Chinyalisaur

Chinyalisaur
Chinyalisaur ; चिन्यालीसौड़; Bishtpati
	Town
	Chinyalisaur Location in Uttarakhand, India Chinyalisaur Chinyalisaur (India)
	Coordinates: 30.583333°N 78.321025°E
Country	India
State	Uttarakhand
District	Uttarkashi
Named for	Chinyali village
Government
• Type	Tehsil
• Body	nagar palika parishad
Elevation	909 m (2,982 ft)
Population (2011)
• Total	15,500
Languages
• garhwali and Hindi Official	Hindi
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	249196
Telephone code	91-1371
Vehicle registration	UK-10
Website	uk.gov.in

Nagar palika Chinyalisaur is a small town and tehsil headquarters in the Uttarkashi district of the Indian state of Uttarakhand. Town is located at entry point of district uttarkashi.Its a semi-urban settlement. It is named after a nearby village called Chinyali. 'Saur' is the Garhrwali word for "plain" area. Chinyalisaur is located along the pilgrimage route to Gangotri, surrounded by small mountains, on the banks of the river Bhagirathi. The Chinyali Saur was the native land of Bisht Thakurs And the Nagraja temple located in the village is the oldest temple here. Due to the land of Bisht Thakurs the patti here had been named as The Bishtpati.

It is located on the banks of the holy river Bhagirathi. It is around 70 kilometres from Chamba, 34 kilometers from Uttarkashi and 100km from capital dehradun. It has one intermediate college , one degree college,ITI, polytechnic college and various other private educational schools.it is developing as a educational hub where people comes for educational purposes of there childrens.GIC Inter College has completed its golden 50 years in 2015. The population of the city is about 20000. Majority of population here are garhwali speaking .The main occupation of the people here is agriculture,government job and local business . Headquarters of Maneri Bhali Hydroelectric Project are also here. Lake formed due to Tehri power project is also cover some area of this town.The arch bridge over lake is one of the major attraction point.It is served by Chinyalisaur Airport which is used by the Indian Air Force as an Advanced Landing Ground.Due to air strip located here town is also strategically important for country's security.krishi vigyan Kendra is also located here.[1]

References

"Indian Air Force to make airbase at Chinaylisaur". Hill Post. 25 September 2011. Retrieved 7 August 2014.

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[1] "Indian Air Force to make airbase at Chinaylisaur". Hill Post. 25 September 2011. Retrieved 7 August 2014.