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Panchkula
Paṁcakulā | |
|---|---|
 Yagya Shala, within the Mansa Devi temple complex in Panchkula, Haryana | |
| Nickname: Chandigarh Tricity | |
  Panchkula Location in Haryana, India  Panchkula Panchkula (India) | |
| Coordinates: 30°44′N 76°48′E / 30.74°N 76.80°E | |
| Country |  India |
| 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 planned 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.
- ^ "Kulbhushan Goyal sworn in as new Panchkula Mayor". The Indian Express. 6 January 2021.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
censuswas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ a b "Report of the Commissioner for linguistic minorities: 52nd report (July 2014 to June 2015)" (PDF). Commissioner for Linguistic Minorities, Ministry of Minority Affairs, Government of India. pp. 85–86. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 November 2016. Retrieved 16 February 2016.
- ^ "Haryana grants second language status to Punjabi". Hindustan Times. Indo-Asian News Service. 28 January 2010. Archived from the original on 5 November 2018. Retrieved 2 January 2019.
- ^ "Haryanvi". Ethnologue. Archived from the original on 1 June 2016. Retrieved 20 February 2024.
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