Sundarnagar

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Sundarnagar
Sundarnagar (India)
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State : IndiaIndia India
State : Himachal Pradesh
District : Mandi
Location : 31 ° 32 '  N , 76 ° 54'  E Coordinates: 31 ° 32 '  N , 76 ° 54'  E
Height : 920 m
Residents : 24,344 (2011)

Sundarnagar ( Hindi सुंदरनगर Sundarnagar ; also Sundernagar or Sundar Nagar ) is a city ( Municipal Council ) in the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh .

Sundarnagar is located in Mandi District , 20 km south of the district capital, Mandi . In the 2011 census, the population was 24,344. Sundarnagar lies at an altitude of 920  m in the Upper Himalayas . The Suketi Khad River flows north past Sundarnagar and flows into the Beas at Mandi . At Sundarnagar is the 50 hectare reservoir Sundarnagar Lake .

The city is on the NH 21 highway , which connects Sundarnagar with Mandi in the north and with Bilaspur in the south.

Sundarnagar used to be the capital of the princely state of Suket .

View over the area around Sundarnagar

climate

The climate in Sundarnagar is subtropical . In the summer months of July and August, during the monsoon season , most precipitation falls. The average annual precipitation is 1431 mm. The annual mean temperature is 20.9 ° C.

Sundarnagar
Climate diagram
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Temperature in ° Cprecipitation in mm
Source: climate-data.org
Monthly average temperatures and rainfall for Sundarnagar
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Max. Temperature ( ° C ) 16.4 19.2 23.9 29.6 34.1 34.5 29.5 28.5 28.9 27.1 23.1 18.7 O 26.1
Min. Temperature (° C) 6.2 8.2 12.5 17.0 21.6 23.6 22.4 21.9 20.5 15.9 10.6 7.4 O 15.7
Precipitation ( mm ) 80 59 78 31 42 125 426 322 172 45 17th 34 Σ 1,431
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Web links

Commons : Sungarnagar  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. census2011.co.in