Question

tell me something about palampur

Answer 1

Palampur is an important city located in Kangra Valley. It is a famous hill station and was once a part of the Jalandhar kingdom. The town came into being when Dr. Jameson, Superintendent of Botanical Gardens, introduced the tea bush from Almora in 1849. The bush thrived and so did the town which became a focus of the European tea estate owners with an exception of the famous (former) Wah Tea Estate which was owned by Nawab Muhammad Hayat Khan and his descendants, until 1947.[2] Since then, the Kangra tea of Palampur has been known internationally.

Answer 2

Palampur is well connected with neighbouring villages and town Raiganj a big village is 3 km from Palampur and all weather Road connects the village to Raiganj and further on the nearest small town of shahpur. many kinds of transport are visible on this road starting from bullock cart, tongas, bogeys, (wooden cart drawn by buffaloes) loaded with jaggery and other commodities to motor vehicle like motorcycle jeep, tractors and trucks. This village has about 450 families belonging several different castes the 80 upper caste families on the majority of land in the village their houses some of them quite large are made of bricks with cement plastering the SCs dalits comprises on one third of the population and leave in one corner of the village and in much smaller houses some of which are of mud and straw most of the houses have electric connection electricity powers all the tubewells in the field and is used in various type of small businesses Palampur has two primary schools and one high school there is a Primary Health Centre run by government and one private dispensary where the sick are treated. This description above show that Palampur has fairly well developed system of road, transport, electricity irrigation, school and health centre.

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