Ranikhet is a cantonment town and a hill station nearby Almora town in Almora district in Uttarakhand. This hill station is home to the famous military hospital Naga Regiment and Kumaon Regiment which is maintained by the Indian Army. Ranikhet is situated at an altitude of 1,869 metres above sea level. Its coordinates are 29.65°N 79.42°E. The official languages of this place are Hindi, Kumaoni, and Sanskrit. The total population of this hill station in the Almora district as per the 2011 census is 19,049. It experiences extreme cold weathers with snow fall during the winters and remains moderate during the summers.
Infrastructure and Details
Ranikhet is well-connected by railway and roadway from Delhi (350 kilometers). Kathgodam is the nearest railway station, 68 kilometers from Ranikhet. The nearest airport is Pantnagar airport. Nainital (60km) and Almora (50km) are the nearest hill stations from Ranikhet. National highway 109 runs in the route towards the hill stations like Ranikhet, Nainital, Kausani etc.
Popular schools in this hill station are Ashok Hall Girls’ Residential School, The Pleasant Valley School, Highland Korichina, G D Birla Memorial School, Shiv dutt paliwal government inter college (Pali), Kendriya Vidyalaya, Army Public School, National Inter college, and Cantonment School etc. S N Hospital and Heart Centre, Shri Ram Murti Smarak Institute of Medical Sciences Hospital, Arihant Hospital Super Speciality Centre, NM Srivastava Hospital and Govind Singh Mehra Hospital are some of the prominent hospitals present in Ranikhet.
Top places for shopping include Zaroori Bazaar, Sadar Bazaar etc. Prominent companies are Caneplus Technology Pvt Ltd, Unnati Infotech, Jaya IT Consultants Pvt Ltd, Bada Promotion India Pvt Ltd in Vaishali Nagar, Supersourcing Technologies Private Limited, Infograins Software Solutions Pvt Ltd, Infograins Software Solutions Pvt Ltd, Jain Software Developers, Noology Infotech Software Pvt Ltd etc.
Real Estate in Ranikhet
One can find residential land, independent house or villa, residential apartment etc., in Ranikhet in various configuration.
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