An Overview of Himachal Pradesh district Kinnaur , Part  - I

View of Kalpa & Kinner kailash 

District Kinnaur  is a district of Himachal Pradesh  which shares it's boundaries with Lahaul Spiti , Kullu, Shimla, Utrakhand and Tibet . The area of the district is 6401 square Kilometres  it is situated in a mountainous  range of 2320 metres to 6816 metres above mean sea level .

Map of district Kinnaur 

View of Monastery at Nako district Kinnaur .

The three  Administrative areas of Kinnaur are  Kalpa , Pooh and Nichar now Bhaba Nagar .  Kinnaur has  Six Tehsils namely  :- 

1.Kalpa

2. Pooh 

3.Moorang 

4. Sangla

5.Hanrang 

6. Bhaba Nagar 

District Kinnaur has 241 Villages .

Development Blocks :- 

Kinnaur district has three Blocks namely :-

1.Kalpa 

2.Nichar 

3.Pooh

The land of Fairy tales and fantasies ha great mountain ranges of Lush green valley , Orchards , vineyards , snow capped peaks  and cold desert mountains  .

District Kinnaur has two of the world's great mountain ranges - the Zanskar and the Great Himalya.

The Kinnaur is said to be named after Kannauras , the  main community residing in the district  , who are said to be the descendants of the Kinnars of  Mahabharata . It is believed that Pandvas had spent some years of their exile in this region .

Panoramic views of Kalpa and Kinnaur Kailash in district Kinnaur Himachal Pradesh 

View of Recong Peo district Kinnaur 

The Kinnaur Recong Peo is about 212 Km from Shimla and  Kalpa 12 Km from Recong Peo . Previously Kalpa was the district headquarters of Kinnaur but now Recong Peo is the headquarters of Kinnaur . Kinnaur is our border district with Tiebet and is situated in Satluj river Valley from Khab where Satluj enters district Kinnaur .

Beautiful View of Sangla Valley district Kinnaur .

Kinnaur is connected with Hindustan Tiebet road National Highway Number 22 and NH 5 . As we have boundaries of Kinnaur with Tibet so it strategically very important .  The district Kinnaur has famous Peak Kinner kailash . The landscapes of Kinnaur is having immense panoramic beauty of nature .

Nature of Kinnaur , Himachal Pradesh