Kotgarh

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Kotgarh
Richest Village In India
Village
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Kotgarh Village
Nickname: 
The Apple Bowl of India
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Kotgarh
Location in Himachal Pradesh, India
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Kotgarh
Kotgarh (India)
Coordinates: 31°19′N77°28′E / 31.31°N 77.47°E / 31.31; 77.47
CountryFlag of India.svg India
State Flag placeholder.svg Himachal Pradesh
District Shimla
Tehsil Kumarsain
Government
  Type Panchayati raj
  Body Gram panchayat
Elevation
1,888 m (6,194 ft)
Population
 (2011)
  Total
608
Languages
  Official Hindi
Time zone UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
172031
Vehicle registration HP-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 Plate 14. Mission Bungalow and School House at Khotghur - sunset.jpg
Mission Bungalow and School House at Khotghur in 1850

References

  1. "Tehsils | Shimla District, Government of Himachal Pradesh | India" . Retrieved 16 October 2022.
  2. "Kotgarh "The apple bowl of India"".
  3. "About Kotgarh".