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| subdivision_name2 = [[Nainital district|Nainital]]
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'''Kaladhungi''' is a town and a [[nagar panchayat]] in [[Nainital district]] in the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[Uttarakhand]].

The place is located just on the foothill, a good climate but summers are hot, located 26 km west of [[Haldwani]] on the Haldwani-[[Ramnagar, Nainital|Ramanagar]] road. Nainital is at distance of only 30 km to the north and Bazpur at about 19 km to south. It has a road connecting to Delhi via [[Bajpur|Bazpur]], Tanda, and [[Moradabad]].

==Overview==
[[File:Carl Gustaf Wittenströms Indien A6369.jpg|thumb|left|The blast in Caledonge (Kaladhungi) near the foot of Himalaya.]]

In this route there are beautiful forests on the northside. Kaladungi has been a local commercial centre for the surrounding villages in the plains, for over a century now.<ref>[https://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V18_335.gif Nainital District] [[The Imperial Gazetteer of India]] 1909, v. 18, p. 324.</ref>

Kaldhungi is a [[Tehsil]] headquarters, has an Intermediate Govt. School, and Hospital, with normal facilities like, electricity, water, telephone, banks, post office, etc.

Kaladhungi is a very fertile area and a variety of fruits and vegetables like mangoes, lichi, papaya, guava, [[banana]]s, (vegetables - [[potato]], cauliflower, tomato, cabbage, peas, beans, brinjaul, guards, lauki, kaddu, karela, dhaniya, haldi, zinger, sarson, methi, palak etc.). The main crops are [[wheat]], [[rice]], mustard, sugarcane, maiz, [[soybean]], gram, arhar, moong, masoor, etc.

==Geography==
Kaladhungi is located at {{coord|29.28|N|79.35|E|}}.<ref>[http://www.fallingrain.com/world/IN/39/Kaladhungi.html Falling Rain Genomics, Inc - Kaladhungi]</ref> It has an average elevation of 393 metres (1,289 feet).

==Demographics==
{{As of|2001}} India [[census]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20040616075334/http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999|archivedate=2004-06-16|title= Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)|accessdate=2008-11-01|publisher= Census Commission of India}}</ref> Kaladhungi had a population of 6,126. Males constitute 53% of the population and females 47%. Kaladhungi has an average literacy rate of 62%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 70%, and female literacy is 53%. In Kaladhungi, 16% of the population is under 6 years of age.

==Local attractions==
[[File:Corbett House at Kaladhungi.png|thumb|right|Corbett House at Corbett Museum, Kaladhungi]]
[[Jim Corbett]], the famous man-eater hunter and a great environmentalist lived at ''Choti Haldwani'', 2 km west of Kaladhungi on [[Ramnagar, Nainital|Ramnagar]] road for most years of his life. His house has now been converted into a museum in his memory by the government, known as 'Jim Corbett Museum', a must-see for the tourist going to Nainital taking Kaladhunigi-Nainital road. There are also the graves of his two dogs in the compound of the museum.
Another attraction is the [[Bajauniyahaldu]] village.

==References==
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{{Nainital district}}

[[Category:Cities and towns in Nainital district]]

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>Vijethnbharadwaj at 11:58, 21 March 2021