Kangra district

The district Kangra (Hindi: काँगड़ा जिला ) is a district of the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh. Seat of the district administration is Dharamsala, bears his name the district after the town of Kangra.

Geography

The district Kangra is located in western Himachal Pradesh, in the foothills of the Himalayas and is flanked by the Dhauladhar mountains. Neighboring districts are in the North Chamba, Kullu to the east, Mandi to the southeast, and Hamirpur and Una to the south. In the southwest of the district Kangra bordering the state of Punjab and the northwest by Jammu and Kashmir. The area of ​​district Kangra is 5,739 square kilometers.

The terrain is hilly. In addition to grain farming and ranching dominated the cultivation of tea.

Population

According to the 2011 census, the district Kangra has 1,510,075 inhabitants. He is the most populous district of Himachal Pradesh. The population density is 263 inhabitants per square kilometer than the average in the state. In the district of Kangra lives among others, the indigenous people of the Kangri. The majority of the population is Hindu faith, the proportion of Buddhists by the immigration of Tibetans steadily increasing.

Economy

The main industry is agriculture (field and livestock ). Again, the Kangra tea is grown. Even today, much the Gaddis, the traditional nomadic herdsmen from the Kangra district that drive their sheep and goat herds each year of the high Himalayan passes to the summer pastures in Lahaul and in the border area Zanskar / Spiti / Ladakh, while their wives on the fields manage at home.