Banghat

Banghat is a small town which is very close to

Satpuli Satpuli is a town on the Meerut-Pauri highway, located approximately 50 kilometers from Kotdwar and 50 kilometers from Pauri, in Pauri Garhwal district of Uttarakhand. Location Satpuli is located on the southern banks of the Nayar (East) river, ...

and situated near Nayar river bank. The place is located in

Pauri Garhwal Pauri Garhwal is a district in the Indian state of Uttarakhand. Its headquarters is in the town of Pauri. It is sometimes referred to simply as Garhwal district, though it should not be confused with the larger Garhwal region of which it is o ...

district of

Uttarakhand Uttarakhand ( , or ; , ), also known as Uttaranchal ( ; the official name until 2007), is a state in the northern part of India. It is often referred to as the "Devbhumi" (literally 'Land of the Gods') due to its religious significance and ...

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. It is uniquely identified by its bridge, which is one of the oldest in that part of

Pauri Pauri is a town and a municipal board in Pauri Garhwal district in the Indian state of Uttarakhand. Pauri is the seat of the Divisional Commissioner of the Garhwal Division. Geography Pauri is located at . It is located 1,765 meters above sea ...

. Banghat was an important place between Dugadda and Pauri Garhwal during the British Raj. It had a

dak bungalow A dak bungalow, dak-house or dâk-bungalow was a government building in British India under Company rule in India, Company Rule and the British Raj, Raj. It may also refer to some similarly-built or -used structures in modern India, Bangladesh, ...

. It is the centre place for nearby villages like Bunga, Seela, Bilkhet, Chamoli, Garigaon. It is main junction between district headquarters (Pauri) and Main Mandi Duggada before the existence of

Kotdwara Kotdwar is a city, municipal corporation in Pauri Garhwal district of Uttarakhand, India. It's just 101 km from Pauri town , the district headquarter. It is the eighth-largest city in Uttarakhand. Its old name was "Khohdwar", which means the ga ...

as a business hub. It was having Jhula Pul (Bridge) to connect Langoor patti and Maniyar Patti before the construction of the new Iron Bridge. PWD used to collect toll tax for the bridge. Recently people rallied against the toll tax and in 2012 the government removed the toll tax. Cities and towns in Pauri Garhwal district {{Uttarakhand-geo-stub