Tikkar (also called Nawar Valley) is a sub-tehsil which falls under

Rohru Rohru is a town and a municipal committee in Shimla district in the Indian States and territories of India, state of Himachal Pradesh. It is at the Bank (geography), banks of the Pabbar River, and it is about 115 km from Shimla city. Rohru ...

tehsil in

Shimla Shimla (; ; also known as Simla, List of renamed Indian cities and states#Himachal Pradesh, the official name until 1972) is the capital and the largest city of the States and union territories of India, northern Indian state of Himachal Prade ...

district of

Himachal Pradesh Himachal Pradesh (; ; "Snow-laden Mountain Province") is a state in the northern part of India. Situated in the Western Himalayas, it is one of the thirteen mountain states and is characterized by an extreme landscape featuring several peaks ...

state, India. It is east of the district headquarters and the state capital

city. The area pin code is 171203 and the postal head office is situated at Tikkar town. Tikkar is surrounded by Nankhari Tehsil towards the west, Chauhara Tehsil towards the north, Jubbal Kotkhai Tehsil towards the west.

Solan Solan is a city in the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh and the district headquarters of Solan district. It is located south of the state capital, Shimla. Solan has an average elevation of . The city is situated between Chandigarh (joint capi ...

, Nahan, Kalka are the nearby cities from here. It comes under Shimla parliamentary constituency for Lok Sabha and Jubbal Kotkhai assembly constituency for

Himachal Pradesh Vidhan Sabha The seat of the Vidhan Sabha is at Shimla, the capital of the state. The Vidhan Sabha comprises 68 Members of Legislative Assembly, which include 68 members directly elected from single-seat constituency. Its term is 5 years, unless sooner dissol ...

. Nearby villages include Badshal, Samra, Daroti, Khangta, Gujandli, Kashani, Thana, Dhanoti, etc. There is a beautiful tourist attraction named Deorighat about from Tikkar. During the British Raj, the area was ruled by the Rajas of

princely state A princely state (also called native state or Indian state) was a nominally sovereign entity of the British Raj, British Indian Empire that was not directly governed by the British, but rather by an Indian ruler under a form of indirect rule, ...

of Bushahr and the area came under

Simla Hill States The Hill States of India were princely states lying in the northern border regions of the British Indian Empire. History During the colonial Raj period, two groups of princely states in direct relations with the Province of British Punja ...

of Punjab province. Pahari is the local language of the area. Traditional clothing of the area includes Bushahri Topi headgear and Rezta gown. Nati is the folk dance here.

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{{reflist Villages in Shimla district