KINNAUR
⦁HQ REKONG PEO
⦁ALTITUDE 2290M
⦁FOUNDED ON 21 APRIL 1960
⦁100% POPULATION GRAMEEN
⦁POPULATION DENSITY 13
⦁AREA 6401 SQKM
⦁CHILD SEX RATIO 952
⦁SEX RATIO 818 LOWEST
⦁DECADAL GROWTH 7.61%
⦁LITERACY 80.77%
⦁TOTAL VILLAGES 660
⦁DEVELOPMENT BLOCK 3
⦁GRAM PANCHAYAT 65
LANGUAGES SPOKEN -------- HAMSKAD ( KINNAURI) SANGNAUR JANGIAM SHUMECHO ETC
SEPERATE DISTRICT CARVED OUT IN ---- 1960 ----FROM MAHASU DISTRICT
EARLIER IT WAS CHINNI TEHSIL OF MAHASU DISTRICT
KINNAUR SHARES EASTERN BOUNDARY WITH -- TIBET
INTERNATINAL BORDER STARTS FROM -----PARECHHU
PASSES --------- SHIPKILA PASS
RAINSO PASS
SHIMDANG PASS
GUMRANG ( KHIMOKUL ) PASS
& REACHES A POINT FLANKING CHOR GAD VALLEY IN EAST.
SOUTH ------- UTTARKASHI A DISTRICT OF UTTARAKHAND
WEST -------- SHIMLA KULLU
NORTH ------- LAHAUL SPITI
THREE RANGES
ZANSKAR ----EAST
GREAT HIMALAYAS ----NW CORNER TO SE
DHAULADHAR RANGES -------SOUTH
HIGHEST PEAK --------------- IN ZANSKAR ---------------
1.LEO PARGIAL 6791m ------- RISES FROM SPITI IN ONE SIDE AND SATLUJ ON OTHER SIDE
2.PARASALA 6608M
3.GREAT HIMALAYAS ------------1.UN NAMED 6593M
2. KINNER KAILASH OR RALDANG KAILASH 6500M
VALLEYS
SATLUJ VALLEY
BASPA OR SANGLA VALLEY
1. SATLUJ VALLEY
LARGEST RIVER VALLEY ---------- 140KM
CLIFFS ----------- TARANDA
WANGTU
ROGI
HANGRANG SPITI VALLEY ----------------- DRAINED BY RIVER SPITI OR LEE ( SPITI RIVER 32 KM HERE )
VALLEY JOIN MAIN VALLEY ON SPITI NEAR ----------KHAB (KHABO) VILLAGE
LOWER PORTION LIES IN ------- KINNAURUPPER ----------------------- LAHAUL SPITI
ROPA OR SHYASO ( ALSO SPELT AS SHIASU SHYASU & CHIASU ) OR SUNAM VALLEY -------DRAINED BY ROPA STREAM
2. BASPA OR SANGLA VALLEY ------------DRAINED BY BASPA RIVER
(NAMED SANGLA VALLEY AFTER SANGLA VILLAGE)
HISTORIC VILLAGE ------- KAMRU (MONE) SITUATED HERE
BASPA CONNECTED THROUGH GHARWAL REGION THROUGH SEVERAL PASSES.
PASSES WEST TO EAST
BURUA PASS OR BURAM GHATI
BORSU PASS
LAMKHAGA PASS
KIMILAY OR KHAMILOGO PASS
----SHINKA , KIMILAY & BORSA PASS ----LEADS TO FAMOUS ------ HAR KI DUN VALLEY
TIDONG VILLAGE ---------RUGGED -------OFTEN CALLED -------- SCENE OF SAVAGE GRANDEUR
VALLEYS
WANGPO OR BHABA ---------- SMALL WOODED VALLEY OF BHABA HAS LARGEST VILLAGE OF DISTRICT ----- BHABA
GYANTHING OR NESANG
PEJUR OR LEPPA
KASHANG
CHITKUL--
LAST & HIGHEST VILLAGE IN BASPA VALLEY
SITUATED ON RIGHT BANK OF BASPA RIVER
LAST INHABITED VILLAGE NEAR INDO-TIBETAN BORDER INDIAN ROADS ENDS HERE POTATOES ONE OF THE BEST HERE
CHARANG PASS ------- 5242MPOO OR POOH -------SMALL TOWN IN KINNAURALSO KNOWN AS SPUWA
POPULATION OF TOWN -- 119258 KM FROM POWARI --- NH22
1910 -------- AH FRANCKE ------- HE FOUND LANGUAGE ENTIRELY TIBETAN
ANCIENT TEMPLE
LOTSABA-BAI-LHA-KHANG ---------DEDICATED TO SAKYAMUNI OR LORD BUDDHA
ALSO ATTRIBUTED TO GREAT TRANSLATOR ------------ RINCHEN ZANGPO OR LOTSABA
DABLA -------- LOCAL PRE-BUDDHIST DIETY DEVTA TEMPLE ---KANUM
CHANGO----------- 122 KM FROM KALPA ------- COLLECTION OF 4 HAMLETS IN PRAGNA SHUWA SUB TEHSIL HANGRANG ON LEFT BANK OF RIVER SPITI
ENCIRCLED ON ALL SIDES BY HILLS
LOCAL DIETIES -------- GYALBO
DABLAAND
YULSA
RIVERS
SATLUJ -------------- DIVIDES KINNAUR INTO TWO EQUAL PARTS
IN TIBET CALLED --------------- ZUNGTEE/MUKSUNG
TRANSVERSES ---------- 140 KM IN THE DISTRICT
RIVER SPITI JOINS SATLUJ AT -------------- KHAB VILLAGE
SPITI RIVER ------------- SECOND MAJOR RIVER OF KINNAUR
BASPA RIVER ----------- RISES ------------- NE DHAULADHAR RANGE
IMPORTANT TRIBUTARIES ------------ZUPKIA-- THATANG--- BERING-- RUTKI-- SUTHI
YOLONG --------- ALSO JOINS SPITI -------- ARISES B/W SHAILKHAR & LEO
ROPA ----------- RISES -------- NEAR RANGE THAT DIVIDES ------ KINNAUR & LAHAUL-SPITI
ROPA MERGES WITH SATLUJ NEAR ------------- SHAISU
TAITI OR PEJUR -----------------ONE OF LARGEST FEEDER OF SATLUJ
KASHANG --MULGOON--YOLA ---------------- ALSO JOIN SATLUJ
LAKES
VILLAGE NAKO------IN HANGRANG SUB TEHSIL
VILLAGE JANI & RAMNI----------NICHAR TEHSIL ------------- LOCALLY CALLED SORANG
SPRINGS
NATHPA3 AT TAPRI1 AT JOKTIARING
3 TYPE OF VEGETATION
1. WET ZONE FOREST -----------------LEFT SIDE OF SATLUJ RIVER
2. DRY ZONE FOREST ----------------- FROM NICHAR TO CHINI
NEOJA PINES ------------PRODUCES EDIBLE NUTS ------------ONLY FOREST OF NEOJA IN INDIA
3. ARID ZONE FOREST -------------- ADJOINING TIBETAN BORDER
IN ROPA VILLAGE --------------FAMILIES BLESSED WITH SON ----OFFER GOAT TO DIETY ------ON UKHYANG FESTIVAL
FOUR MAJOR MARRIAGES
1. ARRANGE MARRIAGE ----- NAMED ----------- JANEKANG JANETANG
2. LOVE MARRIAGE --------- DAMCHALSHISH DAMTANGSHISH BENANG-HACHIS JUSHISH
3. ENTICING AWAY SOMEONE'S WIFE ----------- HAR
4. MARRIAGE BY FORCEFUL OR CONSENTED CAPTURE ---------- DAROSH CLUB-DUB NYMASHA DEPANG NYMSHA LEMO ASHISH
FAIRS & FESTIVALS
1. CHAITRAL & ERATANG -------------- CELEBRATED IN --- CHIRGAON VILLAGE
2.BEESHU
3. DAKRANI OR DAKRAIN
4. UKHYANG OR PHULAICH -------------- FESTIVAL OF FLOWERS
STARTS ---------------- AT RUPI ON BHADRA 10 AUGUST
ENDS--------------------AT JANGI ON KARTIKA OCT-NOV
5. PHAGULI ------ALSO KNOWN AS LUSKAR
IN ROPA ------------ PHALGUN
IN LIPA -------------LAMOCH
6. LOSAR ---------- LO MEANS NEW & SAR MEANS YEAR -------- ITS TIBETAN NEW YEAR
7. SHIRKIN FESTIVAL
8. JAGRO ------- ALSO KNOWN AS ------JAGANG
9. SAZO ------ALSO KNOWN AS .........SHU PITANG HORANG OR RALDANG ------- BOLT OF DEVTA'S DOOR
10. KHEPA
11. RANG RORANG CHIN ------------ MEANS ------ DELIGHT OF MOUNTAINS
12. DEWAAL ----------- CELEBRATED IN SANGLA VALLEY VILLAGES
13. JATRANG -------- IN THANGI
14. PEETAG PUJA ----------- RIPENING OF BARLEY CROP IN MORANG VILLAGE
15. TOSHIM OR TOSHING OR TOSHIMING ------------BY UNMARRIED MAN ( TO TAKE REST AND ENJOY TOGETHER
CHANDIKA TEMPLE ------- KOTHI
HIMACHALI TOPI ------- CALLED ----------- THEPANG
IN 2011 -------------- REGISTERED UNDER GEOGRAPHICAL INDICATION
KINNAURI SHAWL
KULLU SHAWL
KANGRA TEA
CHAMBA RUMAL
REGISTRAR GI ------------------ CHENNAI TN
2004-05 --------------- 1ST GI PRODUCT -------- DARJEELING TEA
KINNAUR MAHOTSAV ----------- CELEBRATED SINCE 1994 FROM 30 OCTOBER TO 2 NOV AT DISTT HQ ------ REKONGPEO
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