Ghanari

Ghanari is the headquarter of Tehsil Ghanari in Una district of Himachal Pradesh, India. It comes under Gagret vidhan sabha constituency and shares border with Punjab and lies on the bank of the seasonal Swan River. It is situated in plains of District Una.

Ghanari
Coordinates: 31.720°N 76.025°E / 31.720; 76.025
Country	India
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Una
Elevation	470 m (1,540 ft)
Population
• Total	5,000
Languages
• Official	English|Hindi
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	177212
Telephone code	01976
Vehicle registration	HP-19AA, HP-19AB, HP-72 (District RTO)
Nearest city	Hoshiarpur, Talwara, Una, Chintpurni
Lok Sabha constituency	Hamirpur
Climate	Hot and humid. (Köppen)
Avg. summer temperature	31 °C (88 °F)
Avg. winter temperature	10 °C (50 °F)

Origin of name Ghanari lies in two Sanskrit words Ghan(घन) which means clouds and ari(अरी) which means enemy. It is said that a lot of times in past it used to rain in all surrounding places but not in Ghanari. Thats why this place was named Ghanari(Ghan + Ari).

Ghanari is 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) from both Gagret and Daulatpur, 32 kilometres (20 mi) from Hoshiarpur, 28 kilometres (17 mi) from Talwara, and 42 kilometres (26 mi) from district headquarters at Una, Himachal Pradesh.

People

The local language is Kandi dialect of Punjabi while Hindi and English are used for official purpose. The population of Ghanari is around 4600. Most of people of Ghanari belong to the Education Department, explaining Ghanari's fame for its teachers.

Ghanari has given many soldiers and officers to Indian Armed Forces including a winner of sword of honour at Indian Military Academy.

Climatic conditions

In summer, Ghanari's temperature reaches up to 46-47 degrees celsius and in winters it falls to -2 degrees celsius.

Education

In 2011, literacy rate of Ghanari was 91.56% compared to 82.80% of Himachal Pradesh. Male literacy stands at 97.00% while female literacy rate was 86.43%.