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Una District
District of Himachal Pradesh
Chintpurni Devi Temple
Location in Himachal Pradesh
Coordinates (Una, Himachal Pradesh, India): 31°28′34″N 76°16′13″E / 31.47611°N 76.27028°E / 31.47611; 76.27028
Country	India
State	Himachal Pradesh
Established	1 September 1972
Headquarters	Una
Tehsils	5
Government
• Parliamentary Constituency	Hamirpur
• Member of Parliament	Anurag Thakur
Area
• Total	1,540 km (590 sq mi)
Population
• Total	521,173
• Density	340/km (880/sq mi)
• Urban	8.8%
Demographics
• Literacy	87.23%
• Sex ratio	977
Time zone	UTC+05:30 (IST)
Vehicle registration	HP-72 (District RTO)
Average annual precipitation	1253 mm
Website	http://hpuna.nic.in/

Una district is a district in the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh. Una shares its border with the Hoshiarpur and Rupnagar districts of Punjab and Kangra, Hamirpur, and Bilaspur districts of Himachal Pradesh. The terrain is generally plain with semi hills.

Una has five tehsils, namely Ghanari, Haroli, Amb, Bangana and Una itself. It was a tehsil of Hoshiarpur district until the Punjab Reorganisation Act, 1966 and Kangra district until 1972, after which it became a district of Himachal Pradesh.

Geography

Una lies in the western part of Himachal Pradesh, with the Sivalik Hills of the Himalayas rolling on the western side and Solah Singhi range on the eastern side. The Satluj river alongside Shahtalai, known for the shrine of Baba Balak Nath passes through south of district near Nangal Dam and Beas passes at the north of district near Pong Dam, Talwara.

The altitude varies from more than 409 meters in plains to over 1000 meters in hills. Swan River which is basically seasonal river and also known as soul of district Una flows 65 km right across the Jaswan Valley towards south until it submerges in the Sutlej river near Anandpur.

Demographics

According to the 2011 census, Una district has a population of 521,173, giving it a ranking of 543rd in India (out of a total of 640). The district has a population density of 338 inhabitants per square kilometre (880/sq mi). Its population growth rate over the decade 2001-2011 was 16.24%. Una has a sex ratio of 977 females for every 1000 males, and a literacy rate of 87.23%. 8.62% of the population lives in urban areas. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes make up 22.16% and 1.65% of the population, respectively.

Language

Languages of Una district (2011)

Local languages are Hindi, Punjabi and Pahari. Punjabi is mostly used in plain areas of Tehsil Ghanari, Haroli Tehsil, Tehsil Una, and parts of Tehsil Amb. In other areas like Tehsil Bangana and Chintpurni (Part of Amb Tehsil) Pahari dialect is spoken.

Politics

This is the list of current Member of Legislative Assembly from Una district:

Education

Schools

• Mount Carmel School, Una
• St. D.R. Public School, Gagret
• Dashmesh Public School Gurplah Sahib
• DAV Sr Sec Public School, Ambota
• Himalayan Convent, Bhanjal
• Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya, Una
• Mount Everest Model High School, Mehatpur
• PAR Model High School, Dohgi
• Sai Public School
• Saraswati School, Rampur
• Sunrise Public Sr Sec School, Saloh
• Vashist Public School

Colleges

• Indian Institute of Information Technology, Una
• Government Degree College, Bangana
• Government Degree College, Daulatpur Chowk
• Government College, Una
• M.P. Government College, Amb
• Sant Baba Dhangu Wale Gujjer Government Degree College, Beetan
• Government Degree College Chintpurni
• HIMCAPES' Institute of Professional Studies
• Indus International University (IIU)
• DDM College of Pharmacy
• Government B.R. Ambedkar Polytechnic College
• Lala Jagat Narayan Himotkarsh Kanya Mahavidyalaya

Places near Una

• Joh, Una
• Dharamshala
• McLeod Ganj
• Kangra
• Hoshiarpur
• Khajjiar
• Jawalamukhi
• Chandigarh
• Pragpur

Notes

External links

• Official Link
• Una Profile
• Una District Cultural and Religious Heritage

References

1. "Swan River". Archived from the original on 1 October 2012.
2. Decadal Variation In Population Since 1901
3. ^ "District Census Handbook: Una" (PDF). censusindia.gov.in. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India. 2011.
4. "Table C-01 Population by Religion: Himachal Pradesh". censusindia.gov.in. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India. 2011.
5. ^ "Table C-16 Population by Mother Tongue: Himachal Pradesh". www.censusindia.gov.in. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India.
6. "Mount Carmel Senior Secondary School, Una". Tribune India (in Hindi). Retrieved 7 December 2023.
7. ^ "Schools - Himachal Pradesh" (PDF). himachal.nic.in. Retrieved 25 April 2022.
8. "Vashist Public School, Behdala, Una: Admission, Fee, Facilities, Affiliation". school.careers360.com. Retrieved 1 March 2022.

v t e Places adjacent to Una district
Kangra district Hoshiarpur district, Punjab Una district Hamirpur district Rupnagar district, Punjab Bilaspur district

v t e Geography of Himachal Pradesh
Lakes	Renuka Lake Maharana Pratap Sagar Gobind Sagar more...
Rivers	Beas Chenab Ravi Sutlej Yamuna
Districts	Bilaspur Chamba Hamirpur Kangra Kinnaur Kullu Lahaul and Spiti Mandi Sirmaur Shimla Solan Una
Other	Climate Protected areas Peaks Highest points by district

• Una district
• Districts of Himachal Pradesh