Parwanoo is a city and a municipal council

Municipal council

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 in Solan district

Solan district

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 in the India

India

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n state

States and territories of India

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 of Himachal Pradesh

Himachal Pradesh

Himachal Pradesh is a state in Northern India. It is spread over , and is bordered by the Indian states of Jammu and Kashmir on the north, Punjab on the west and south-west, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh on the south, Uttarakhand on the south-east and by the Tibet Autonomous Region on the east...

. It is an industrial town. It borders Panchkula

Panchkula

Panchkula is a planned city in Panchkula district, Haryana, India. It is a satellite city of the Union Territory of Chandigarh. It also shares seamless border with Mohali district in Punjab. The prestigious Chandimandir Cantonment Headquarters of the Indian Army Western Command, is also located in...

 district of Haryana

Haryana

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, and is after the towns of Pinjore

Pinjore

Pinjore is a town in Panchkula district in the Indian state of Haryana.-Demographics: India census, Pinjore had a population of 25,498. Males constitute 54% of the population and females 46%. Pinjore has an average literacy rate of 76%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is...

 and Kalka

Kalka

Kalka is a town in the Panchkula district of Haryana, India. The name of the town is derived from the goddess Kali. The town is situated in the foothills of the Himalayas and is a gateway to the neighbouring state of Himachal Pradesh. It is on the National Highway 22 between Chandigarh and Shimla,...

 on the Chandigarh Simla

Shimla

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 Highway. In fact it is separated by a river bed from the town of Kalka.
Pinjore to Parwanoo is almost a continuous urban belt. From Pinjore there is also a road to Baddi

Baddi

Baddi is an industrial town and a Nagar panchayat in the Southwestern Solan district of Himachal Pradesh, a hill state of northern India. The town lies on the border of Himachal Pradesh and Haryana states in the Shivalik Hills, around 35 kilometres west of Solan...

. Another nearby industrial town of Himachal.

Overview

The town is divided into 6 different sectors spread randomly across the Shivalik Range in a radius of about 4 km. While sectors 1A, 4 and 6 are totally residential the other sectors 1, 2, 3 & 5 are Industrial with only a few residential areas. Parwanoo is essentially an industrial town with almost 80% of the local population engaged with the industries in one way or other. It is home to the largest fruit processing unit of HPMC and the HP Agro Industries have a Cattle Feed Unit and a Pesticide Unit located here. It also has a Large ESI hospital. Prominent hotels are Shivalik View, Windsmoor and Shelly.

The Kalka Shimla heritage rail line pases through this town. The railway station is known as Taksal.

To cash in on its proximity to Chandigarh and Panchkula the government set up industrial sectors and gave incentives that invited many small scale units to set up shop here. The incentives include exemption from taxes and financing incentives for expansion of existing projects. Prominent among the industrial units are IND-SPHINX Precision ltd (http://www.indsphinx.com) Kapco International Ltd, Purolator

Purolator

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, Morepen, Eicher (now sold to TAFE), Samtel.

Dhalli on its northern outskirts (on the Simla highway) is famous for its meat pickle shops. A resort with a cable car called Timber Trail is a few miles north of the town on the Shimla highway again.

The town is 35 km from Chandigarh and 20 k.m from Panchkula. There is also a route to Kasauli

Kasauli

Kasauli is a cantonment and town, located in Solan district in the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh. The cantonment was established by the British Raj in 1842 as a Colonial hill station, from Shimla, from Chandigarh, and from Panchkula, and lies at a height of .-Demographics:According to the...

 direct from Parwanoo, 18 km avoiding Dharampur

Dharampur

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.

Demographics

India census

Census

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, Parwanoo had a population of 8609. Males constitute 61% of the population and females 39%. Parwanoo has an average literacy rate of 73%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 74%, and female literacy is 71%. In Parwanoo, 12% of the population is under 6 years of age.Tourists already been to that place recommend it highly.

Educational institutions

The various schools in the town are:

• Eicher School
• Anand School
• DAV Public Senior Secondary School
• National Public School
• Lotus school