Ghanari

Ghanari
Coordinates: 31°43′12″N 76°01′30″E / 31.720°N 76.025°E / 31.720; 76.025
Country India
StateHimachal Pradesh
DistrictUna
Elevation
470 m (1,540 ft)
Population
 • Total5,000
Languages
 • OfficialEnglish|Hindi
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
177212
Telephone code01976
Vehicle registrationHP-19AA, HP-19AB, HP-72 (District RTO)
Nearest cityHoshiarpur, Talwara, Una, Chintpurni
Lok Sabha constituencyHamirpur
ClimateHot and humid. (Köppen)
Avg. summer temperature31 °C (88 °F)
Avg. winter temperature10 °C (50 °F)

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.

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.