Totu is one of the major suburbs of
Shimla
Shimla (; ; also known as Simla, the official name until 1972) is the capital and the largest city of the northern Indian state of Himachal Pradesh. In 1864, Shimla was declared as the summer capital of British India. After independence, the ...
city, in the
state
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of
Himachal Pradesh
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, India. It is under the administration of the
Shimla Municipal Corporation
Shimla Municipal Corporation (SMC) is the municipal corporation of Shimla, the capital of Himachal Pradesh, and is the chief nodal agency for the administration of the city. Municipal Corporation mechanism in India was introduced during British ...
.
Geography
It is located around 7 km from Shimla Old Bus Stand & lies on NH-88 on Shimla-Mandi highway. The average elevation of the region is 1950m above sea level. The climate is usually cold, summers are moderate with temperature rising up to 31 degree Celsius. Totu receives heavy rains during monsoons and is one of the two places besides
Jakhoo, known for being the foggiest places in Shimla during monsoons. It also receives moderate to heavy snowfall in the winter season.
Other details
It houses the
Jutogh
Jutogh is a cantonment board in Shimla district in the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh.
The Jutogh cantonment was established in 1843 Cantonment Board. Jutogh is a statutory body constituted under the Cantonments Act, 2006. The emergence of th ...
railway station of the
Kalka Shimla Railway and is also home to Himachal Pradesh State Co-operative Marketing & Consumers Federation Ltd., a department of the Himachal Pradesh Government.
Shimla Airport
Shimla Airport is a regional airport located in Jubbarhatti, from Shimla, in the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh.
Kingfisher Airlines used to operate the sole daily flight from Delhi, but could not carry more than 28 passengers on its retur ...
located at Jubberhatti is approximately 14 km from this place. HP Institute of Management Studies, affiliated to
Himachal Pradesh University
Himachal Pradesh University (HPU) is an Indian public state university at Summer Hill in the state capital city Shimla. It is close to the vicinity of the Indian Institute of Advanced Study. It is wholly financed by the government of Himachal ...
is also located here. A rapidly growing consumer market that caters for the needs of the locals forms the heart of the town.
"New municipality fails to sort out Shimla’s mounting urban problems"
''Hill Post'', 15 June 2013 The Pin code of Totu is 171011.
Totu has four banks; Punjab National Bank, Himachal Pradesh State Co-operative Bank, State Bank of India and recently opened HDFC Bank. ATMs of all four banks have been operational for many years. You can also find newly opened ICICI ATM here. Market has a variety of shops which provide daily household items. A private community hall is also situated in the town. It has two private schools and one government senior secondary school. Besides these urbanizing institutions, it has three main temples; Laxmi Narayan Temple, Shiv Temple and Shiv Shakti Temple near Government School, for religious activities.
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External links
HP Institute of Management Studies
Neighbourhoods in Shimla