Ghumarwin
Ghumarwin | |
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Town | |
Ghumarwin Ghumarwin Location in Himachal Pradesh, India | |
Coordinates: 31°26′09″N 76°42′43″E / 31.4358402°N 76.7118645°ECoordinates: 31°26′09″N 76°42′43″E / 31.4358402°N 76.7118645°E | |
Country | India |
State | Himachal Pradesh |
District | Bilaspur |
Population (2001) | |
• Total | 5,720 |
Languages | |
• Official | Hindi and Pahari |
Time zone | IST (UTC+5:30) |
Ghumarwin is a town and a municipal council in Bilaspur district in the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh.
it has become a major cultural and educational hub of District Bilaspur. The town is located on a sharp small river (Seer khud) bank in a small valley which diverts towards Bilaspur.Ghumarwin is rapidly emerging city in bilaspur district of Himachal Pradesh. The town celebrates a famous four-day fair at the dawn of summer in First week of April. The town is a tehsil and home to rapidly expanding entrepreneurship. Ghumarwin is also famous for its variety of sweet preparation and local cuisines. Situated on Shimla-Kangra NH88 it is well connected to rest of neighbouring states.HRTC busses and Taxis operate to nearly all possible routes on each sides.
Demographics
As of 2001 India census,[1] Ghumarwin had a population of 5720. Males constitute 53% of the population and females 47%. Ghumarwin has an average literacy rate of 78%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 80%, and female literacy is 76%. In Ghumarwin, 11% of the population is under 6 years. Freedom fighter Anant Ram sharma and Param Vir Chakra awardee Sanjay Kumar belonged to Ghumarwin.
Educational institutions
- Shiva Institute Of Engineering & Technology .
- Swami Vivekanand Government College:.It offers UG courses like BA/BSc/BCom .
- Government Senior Secondary School (Boys & Girls)
- Government Senior Secondary School (Girls)
- D.A.V. Public School
- College of Education
- Him Sarvodya Senior Secondary School
- Vision Convent School
- S.V.M High School
- Om Shanti Public School
- Govt Senior Secondary School Dadhol
- Minerva Public Sr. Sec. School
- Adarsh High School Ghumarwin
- kendreya vidyalaya Ghumarwin
- navalok adarsh vidyalaya khansra(mehrin kathla)
- Shivalik Publik School Marhana.Tel Ghumarwin
- YEN Law college ( under construction camps site) Dakhiut Dangar Ghumarwin
- GSSS Panoh
Beautiful view of the city comes from Harlog (near telecom towers) Earlier it was part of Kingdom of Maharaja NAND CHAND.
References
- ↑ "Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)". Census Commission of India. Archived from the original on 2004-06-16. Retrieved 2008-11-01.
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