively.[2]
Local languages are Hindi, Punjabi and Pahari. Punjabi is mostly used in plain areas of Tehsil Ghanari, Haroli Tehsil, Tehsil Una, and parts of Tehsil Amb. In other areas like Tehsil Bangana and Chintpurni (Part of Amb Tehsil) Pahari dialect is spoken.[3]
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