Country India Time zone IST (UTC+5:30) Una, Nangal Una, Himachal Pradesh | State Himachal Pradesh Vehicle registration HP-20 & HP-72 Local time Monday 1:24 AM | |
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Coastline 1,409 kilometres (876 mi) Weather 13°C, Wind NE at 8 km/h, 49% Humidity | ||
Dehlan is one of the biggest villages of the state of Himachal Pradesh, India.
The name "Dehlan" comes from the surname "Dehal". The village is situated on the border of Punjab and near NFL Nangal. Dehlan is an entry for going to Una, Dharamshala, Mandi, Hamirpur and other places in Himachal Pradesh. The village is divided in two Gram Panchayats, namely Lower Dehlan & Upper Dehlan. This separation is marked along the link road from Nagar Panchayat Mehatpur-Basdehra to SH-25 through the village near Guru Ravidass Temple. In the village there are people of mainly Hindu and Sikh communities. Only a few families belong to the Muslim religion. In the upper panchayat people belong to mainly Sikh religion. In the lower panchayat there are Hindu Brahmins, Sikhs and some Muslim families.
Some of the prominent persons belonging to Dehlan village are :-
° Prem Chand Dhiman, an IAS officer from this village who is Additional Chief Secreatry in Himachal Government.Recently Dehlan is in news as it is adopted by Sh. Anurag Singh Thakur, sitting MP from the Hamirpur seat under Sansad Adarsh Gram Yojna.