Kaladungi
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Kaladungi or Kaladhungi is a town and a nagar panchayat
in Nainital district in the India
n 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
.
Kaldhungi is a Tehsil
headquarters, has an Intermediate Govt. School, and Hospital, with normal facilities like, electricity, water, telephone, banks, post office etc.
Kaladungi is a very fertile area and a variety of fruits and vegetables like mangoes, lichi, papaya, gauva, banana
s, (vegetables - potato
, cauliflower, tomato, cabbage, peas, beens, brinjaul, guards, lauki, kaddu, karela, dhaniya, haldi, zinger, sarson, methi, palak etc.). Main crops are wheat
, rice, mustard, sugarcane, maiz, soyabean, gram, arhar, moong, masoor etc.
, Kaladungi had a population of 6126. Males constitute 53% of the population and females 47%. Kaladungi 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 Kaladungi, 16% of the population is under 6 years of age.
, the famous man eater hunter and a great environmentalist lived at Choti Haldwani, 2 km west of Kaladungi 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 Nanital taking Kaladunigi-Nainital road. There are also the graves of his two dogs in the compound of the museum.
Nagar Panchayat
A nagar palika or nagar panchayat is a form of an urban political unit in India comparable to a municipality.An urban centre with more than 30,000 and less than 100,000 inhabitants is classified as a nagar panchayat....
in Nainital district in the India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
n state
States and territories of India
India is a federal union of states comprising twenty-eight states and seven union territories. The states and territories are further subdivided into districts and so on.-List of states and territories:...
of Uttarakhand
Uttarakhand
Uttarakhand , formerly Uttaranchal, is a state in the northern part of India. It is often referred to as the Land of Gods due to the many holy Hindu temples and cities found throughout the state, some of which are among Hinduism's most spiritual and auspicious places of pilgrimage and worship...
.
The place is located just on the foothill, a good climate but summers are hot, located 26 km west of Haldwani
Haldwani
Haldwani is a city, which along with its twin township of Kathgodam forms the Haldwani-Kathgodam municipal board in Nainital District in the Indian state of Uttarakhand....
on the Haldwani-Ramanagar
Ramnagar, Uttarakhand
Ramnagar is a small town and municipal board in the Nainital district of Uttarakhand, India. It is located approximately from Nainital, the headquarters of the district....
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
Bajpur
Bajpur is a city and a municipality in Udham Singh Nagar district in the state of Uttarakhand, India.It was formerly known as Bazpur, and was established in early in 17th century, by Chand king, Lakshmi Chand , and named after a former Chand king, Baz Bahadur Bajpur is well connected with the...
, Tanda and Moradabad
Moradabad
Moradabad is a city and a municipal corporation in Moradabad district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It was established in 1600 by prince Murad, the son of the Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan; as a result the city came to be known as Moradabad. It is the administrative headquarters of...
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Overview
In this route there are beautiful forests on the northside. Kaladungi has been a local commercial centre for the surrounding villages in the plains, for over a century now.Kaldhungi is a Tehsil
Tehsil
A Tehsil or Tahsil/Tahasil , also known as Taluk and Mandal, is an administrative division of some country/countries of South Asia....
headquarters, has an Intermediate Govt. School, and Hospital, with normal facilities like, electricity, water, telephone, banks, post office etc.
Kaladungi is a very fertile area and a variety of fruits and vegetables like mangoes, lichi, papaya, gauva, banana
Banana
Banana is the common name for herbaceous plants of the genus Musa and for the fruit they produce. Bananas come in a variety of sizes and colors when ripe, including yellow, purple, and red....
s, (vegetables - potato
Potato
The potato is a starchy, tuberous crop from the perennial Solanum tuberosum of the Solanaceae family . The word potato may refer to the plant itself as well as the edible tuber. In the region of the Andes, there are some other closely related cultivated potato species...
, cauliflower, tomato, cabbage, peas, beens, brinjaul, guards, lauki, kaddu, karela, dhaniya, haldi, zinger, sarson, methi, palak etc.). Main crops are wheat
Wheat
Wheat is a cereal grain, originally from the Levant region of the Near East, but now cultivated worldwide. In 2007 world production of wheat was 607 million tons, making it the third most-produced cereal after maize and rice...
, rice, mustard, sugarcane, maiz, soyabean, gram, arhar, moong, masoor etc.
Geography
Kaladungi is located at 29.28°N 79.35°E. It has an average elevation of 393 metres (1,289 feet).Demographics
India censusCensus
A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring and recording information about the members of a given population. It is a regularly occurring and official count of a particular population. The term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common...
, Kaladungi had a population of 6126. Males constitute 53% of the population and females 47%. Kaladungi 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 Kaladungi, 16% of the population is under 6 years of age.
Local attractions
Jim CorbettJim Corbett
James or Jim Corbett may refer to:*Jim Corbett , Edward James "Jim" Corbett , British-Indian hunter of man-eating tigers and leopards, conservationist, naturalist, photographer and author*James J...
, the famous man eater hunter and a great environmentalist lived at Choti Haldwani, 2 km west of Kaladungi 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 Nanital taking Kaladunigi-Nainital road. There are also the graves of his two dogs in the compound of the museum.