Sangla is a town in the
Baspa Valley, in the
Kinnaur District
Kinnaur district () is a mountainous district located in the northeast part of the state of Himachal Pradesh, India. Kinnaur district borders Tibet (China) to the east, the state of Uttarakhand to the south, Shimla district to the southwest, K ...
of
Himachal Pradesh
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,
India
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, close to the border with
Tibet
Tibet (; ''Böd''; ), or Greater Tibet, is a region in the western part of East Asia, covering much of the Tibetan Plateau and spanning about . It is the homeland of the Tibetan people. Also resident on the plateau are other ethnic groups s ...
. It is the headquarter of the eponymous Sangla tehsil, and the primary town in the Baspa Valley which is also referred to as the Sangla Valley.
Geography
Sangla Valley or the
Baspa Valley starts at Karcham and ends at
Chitkul.
Demographics
According to the
2011 census, the population of Sangla was 2,224, with 1,125 males and 1,119 females giving it a sex ratio of 995. Around 219 were under the age of 6 years old, corresponding to about 10% of the population. About 62% of the population was
scheduled tribes (ST), and around 24% was
scheduled caste (SC). About 71% of the population was literate.
The local people have a distinct culture and their own dialect, the
Kinnauri language
Kinnauri is the most widely used language in Kinnaur. The languages have seen different nomenclatures in written literature. Kinnauri was mentioned as Kunawaree (Gerard 1842, Cunninham 1844), Kanauri (Konow 1905), Kanawari (Bailey 1909) and ...
.
Places of Interest
Being located at center of the Baspa valley, Sangla is the locus of exploration and trekking trails.
Kamru Fort
Lake and Dam, Kupa
Temples
# Badrinath Temple, Kamru
# Bering Nag Temple, Sangla
# Batseri
# Mata Devi Temple Chhitkul
# Piri Nages Temple, Sapni
Trek Routes
# Rupin Valley Trek
# Sangla Kande Trek
# Charang Chitkul Trek
Apart from these places, the tourists can walk to the Trout Farm, The Mall(Sangla), Riverside in Chitkul and village walks in Kupa, Kamru, Sangla and Batseri.
Festivals
# Saazo - January
# Faagul/ Holi - March
# Dakhrain - July
# Ukhyang - September
Gallery
File:Sangla valley.jpg, Sangla valley
File:Sangla valley hill top.jpg, Sangla valley hill top
References
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External links
Sangla Valley TravelblogBaspa Valley blog
Tourism in Himachal Pradesh
Cities and towns in Kinnaur district
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