page_title: Narkanda
section_title: Demographics
hierarchical_section_title: Narkanda / Demographics
caption_attribution_description: Artist: Samuel Bourne Artist Bio: British, 1834 - 1912 Creation Date: c. 1868 Print Date: ca. 1868 Process: albumen print Credit Line: Gift of Jeffrey S. Pollock Accession Number: 1994.020.001
context_page_description: Narkanda is a town and a nagar panchayat in Kumarsain subdivision of Shimla district in the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh. It is at an altitude of 2708 meters on the Hindustan-Tibet Road in Himachal Pradesh, India within a fir forest. It is about 65 km away from Shimla and surrounded by the Himalayan Range.
  It is a skiing resort in winter. It connects Shimla with Rampur and a detour also goes to Kotgarh-Thanedhar, the prime apple belt of Himachal Pradesh where Satyananda Stokes started the apple culture.
context_section_description: As of 2010 India census, Narkanda had a population of 2712. Males constitute 62% of the population and females 38%. Narkanda has an average literacy rate of 80%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 85%, and female literacy is 72%. In Narkanda, 15% of the population is under 6 years of age. The native language here is Pahari but Hindi and English are also spoken.
caption: The dak bungalow at Narkanda in 1886
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