Sundar Nagar

{{ see also | Garhwal_division#History | l1= History of Garhwal | Garhwal Kingdom | List of princely states of British India (by region) | l3= List of princely states }}

Sunder Nagar was formerly the seat of princely state, known as Suket State.

Sundar Nagar is located in Mandi, Himachal Pradesh, India. Its geographical coordinates are 31° 32' 0" North, 76° 53' 0" East and its original name (with diacritics) is Sundar Nagar. The city has an average elevation of {{convert|900|m|ft}}.

{{Weather box

| location = Arogyavaram (1991–2020, extremes 1999–present)

| metric first = Yes

| single line = Yes

| Jan record high C = 27.7

| Feb record high C = 30.5

| Mar record high C = 35.0

| Apr record high C = 39.9

| May record high C = 41.4

| Jun record high C = 42.1

| Jul record high C = 39.2

| Aug record high C = 35.1

| Sep record high C = 35.1

| Oct record high C = 33.6

| Nov record high C = 31.2

| Dec record high C = 26.8

| year record high C = 42.1

| Jan high C = 18.0

| Feb high C = 20.4

| Mar high C = 25.4

| Apr high C = 30.5

| May high C = 34.2

| Jun high C = 33.9

| Jul high C = 31.0

| Aug high C = 30.3

| Sep high C = 30.5

| Oct high C = 29.0

| Nov high C = 24.6

| Dec high C = 20.1

| year high C = 27.3

| Jan low C = 2.7

| Feb low C = 5.4

| Mar low C = 9.0

| Apr low C = 13.0

| May low C = 16.9

| Jun low C = 20.0

| Jul low C = 21.9

| Aug low C = 21.6

| Sep low C = 18.8

| Oct low C = 11.9

| Nov low C = 6.3

| Dec low C = 2.7

| year low C = 12.5

| Jan record low C = -2.7

| Feb record low C = -1.9

| Mar record low C = -0.4

| Apr record low C = 0.5

| May record low C = 9.6

| Jun record low C = 11.4

| Jul record low C = 16.5

| Aug record low C = 15.1

| Sep record low C = 10.2

| Oct record low C = 5.4

| Nov record low C = 1.0

| Dec record low C = -2.4

| year record low C = -2.7

| rain colour = green

| Jan rain mm = 62.7

| Feb rain mm = 76.6

| Mar rain mm = 69.4

| Apr rain mm = 48.9

| May rain mm = 82.0

| Jun rain mm = 187.2

| Jul rain mm = 346.1

| Aug rain mm = 337.9

| Sep rain mm = 138.7

| Oct rain mm = 24.0

| Nov rain mm = 12.2

| Dec rain mm = 25.3

| year rain mm = 1411.0

| Jan rain days = 4.2

| Feb rain days = 5.4

| Mar rain days = 5.1

| Apr rain days = 3.8

| May rain days = 6.3

| Jun rain days = 9.8

| Jul rain days = 15.3

| Aug rain days = 13.9

| Sep rain days = 7.1

| Oct rain days = 1.4

| Nov rain days = 1.1

| Dec rain days = 1.6

| year rain days = 75.2

|time day = 17:30 IST

| Jan humidity = 56

| Feb humidity = 50

| Mar humidity = 42

| Apr humidity = 37

| May humidity = 38

| Jun humidity = 52

| Jul humidity = 74

| Aug humidity = 78

| Sep humidity = 70

| Oct humidity = 57

| Nov humidity = 57

| Dec humidity = 59

|year humidity = 56

|source 1 = India Meteorological Department{{cite web

| url = https://imdpune.gov.in/library/public/Climatological%20Tables%201991-2020.pdf

| title = Climatological Tables of Observatories in India 1991-2020

| publisher = India Meteorological Department

| access-date = April 8, 2024

}}

{{cite web

| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200205040301/http://imdpune.gov.in/library/public/1981-2010%20CLIM%20NORMALS%20%28STATWISE%29.pdf

| archive-date = 5 February 2020

| url = http://imdpune.gov.in/library/public/1981-2010%20CLIM%20NORMALS%20%28STATWISE%29.pdf

| title = Station: Sundernagar Climatological Table 1981–2010

| work = Climatological Normals 1981–2010

| publisher = India Meteorological Department

| date = January 2015

| pages = 725–726

| access-date = 15 February 2020}}

{{cite web

| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200205042509/http://imdpune.gov.in/library/public/EXTREMES%20OF%20TEMPERATURE%20and%20RAINFALL%20upto%202012.pdf

| archive-date = 5 February 2020

| url = http://imdpune.gov.in/library/public/EXTREMES%20OF%20TEMPERATURE%20and%20RAINFALL%20upto%202012.pdf

| title = Extremes of Temperature & Rainfall for Indian Stations (Up to 2012)

| publisher = India Meteorological Department

| date = December 2016

| page = M72

| access-date = 15 February 2020}}

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According to 2011 Census of India, the town's population stood at 24,344. Males constitute 53% of the population and females 47%. Sundar Nagar has an average literacy rate of 82%, higher than the national average of 59.5%. Male literacy is 85%, and Female literacy is 78%. In Sundar Nagar, 10% of the population is under 6 years of age.

The nearest airport is Bhuntar, near Kullu, which is about 82 km from the town.

A greenfield "Sundar Nagar International Airport", in Balh Valley, has been in planning since long. In 2013, the Government of Himachal Pradesh (GoHP) had sent a proposal to the Government of India (GoI) to construct this airport, which was estimated to cost Rs 700 crore at 2013 prices. The proposed airport will have facilities for the wide-bodied larger aircraft. The techno-economic feasibility study of the identified site were already completed. The site, near Sunder Nagar, lies nearly in the center of the state. The state has three existing small airports at Kangra ({{cvt|146|km}} northwest), Kullu ({{cvt|79|km}} north) and Shimla ({{cvt|125|km}} southeast).[https://www.business-standard.com/article/economy-policy/himachal-proposes-international-airport-in-balh-valley-108082501067_1.html Himachal proposes international airport in Balh valley], Business Standard, 29 January 2013. A satellite survey of the site was conducted in 2018 and 698 acres land in the Ner Chowk area in Balh Valley was identified.[https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/shimla/intl-airport-is-likely-to-come-up-at-balh-in-mandi/articleshow/64534167.cms International airport likely to come up at Balh valley], Times of India, 11 Jun 22018. In 2019, GoI had granted the approval for the airport, Airports Authority of India (AAI) was preparing a "detailed project report" (DPR) and GoHP was speeding up the land acquisition process.[https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/shimla/centre-gives-green-signal-for-mandi-airport-in-himachal-pradesh/articleshow/72170828.cms Centre gives green signal for Mandi airport in Himachal Pradesh], Times of India, 21 Nov 2019.

The nearest broad-gauge railway station is Kiratpur Sahib which is about 105 km. Another broad-gauge railhead is at Pathankot, a distance of 210 km. From Pathankot, the narrow gauge railway connects to Joginder Nagar which is 80-km from Sundar Nagar.

Sundar Nagar is situated on NH-154 (previously named NH21), 22 km from Mandi, and is well-connected by road to other places. Frequent bus services are available from Chandigarh, Delhi, Shimla, and Jammu for Sundar Nagar. The main bus stand is just above an open playing field, where the National Highway 21 continues along the left bank of the river to Pandoh.

• [http://www.fuzzycomputing.com/media.html Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Mohit Kumar], Professor for "Computational Intelligence in Automation (apl)" at the University of Rostock, Germany,{{Cite web|url=https://www.ief.uni-rostock.de/fakultaet/institute-und-lehrstuehle/lehrende/institute/automatisierungstechnik/apl-prof-dr-ing-habil-mohit-kumar/|title=Prof. Mohit Kumar|access-date=13 December 2021}} Key Researcher Data Science and Research Team Lead AI Regulations and Security at Software Competence Center Hagenberg, Austria.{{Cite web|url=https://www.scch.at/team/mohit.kumar/|title=Prof. Mohit Kumar|access-date=13 December 2021}}

A "Common Services Center" (CSC) or Department of Electronics and Information Technology of Government Of India is near New Manali Sweets & Bakers, HRTC Bus Stand on NH-21 Chandigarh-Mandi-Manali route.

School (Public and Private sectors)

King George Royal Public School, Sunder Nagar

St. Mary's High School, Sunder Nagar

D.A.V Public School, Sunder Nagar

Senior Secondary Boys School, Sunder Nagar

Government colleges:

• Government Polytechnic College, Sundernagar
• Government Sanskrit College, Sundernagar
• Jawaharlal Nehru Government Engineering College
• Maharaja Laxman Sen Memorial College
• Shri Lal Bahadur Shastri Government Medical College

Private colleges:

• Gayatri College of Education
• Himalayan College of Education
• Jagriti College
• Nandini College of Nursing
• Shri Sai School of Nursing
• Abhilashi Group of Institution
• Sirda Group of Institution

{{Reflist}}

• Hutchinson, J. & J. PH Vogel (1933). History of the Punjab Hill States, Vol. I. 1st edition: Govt. Printing, Punjab, Lahore, 1933. Reprint 2000. Department of Language and Culture, Himachal Pradesh. Chapter VIII Suket State, pp. 340–372.
• [http://hpmandi.nic.in/history.htm History of Mandi]

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