Panchkula

Panchkula
Panchkula
City
	Yagya Shala, within the Mansa Devi temple complex in Panchkula, Haryana
	Nickname: Chandigarh Tricity
	Panchkula Location in Haryana, India Panchkula Panchkula (India)
	Coordinates: 30°41′58″N 76°51′20″E / 30.699558°N 76.855633°E
Country	India
State	Haryana
District	Panchkula
Government
• Type	Municipal Corporation
• Body	Municipal Corporation Panchkula
• Mayor	Shyamlal Bansal (BJP)
Area
• Total	32.6 km2 (12.6 sq mi)
Elevation	365 m (1,198 ft)
Population (2011)
• Total	211,355
• Density	6,480/km2 (16,800/sq mi)
Demonym	Panchkula Wale
Languages
• Official	Hindi
• Additional official	English and Punjabi
• Regional	Puadhi, Haryanvi
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	134 109 - 134 116
Telephone code	+91-172-XXX-XXXX
ISO 3166 code	IN-HR
Vehicle registration	HR-03
Website	panchkula.nic.in mcpanchkula.com

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Panchkula (ISO: Pañckulā) is a city and district headquarter in the Panchkula district in Haryana, India. It is a satellite city of the state capital Chandigarh. Panchkula is a border city with Punjab, Chandigarh and Himachal Pradesh. The origin of the name Panchkula came from "the place where five irrigation canals meet". It is approximately 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) southeast of Chandigarh, 105 km (65 mi) southwest of Shimla, 44 km (27 mi) from Ambala and 259 km (161 mi) northeast of New Delhi, the national capital. It is a part of the Chandigarh capital region or Greater Chandigarh. The Chandigarh-Mohali-Panchkula metropolitan region collectively forms a Chandigarh Tricity, with a combined population of over 2 million.

The city hosts the Chandimandir Cantonment, the headquarters of the Western Command of the Indian Army. It is a planned city like Chandigarh, with a sector system.