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13-708: Kumarsain ( English: / k u m æ r s æ ɪ n / ; Hindi: [kʊmaɾsain] ), also known as Kumharsain , is a town in Shimla District in the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh . Formerly under the British Raj , it was the capital of princely state of Kumharsain, which was one of the several states of the Punjab States Agency . It is about 80 km from Shimla and famous for apple and cherry orchards . Kumarsain
26-430: A population density of 159 inhabitants per square kilometre (410/sq mi). Its population growth rate over the decade 2001-2011 was 12.67%. Shimla has a sex ratio of 915 females for every 1000 males, and a literacy rate of 83.64%. 24.74% of the population lives in urban areas. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes make up 26.51% and 1.08% of the population respectively. Languages of Shimla district (2011) At
39-484: A separate election seat until 2008 delimitation , when it was merged with Theog Assembly constituency . Veteran Congress Minister Vidya Stokes was elected 2 times as MLA in 2003 and 2007 from Kumarsain Assembly Constituency . Kumarsain is a tehsil as well as a sub-division and comes under Narkanda Block . As of 2011 India census , Kumarsain had a population of 5,461. Males constitute 52% of
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65-426: Is one of the twelve districts of the state of Himachal Pradesh in northern India. Its headquarters is the state capital of Shimla . Neighbouring districts are Mandi and Kullu in the north, Kinnaur in the east, Uttarakhand in the southeast, Solan to the southwest and Sirmaur in the south. The elevation of the district ranges from 987 metres (3,238 ft) to 4,500 metres (14,764 ft). As of 2011, it
78-563: Is situated above the Satluj river in the North-West Himalayas , about 80 km from Shimla towards interior ranges. Kumarsain has many villages within its boundary namely Mateyog, Damali, Lathi, Bharara, Bai and Dethal. Tourist attractions around Kumarsain include Narkanda , Kotgarh -Thanedhar, Hatu Peak , Tani Jubbar Lake, Derthu Mata Temple Kumarsain was a Constituency of Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly and had
91-469: Is the third most populated district of Himachal Pradesh (out of 12 ), after Kangra and Mandi . It is the most urbanized district of Himachal Pradesh. Shimla is connected by road to all the major towns. Distance between the major towns and Shimla: According to the 2011 census , the district had a population of 814,010. This gives it a ranking of 483rd in India (out of a total of 640 ). The district has
104-492: The 11th century AD. He along with his two brothers (Kartar Singh and Prithvi Singh) was driven away from Gaya , by the fear of Mahmud Ghaznavi and settled around Kumharsain. They conquered the country from a local chief named Bhambu Rai of Delath. Later on Kirat Singh gave a tract called Karangla to his brother Kartar Singh. Descendants of Kartar Singh founded the states of Khaneti and Kotkhai . The younger brother, Prithvi Singh, established his independent state at Delath. Since
117-660: The 15th century , Kumharsain was a feudatory of Bushahr State , but was declared independent after the expulsion of the Gurkhas in 1815, by a sanad dated February 1816, but at the same time lost its own tributary states of Bharauli, Balsan and Madhan. The Rana maintains a military force of 45 infantry and 1 gun (as of 1892). Kumharsain State was ranked 6th in Order of precedence in the Shimla Hill States and 11th amongst
130-711: The Punjab Hill States . Kumarsain's famous Hira Mahal (named after the 56th Rana of Kumharsain, " Hira Singh "), which served as the home to the Ranas of this princely state, was burnt because of an accidental fire that took place in the mahal on 25 December 2007. Also the first American apple tree grown in India was at Kotgarh (a village in Kumharsain tehsil), which was planted by an American immigrant Satyanand Stokes in 1916. Shimla District Shimla district , known as Simla district until 1972,
143-477: The population and females 48%. Kumarsain has an average literacy rate of 97.8%, much higher than the national average of 74.04% male literacy is 97%, and female literacy is 89%. In Kumarsain 11% of the population is under 6 years of age. Kirat Singh, also known as Kirti Singh (later Rana Kirat Chand), who was an office holder and Jagirdar at the court of Raja Narayan Pal of Gaya in Bihar , founded Kumharsain State in
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#1732782453713156-1694: The time of the 2011 census of India, 67.61% of the population recorded their language as Pahari , 20.31% Hindi , 4.63% Nepali , 1.39% Punjabi and 1.05% Kangri as their first language. Order of precedence [REDACTED] Australia [REDACTED] Bangladesh [REDACTED] Barbados [REDACTED] Belgium [REDACTED] Brazil [REDACTED] Brunei [REDACTED] Canada [REDACTED] Chile [REDACTED] China [REDACTED] Colombia [REDACTED] Denmark [REDACTED] European Union [REDACTED] Finland [REDACTED] France [REDACTED] Germany [REDACTED] Greece [REDACTED] Guatemala [REDACTED] Holy See [REDACTED] India [REDACTED] Indonesia [REDACTED] Ireland [REDACTED] Isle of Man [REDACTED] Israel [REDACTED] Italy [REDACTED] Jamaica [REDACTED] Japan [REDACTED] Lithuania [REDACTED] Malaysia [REDACTED] Malta [REDACTED] New Zealand [REDACTED] Nepal [REDACTED] Norway [REDACTED] Pakistan [REDACTED] Poland [REDACTED] Portugal [REDACTED] Philippines [REDACTED] Romania [REDACTED] South Africa [REDACTED] South Korea [REDACTED] Spain [REDACTED] Sri Lanka [REDACTED] Singapore [REDACTED] Sweden [REDACTED] Switzerland [REDACTED] Thailand [REDACTED] Turkey [REDACTED] United Kingdom An order of precedence
169-507: Was founded in the 11th century A.D. as the capital of Kumharsain State. It was occupied by Nepal from 1803 to 1816, and by British India from 1839 to 1840. Kumarsain lies 1 km beside National Highway 5 from Bharara village, which is 20 km from Narkanda towards Rampur Bushahr . Kumarsain is located at 31°19′05″N 77°26′46″E / 31.318145°N 77.446189°E / 31.318145; 77.446189 and has an average elevation of 1,675 metres (5,495 ft). It
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