Tanakpur

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Tanakpur
City
View of Purnagiri Hills at Indo-Nepal border across Sarda river in Tanakpur
Tanakpur Location in Uttarakhand, India Show map of Uttarakhand Tanakpur Tanakpur (India) Show map of India
Coordinates: 29°04′26″N 80°06′32″E / 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.gov.in

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'.

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.