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Panchkula
Paṁcakulā | |
|---|---|
 Yagya Shala, within the Mansa Devi temple complex in Panchkula, Haryana | |
| Nickname: Chandigarh Tricity | |
  Panchkula Location in Haryana, India  Panchkula Panchkula (India) | |
| Coordinates: 30°44′N 76°48′E / 30.74°N 76.80°E | |
| Country |  India |
| State | Haryana |
| District | Panchkula |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipal Corporation |
| • Body | Municipal Corporation Panchkula |
| • Mayor | Kulbhushan Goyal[1] (BJP) |
| Area | |
• Total | 32.6 km2 (12.6 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 365 m (1,198 ft) |
| Population (2011)[2] | |
• Total | 211,355 |
| • Density | 6,500/km2 (17,000/sq mi) |
| Demonym | Panchkula Wale |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Hindi[3] |
| • Additional official | English[3] and Punjabi[4] |
| • Regional | Haryanvi[5] |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 134 109 - 134 116 |
| Telephone code | +91-172-XXX-XXXX |
| ISO 3166 code | IN-HR |
| Vehicle registration | HR-03 |
| Website | panchkula |
Panchkula (ISO: Paṁcakulā) is a city and district headquarter in the Panchkula district in Haryana, India. It is a satellite town of the state capital Chandigarh. Panchkula is a border city with Punjab, Chandigarh and Himachal Pradesh. The origin of the name Panchkula came from "the place where five irrigation canals meet". It is approximately 4 km (2.5 mi) southeast of Chandigarh, 105 km (65 mi) southwest of Shimla, 44 km (27 mi) from Ambala and 259 km (161 mi) northeast of New Delhi, the national capital. It is a part of the Chandigarh capital region or Greater Chandigarh. The Chandigarh-Mohali-Panchkula metropolitan region collectively forms a Chandigarh Tricity, with a combined population of over two million.
The city hosts the Chandimandir Cantonment, the headquarters of the Western Command of the Indian Army. It is a planned city like Chandigarh, with a sector system.
- ^ "Kulbhushan Goyal sworn in as new Panchkula Mayor". The Indian Express. 6 January 2021.
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- ^ "Haryana grants second language status to Punjabi". Hindustan Times. Indo-Asian News Service. 28 January 2010. Archived from the original on 5 November 2018. Retrieved 2 January 2019.
- ^ "Haryanvi". Ethnologue. Archived from the original on 1 June 2016. Retrieved 20 February 2024.