Kalka

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This article has been extracted from THE IMPERIAL GAZETTEER OF INDIA , 1908. OXFORD, AT THE CLARENDON PRESS.

Note: National, provincial and district boundaries have changed considerably since 1908. Typically, old states, ‘divisions’ and districts have been broken into smaller units, and many tahsils upgraded to districts. Some units have since been renamed. Therefore, this article is being posted mainly for its historical value.

Kalka

Town attached for administrative purposes to the Kharar tahsil of Ambala District, Punjab, situated in 30 degree 50' N. and 76 degree 57' E., at the foot of the outlying range of the Himalayas at an elevation of 2,400 feet, and entirely surrounded by Patiala territory. It is the junction of the Delhi-Umballa-Kalka and Kalka-Simla Railways. Popu- lation (1901), 7,045. Kalka was acquired from Patiala in 1843 as a depot for Simla ; it is also an important market for hill produce, such as ginger and turmeric. There is a considerable manufacture of millstones, and a railway workshop is situated here, which em- ployed 200 hands in 1904. It is administered as a 'notified area.