Sundar Nagar (also spelled as Sundernagar) is a town and a

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in the Indian

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. Formerly it was a princely state, known as Suket.

History

Sunder Nagar was formerly the seat of

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, known as

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Geo-climatic

Geography

Sundar Nagar is located in

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, India. Its geographical coordinates are 31° 32' 0" North, 76° 53' 0" East and its original name (with diacritics) is Sundar Nagar. The city has an average elevation of .

Climate

Demography

According to

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, the town's population stood at 24,344. Males constitute 53% of the population and females 47%. Sundar Nagar has an average literacy rate of 82%, higher than the national average of 59.5%. Male literacy is 85%, and Female literacy is 78%. In Sundar Nagar, 10% of the population is under 6 years of age.

Transport

Airport

The nearest airport is

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, near Kullu, which is about 82 km from the town. A greenfield ''"Sundar Nagar International Airport"'', in Balh Valley, has been in planning since long. In 2013, the

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(GoHP) had sent a proposal to the

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(GoI) to construct this airport, which was esimated to cost Rs 700 crore at 2013 prices. The proposed airport will have facilities for the wide-bodied larger aircraft. The techno-economic feasibility study of the identified site were already completed. The site, near Sunder Nagar, lies nearly in the center of the state. The state has three existing small airports at Kangra ( northwest),

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( north) and

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( southeast).Himachal proposes international airport in Balh valley
Business Standard, 29 January 2013. A satellite survey of the site was conducted in 2018 and 698 acres land in the Ner Chowk area in Balh Valley was identified.International airport likely to come up at Balh valley
Times of India, 11 Jun 22018. In 2019, GoI had granted the approval for the airport,

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(AAI) was preparing a ''"detailed project report"'' (DPR) and GoHP was speeding up the land acquisition process.Centre gives green signal for Mandi airport in Himachal Pradesh
Times of India, 21 Nov 2019.

Rail and roads

The nearest broad-gauge railway station is

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which is about 105 km. Another broad-gauge railhead is at

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, a distance of 210 km. From

, the narrow gauge railway connects to

Joginder Nagar Jogindernagar, or Jogindar Nagar (Hindi: जोगिंदर नगर) (), is a municipality, and a sub district in Mandi district in the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh. Named after Raja Joginder Sen, the hill station is the terminus of the ...

which is 80-km from Sundar Nagar.

Roads

Sundar Nagar is situated on NH-154 (previously named NH21), 22 km from Mandi, and is well-connected by road to other places. Frequent bus services are available from Chandigarh, Delhi, Shimla, and Jammu for Sundar Nagar. The main bus stand is just above an open playing field, where the National Highway 21 continues along the left bank of river to Pandoh.

Public facilities

e-Governance Services Delivery Center

A ''"Common Services Center"'' (CSC) or Department of Electronics and Information Technology of

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is near New Manali Sweets & Bakers, HRTC Bus Stand on NH-21 Chandigarh-Mandi-Manali route.

Education

School (Public and Private sectors) King George Royal Public School, Sunder Nagar St. Mary's High School, Sunder Nagar D.A.V Public School,Sunder Nagar Senior Secondary Boys School, Sunder Nagar Government colleges: *

Government Polytechnic College, Sundernagar A government is the system or group of people governing an organized community, generally a state. In the case of its broad associative definition, government normally consists of legislature, executive, and judiciary. Government is a ...

Government Sanskrit College, Sundernagar A government is the system or group of people governing an organized community, generally a state. In the case of its broad associative definition, government normally consists of legislature, executive, and judiciary. Government is a ...

Jawaharlal Nehru Government Engineering College Jawaharlal Nehru Government Engineering College, Sundernagar (JNGEC or GEC, Sundernagar or J.N. Govt. Engg. College, Sundernagar) (Devanāgarī: जवाहरलाल नेहरू राजकीय अभियांत्रिकी म ...

Maharaja Laxman Sen Memorial College Mahārāja (; also spelled Maharajah, Maharaj) is a Sanskrit title for a "great ruler", "great Monarch, king" or "high king". A few ruled states informally called empires, including ruler raja Sri Gupta, founder of the ancient Indian Gupta Em ...

Shri Lal Bahadur Shastri Government Medical College Shri Lal Bahadur Shastri Government Medical College & Hospital Mandi is a medical college located in Ner Chowk, Mandi, Himachal Pradesh Mandi ( formerly known as Mandav Nagar, also known as Sahor) is a major city and a municipal corporati ...

Private colleges: * Gayatri College of Education * Himalayan College of Education * Jagriti College * Nandini College of Nursing * Shri Sai School of Nursing * Abhilashi Group of Institution * Sirda Group of Institution