Shivalik Nagar is a city in the Haridwar district of

Uttarakhand Uttarakhand (, ), also known as Uttaranchal ( ; List of renamed places in India, the official name until 2007), is a States and union territories of India, state in North India, northern India. The state is bordered by Himachal Pradesh to the n ...

, India, at the edge of Bharat Heavy Electrical Limited, Ranipur township and the SIDCUL industrial estate of state government, and 10 km away from the Hindu pilgrimage city of

Haridwar Haridwar (; ; formerly Mayapuri) 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 s ...

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 SIDCUL 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 Churia Hills, are a mountain range of the outer Himalayas. The literal translation of "Sivalik" is 'tresses of Shiva'. The hills are known for their numerous fossils, and are also home to the Soanian Middle Pale ...

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 a national park and tiger reserve in the Haridwar, Dehradun and Pauri Garhwal districts of the Indian state of Uttarakhand. It encompasses an area of in the Sivalik Hills. In 1983, three wildlife sanctuaries in th ...

, and now merges with

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, ahead of Bahadrabad. It is situated 10 km from

city, at the edge of Bharat Heavy Electrical Limited, Ranipur 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 B ...

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 Airport , also known as Jolly Grant Airport, is a domestic airport serving Dehradun, the capital of Uttarakhand, India. It is located in Jauligrant, south of the city, from Rishikesh and from Haridwar. Commercial operations began ...

Dehradun Dehradun (), also known as Dehra Doon, is the winter capital and the List of cities in Uttarakhand by population, most populous city of the Indian state of Uttarakhand. It is the administrative headquarters of the eponymous Dehradun district, d ...

, though

Indira Gandhi International Airport Indira Gandhi International Airport is the primary international airport serving New Delhi, the capital of India, and the National Capital Region (NCR). The airport, spread over an area of ,

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 SIDCUL, the

State Industrial Development Corporation of Uttarakhand The State Infrastructure and Industrial Development Corporation of Uttarakhand Limited (SIIDCUL) is a government of Uttarakhand enterprise which promotes industries and develops industrial infrastructure in the State. It also provides tax incent ...

, 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. It also houses, offices of

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and LPG Gas Plant of Indane(

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). Bahadarabad is one of the oldest Industrial areas of Haridwar, with various manufacturing factories like Ice, Newspaper Printing, Refrigeration Gas etc.

Education

* Chinamaya Degree College * Sheel Institute * Avirat Education Society

References

Haridwar Cities and towns in Haridwar district