Tanakpur
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Tanakpur is a city and a municipal board in Champawat district of Uttarakhand state of India. Located in the plains area in the northern part of India. The town is the gateway for Purnagiri Temple (around 24 km from here) as well as the 'Gateway to the Kumaon Himalayas'.
This article is written like a manual or guide. (May 2016) |
Tanakpur | |
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City | |
Coordinates: 29.074°N 80.109°E / 29.074; 80.109 | |
Country | India |
State | Uttarakhand |
District | Champawat |
Government | |
• Type | Municipality |
• Body | Tanakpur Municipal Council |
Area | |
• Total | 11.2 km2 (4.3 sq mi) |
Elevation | 255 m (837 ft) |
Population (2011) | |
• Total | 200,000 approx |
Languages | |
• Official | Hindi, Kumaoni |
Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
PIN | 262309 |
Telephone code | 05943 |
Vehicle registration | UK 03 |
Website | uk |
Tanakpur is located on the banks of Sarda River and adjacent to the Nepal border. It is the last plain area on the road to Kumaon zone of Uttarakhand and acts as a junction for the Kumaon District's mountainous part. It is also the first point in the Kailash Manasarovar Pilgrimage. Tanakpur is famous for the Devi Purnagiri temple which is situated approximately 24 km at the north of city. National Highway 9 which starts from Askot in Pithoragarh district and passes from Tanakpur to cities including Khatima, Rudrapur, Rampur, Moradabad, Garhmukteshwar, Hapur, Ghaziabad, Delhi, Bahadurgarh, Rohtak, Hisar, Sirsa, Fatehabad and the highway ends at the state of Punjab.