Tota Rani is a small village near
Dal Lake in
Kangra district
Kangra district is the most populous district of Himachal Pradesh, India. Dharamshala is the administrative headquarters of the district.
History
Kangra is known for having one of the oldest serving Royal Dynasty in the world, the Katoch of ...
,
Himachal Pradesh
Himachal Pradesh (; Sanskrit: ''himācāl prādes;'' "Snow-laden Mountain Province") is a States and union territories of India, state in the northern part of India. Situated in the Western Himalayas, it is one of the thirteen Indian Himalayan ...
,
India
India, officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, seventh-largest country by area; the List of countries by population (United Nations), most populous country since ...
.
It has a very long history of settlement by
Nepali people
Nepali or Nepalese () are the permanent citizens of Nepal under Nepali nationality law. The term ''Nepali'' strictly refers to ''nationality'', meaning people holding citizenship of Nepal. Conversely, people without Nepalese citizenship but wi ...
.
Thapa
Thapa (pronunciation: ̪ʰapa is a surname used by the Khas people, Khas Chhetri, Chhetris of Nepal. It is also used by the Magars, Magar people, a Tibeto-Burman languages, Tibeto-Burmese people.
The Surname has origins in the military titles ...
and
Gurung
Gurung (exonym; ) or Tamu (endonym; Gurung language, Gurung: ) are a Tibetan people, Tibetan ethnic group living in the hills and mountains of Gandaki Province of Nepal. Gurungs speak Tamu kyi which is a Sino-Tibetan language derived from the ...
culture are mixed here and now the Nepali culture almost vanished and people mingle with local
Himachali people,
Gaddis
The Gaddi is a semi-pastoral community living mainly in the high remote areas of Himachal Pradesh and Jammu and Kashmir in India.
Population
According to the 2011 Census of India, the Gaddi population was 178,130 in Himachal Pradesh and ...
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Villages in Kangra district
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