Chauntra is a village situated at an altitude of 4250 feet (1,295.4 m) above sea level in District Mandi, Himachal Pradesh

Himachal Pradesh

Himachal Pradesh is a state in Northern India. It is spread over , and is bordered by the Indian states of Jammu and Kashmir on the north, Punjab on the west and south-west, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh on the south, Uttarakhand on the south-east and by the Tibet Autonomous Region on the east...

. The settlement is along the National Highway 20 connecting Mandi with Pathankot

Pathankot

Pathankot became 22nd district on 28th July 2011 and a municipal corporation in the Indian state of Punjab. It was a part of the Nurpur princely state ruled by the Rajputs prior to 1849 AD. It is a meeting point of the three northern states of Punjab, Himachal Pradesh and Jammu and Kashmir...

. The village also lies enroute to the famous paragliding spot of Bir

BIR

Bir or BIR may refer to:Proper Names * Bir, Himachal Pradesh, town in the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh* Bir Ma'in, a Palestinian Arab village in the District of Ramla* Bir Ghbalou District, a district of Bouïra Province, Algeria...

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Close to Chauntara, on a bye road from the National Highway, a Tibetan settlement and a Tibetan University have recently come up, making it a small tourist attraction for Western tourists.