Kangra district

Kangra district Nagarkot, Trigarta
District of Himachal Pradesh
Clockwise from top-left: Baijnath Shiva temple, McLeod Ganj from Dalai Lama temple, Ranjit Singh Gate, Kangra Fort, Masrur Temples, View of Dhauladhar Range from Triund
Location in Himachal Pradesh
Coordinates: 32°13′0″N 76°19′0″E / 32.21667°N 76.31667°E / 32.21667; 76.31667
Country	India
State	Himachal Pradesh
Division, Part of	Kangra
Tehsils	Kangra Nurpur Jawali Indora Dehra Shahpur Baroh Khundian Jaswan Rakkar Fatehpur (Vidhan Sabha constituency) Baijnath Jaisinghpur Dharamshala Palampur
Headquarters	Dharamshala
Government
• Lok Sabha Constituency, part of	Kangra Nurpur Indora Fatehpur Jawali Jawalamukhi Jaisinghpur Sullah Nagrota Kangra Shahpur Dharamshala Palampur Baijnath Hamirpur Dehra Jaswan-Pragpur
• Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha	Rajeev Bhardwaj[1]
• Deputy Commissioner	Nipun jindal, IAS[2]
• Superintendent of Police	Vimukt Ranjan, IPS[3]
Area
• Total	5,739 km2 (2,216 sq mi)
Highest elevation (Hanuman Tibba[4])	5,930 m (19,460 ft)
Lowest elevation	500 m (1,600 ft)
Population  (2011)
• Total	1,510,075
• Density	263/km2 (680/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
Vehicle registration	HP- 68(RTO), 01/ 02D(Taxi)
Largest city	Dharamshala
Gender ratio	1012 females/1000 males
Literacy rate	85.67%
Vidhan Sabha Constituencies	15   Nurpur Indora (SC) Fatehpur Jawali Dehra Jaswan-Pragpur Jawalamukhi Jaisinghpur (SC) Sullah Nagrota Kangra Shahpur Dharamshala Palampur Baijnath (SC)
Climate	ETh (Köppen)
Avg. summer temperature	32 °C (90 °F)
Avg. winter temperature	20 °C (68 °F)
Website	hpkangra.nic.in

Kangra district is the most populous^[5] district of the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh. Dharamshala is the administrative headquarters of the district.