It is situated at altitude of 1,425m.x.l on Kalka- Shimla highway. Kandaghat is situated at Latitude 30.983 and Longitude 77.117. When late Maharaja Bhupinder Sing, the ruler of The Patiala State was expelled from Shimla, he built his first palace at Kandaghat Known as “Chail View Palace”, which is presently housing the Government Polytechnic College for Women. The “Kohistan District”, of British India was the seat of the Deputy Commissioner and was also the “Summer Capital” of the Pricely State of Patiala. After independence it was a part of “PEPSU”(Patiala and East Punjab States Union).
Kandaghat is situated in the lap of historical Karol Tibba. It is surrounded with beautiful flora and fauna. After reaching here you will be welcomed by cool breeze of Ban, Pine, Rhodo, Kafal, Deodar Trees. The agro-climatic conditions of Kandaghat is congenial to the production of off-season vegetables and their seeds. The vegetable production in the near region is contributing about 400 crores to the economy of Himachal Pradesh. Tomato, Capsicum, French Beans, Cauliflower , Cabbage, Peas, Strawberry etc. are major cash crops around Kandaghat .
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When His late Highness Maharaja Bhupinder Singh, the ruler of Patiala State vowed to build a summer capital for his state he chose Chail , he built his first palace at Kandaghat known as "Chail View Palace" from where he supervised the construction of the road to Chail and the famous Chail Palace. The Mahraja conferred Kandaghat with the status of a district and it was known as Kohistan. In the era of Maharajas it was a part of PEPSU state (Patiala and East Punjab States Union).
From its zenith as a district Kohistan is now Kandaghat and is a Gram Panchayat despite having urban character. For administrative purposes it is a Sub-Division and the local administration is presided by the SDM. The local body is presided by the ‘Pradhan' (Gram Panchayat Head). The Gram Panchayat of Kandaghat is known as Sirinagar. It has three polling stations. The present population is around 3000. The entire block of 23 Gram Panchayats has a population of 35,128 of which 18,085 are males and 17,051 are females as per the last census. The main religions are Hindus, Sikhs and Muslims. The languages spoken are Hindi, Punjabi, Pahari (Lower Mahashvi). In revenue circles Urdu and Punjabi are also required as older land records are in these languages.
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