Ghanari
Ghanari is the headquarter of Tehsil Ghanari in Una district of Himachal Pradesh, India. It comes under Gagret parliamentary constituency and shares border with Punjab and lies on the bank of the seasonal Swa'an river. It is situated in plains of una which is part of punjab region of indian subcontinent.
Origin of name Ghanari lies in two Sanskrit words Ghan which means clouds and ari 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.
Ghanari is from both Gagret and Daulatpur and from Hoshiarpur city of Punjab. It is also from the Punjab town of Talwara, in Hoshiarpur district, but from its own district headquarters at Una.People
The local language is primarily Punjabi while Hindi and English are used in official purpose. The population of Ghanari is around 4500. Most of people of ghanari belong to Education Department that's why Ghanari is famous for its teachers.
Ghanari has given many soldiers and officers to Indian Armed Forces including a winner of sword of honour at Indian Military Academy.In summer, Ghanari's temperature reaches up to 46-47 degrees and in winters it falls to 1 degree.Education
In 2011, literacy rate of Ghanari was 91.56 % compared to 82.80 % of Himachal Pradesh. Male literacy stands at 97.00 % while female literacy rate was 86.43 %.
