Shivalik Nagar is a city in the

Haridwar district Haridwar district () also spelled as ''Hardwar'' is a district in Garhwal which is a part of Uttarakhand, India. It is headquartered at Haridwar which is also its largest city. The district is ringed by the districts Dehradun in the north and e ...

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 ...

, India, at the edge of

Bharat Heavy Electrical Limited, Ranipur Ranipur Or BHEL, Ranipur is a town in Haridwar district in the state of Uttarakhand, India. It is the township developed by Public sector Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL). Overview The town was built in the early 60s, around the Ranipur ...

township and the

SIDCUL The State Industrial Development Corporation of Uttarakhand Limited (SIDCUL) is a government of Uttarakhand enterprise which promotes industries and develops industrial infrastructure in the State. It also provides tax incentives for companies e ...

industrial estate of state government, and 10 km away from the Hindu pilgrimage city of

Haridwar Haridwar (; ) is a city and municipal corporation in the Haridwar district of Uttarakhand, India. With a population of 228,832 in 2011, it is the second-largest city in the state and the largest in the district. The city is situated on the ri ...

History

Shivalik Nagar was developed in the 1980s by Awas Vikas or State Housing Development Board, as a private residential colony for

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employees. Gradually it developed into a large colony in three phases, Phase I and Phase II and Phase III even included an industrial estate at its west end. It grew steadily over the next decade, with growing religious tourism in the Haridwar city, and experienced a major spurt in growth, when District Administrative buildings came up near by, after of Haridwar district was constituted in 1998. Thereafter, with the establishment

Integrated Industrial Estate in 2002, Shivalik Nagar experienced a

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boom.

Geography

It overlooks the

Sivalik Hills The Sivalik Hills, also known as the Shivalik Hills and Churia Hills, are a mountain range of the outer Himalayas that stretches over about from the Indus River eastwards close to the Brahmaputra River, spanning the northern parts of the India ...

Range of the lower

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, after which it is named, and is partly encircled from east to west, by Ranipur Rao, a seasonal stream, that starts from Shivalik hills at the edge of

Rajaji National Park Rajaji National Park is an Indian national park and tiger reserve that encompasses the Shivaliks, near the foothills of the Himalayas. It is spread over 820 km2 and includes three districts of Uttarakhand: Haridwar, Dehradun and Pauri G ...

, and now merges with

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, ahead of Bahadrabad. It is situated 10 km from

city, at the edge of

township and the SIDCUL industrial estate of state government. It lies close to the National Highway 58, between

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and

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. It is neighbouring areas, Pathri, Roshanbad, Rohalki and Jwalapur. The city is divided into a total of 16 clusters, named alphabetically from "A" to "T" (without "E", "F", "I" and "O").

Transport

It is connected with Haridwar city, through a {{convert, 10, km, mi, adj=mid, -long road known as Madhya Marg, which merges at Ranipur Moore at one end, at with

NH 58 This article is about the old number of Delhi-Meerut-Roorkee-Haridwar-Badrinath National Highway. National Highway 58 (NH 58) was a national highway in India before it was renumbered. It linked Ghaziabad in Uttar Pradesh near New Delhi with Ba ...

at another, thus often used a by-pass road during important religious festival, when the main highway get crowded. Nearest railhead is also

Haridwar Railway Station Haridwar railway station (Station code: HW), is one of the major railway stations in Haridwar district, Uttarakhand, India. It falls under the Moradabad division of the Northern Railway zone of the Indian Railways. Haridwar was first connected ...

, which

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links to all parts of India. The nearest airport is Jolly Grant Airport, Dehradun, though

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in New Delhi is preferred.

Administration

Administratively it falls within the Bahadrabad

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, and within the

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constituency.

Industry

Integrated Industrial Estate (IIE) of

, the

State Industrial Development Corporation of Uttarakhand The State Industrial Development Corporation of Uttarakhand Limited (SIDCUL) is a government of Uttarakhand enterprise which promotes industries and develops industrial infrastructure in the State. It also provides tax incentives for companies e ...

, is situated adjacent to Shivalik Nagar. Prior to it, to the west of Shivalik Nagar, industrial area, which consisted of heavy machinery ancillary units to

, developed in 1980s.

Education

* Chinamaya Degree College * Sheel Institute * Avirat Education Society

References

Haridwar Cities and towns in Haridwar district