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Panchkula
Paṁcakulā | |
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![]() Yagya Shala, within the Mansa Devi temple complex in Panchkula, Haryana | |
Nickname: Chandigarh Tricity | |
Coordinates: 30°44′N 76°48′E / 30.74°N 76.80°E | |
Country | ![]() |
State | Haryana |
District | Panchkula |
Government | |
• Type | Municipal Corporation |
• Body | Municipal Corporation Panchkula |
• Mayor | Kulbhushan Goyal[1] (BJP) |
Area | |
• Total | 32.6 km2 (12.6 sq mi) |
Elevation | 365 m (1,198 ft) |
Population (2011)[2] | |
• Total | 211,355 |
• Density | 6,500/km2 (17,000/sq mi) |
Demonym | Panchkula Wale |
Languages | |
• Official | Hindi[3] |
• Additional official | English[3] and Punjabi[4] |
• Regional | Haryanvi[5] |
Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
PIN | 134 109 - 134 116 |
Telephone code | +91-172-XXX-XXXX |
ISO 3166 code | IN-HR |
Vehicle registration | HR-03 |
Website | panchkula |
Panchkula (ISO: Paṁcakulā) is a city and district headquarter in the Panchkula district in Haryana, India. It is a satellite town of the state capital Chandigarh. Panchkula is a border city with Punjab, Chandigarh and Himachal Pradesh. The origin of the name Panchkula came from "the place where five irrigation canals meet". It is approximately 4 km (2.5 mi) southeast of Chandigarh, 105 km (65 mi) southwest of Shimla, 44 km (27 mi) from Ambala and 259 km (161 mi) northeast of New Delhi, the national capital. It is a part of the Chandigarh capital region or Greater Chandigarh. The Chandigarh-Mohali-Panchkula metropolitan region collectively forms a Chandigarh Tricity, with a combined population of over two million.
The city hosts the Chandimandir Cantonment, the headquarters of the Western Command of the Indian Army. It is a planned city like Chandigarh, with a sector system.
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