Bhoranj

Bhoranj is a tehsil headquarter in the Hamirpur district of Himachal Pradesh, located in northern India.^[1] One can reach Bhoranj by train up to Una (UHL) then by NH 503A and MDR 35 road, nearest airports are Bhuntar Airport (IATA: UAA) and Gaggal Airport (IATA: DHM, ICAO: VIGG).

In 1806, following the Second Battle of Mahal Morian, the Gurkha Kingdom seized control of the region, formerly known as Mahal Morian Jagir in Katoch Kingdom. It had been a place where Raja Sansar Chand Katoch stored his treasures and imprisoned exiled kings. In 1809, Sikh Kingdom awarded the jagir to the Katoch clan, but after First Anglo-Sikh War in 1846, it was confiscated by the British and amalgamated in Punjab Hill States.^[2] Post-independence, Hamirpur remained part of Punjab until 1st November 1966, when it was merged into Himachal Pradesh. On 1st September 1972, Hamirpur was established as a separate district. Subsequently, in 1980, Bhoranj was created as a tehsil, and by the 1991 census, it was recognized as a full tehsil.

The people of Bhoranj speak Pahari (Hamirpuri), which has lots of similarities with Kahluri and Mandeali. ^[3]

The total population of the Bhoranj tehsil is 81,986 – 38,456 males and 43,530 females.^[4]

The average temperature in the summer is between 15 and 31 °C. During the winter, temperatures can drop as low as 2 °C in the winter and go as high as 38 °C in the summer. Monsoon season starts in July. By October, nights and mornings are very cold. Snowfall at elevations of nearly 3000 m is about 3 m and persists from early December to late March. At about 4500 m the snow lasts year round. ^{[citation needed]}