Kotgarh

Kotgarh
Village
Kotgarh Village
Kotgarh Village
Nickname: 
The Apple Bowl of India
Kotgarh is located in Himachal Pradesh
Kotgarh
Kotgarh
Location in Himachal Pradesh, India
Kotgarh is located in India
Kotgarh
Kotgarh
Kotgarh (India)
Coordinates: 31°19′N 77°28′E / 31.31°N 77.47°E / 31.31; 77.47
Country India
State Himachal Pradesh
DistrictShimla
TehsilKumarsain
Government
 • TypePanchayati raj
 • BodyGram panchayat
Elevation
1,888 m (6,194 ft)
Population
 (2011)
 • Total
608
Languages
 • OfficialHindi
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
172031
Vehicle registrationHP-95

Kotgarh is a village and a sub-tehsil[1] in Kumarsain subdivision of Shimla district in the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh. Formerly under the British Raj, it was the capital of Kotkhai-Kotgarh princely state, which was later shifted to Kiari in Kotkhai. Kotgarh was incorporated into British India in 1815 and later to India in 1947.

It was in this village, where Satyanand Stokes planted first American apple tree in India in 1916.[2] Kotgarh is known as the apple bowl of India, due to its high quality of apple and cherry cultivation.[3]

Mission Bungalow and School House at Khotghur in 1850
  1. ^ "Tehsils | Shimla District, Government of Himachal Pradesh | India". Retrieved 16 October 2022.
  2. ^ "Kotgarh "The apple bowl of India"".
  3. ^ "About Kotgarh".