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| population_total = | | population_total = 5335 | ||
| population_as_of = 2011 | | population_as_of = 2011 | ||
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==Education== | ==Education== | ||
Jogindernagar's oldest schools are the Government Senior Secondary School, Government Senior Secondary School (Girls) | Jogindernagar's oldest schools are the Government Senior Secondary School, Government Senior Secondary School (Girls), Dayanand Bhartiya Public Senior Secondary School (the former Bhartiya Public High School, Arya Samaj Mandir) and Mount Maurya International School. [http://mmisjnr.com/] | ||
Most higher-education students move to larger cities and other states for graduate and post-graduate work. | |||
A school has been established, as part of the [[Tibetan Children's Villages]] project near the Tibetan settlement in Chauntra, for Tibetan students in exile. The school provides instruction in the [[Standard Tibetan|Tibetan language]], [[Tibetan culture]], the arts and science. | A school has been established, as part of the [[Tibetan Children's Villages]] project near the Tibetan settlement in Chauntra, for Tibetan students in exile. The school provides instruction in the [[Standard Tibetan|Tibetan language]], [[Tibetan culture]], the arts and science. | ||
=={{anchor|Tourism|Places of interest}}Points of interest== | =={{anchor|Tourism|Places of interest}}Points of interest== | ||
[[File: Haulage in the Joginder Nagar Valley.jpg|thumb|alt=Single-car train on an incline, surrounded by people|Funicular track]] | [[File:Haulage in the Joginder Nagar Valley.jpg|thumb|alt=Single-car train on an incline, surrounded by people|Funicular track]] | ||
* Haulage trolley: India's highest cable [[funicular]] railway climbs from the base station of Shanan Power House at {{convert|1240|to|2530|m}} at its highest station of Head Gear. | * Haulage trolley: India's highest cable [[funicular]] railway climbs from the base station of Shanan Power House at {{convert|1240|to|2530|m}} at its highest station of Head Gear. | ||
* Winch Camp: The highest settlement in the [[Joginder Nagar Valley]], at {{convert|2400|m}}. A trolley track goes from Winch Camp to Head Gear (2,500 meters), and the funicular descends to Barot. Currently non-operational, the {{convert|3|km|adj=on}} narrow-gauge track from Winch Camp to Head Gear is India's highest railway track. | * Winch Camp: The highest settlement in the [[Joginder Nagar Valley]], at {{convert|2400|m}}. A trolley track goes from Winch Camp to Head Gear (2,500 meters), and the funicular descends to Barot. Currently non-operational, the {{convert|3|km|adj=on}} narrow-gauge track from Winch Camp to Head Gear is India's highest railway track. | ||
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* [[Ram Swaroop Sharma]], Member of Parliament from Mandi | * [[Ram Swaroop Sharma]], Member of Parliament from Mandi | ||
* [[Gulab Singh Thakur]], former Himachal Pradesh speaker and cabinet minister | * [[Gulab Singh Thakur]], former Himachal Pradesh speaker and cabinet minister | ||
*[[Vikrant Thakur]], Dy. Commandant BSF | |||
* Abhay Sen | |||
==Gallery== | ==Gallery== | ||
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* [http://www.tcvchauntra.org/ Tibetan Children's Village, Chauntra] | * [http://www.tcvchauntra.org/ Tibetan Children's Village, Chauntra] | ||
{{Mandi district}} | |||
{{Kullu Manali Circuit}} | {{Kullu Manali Circuit}} | ||