Cities and towns in Nainital district: Haldwani, Nainital, Jim Corbett National Park, Literary references to Nainital, St Joseph's College

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 37. Chapters: Haldwani, Nainital, Jim Corbett National Park, Literary references to Nainital, St Joseph's College, Nainital, Nainital Lake, Sherwood College, Sattal, Ramnagar, Uttarakhand, Aryabhatta Research Institute of Observational Sciences, Bhimtal, Sainik School Ghorakhal, Mukteshwar, Bhowali, Birla Vidya Mandir, Kaladungi, Kathgodam, Uttarakhand High Court, Nathuakhan, Gora Padao, Ramgarh, Uttarakhand, Uttarakhand Open University, Nainital Cantonment, Government Polytechnic Nainital, Kumaun University, Lalkuan, Bhimtal Lake, Motahaldu. Excerpt: Nainital (Hindi: ) is a town in the Indian state of Uttarakhand and headquarters of Nainital district in the Kumaon foothills of the outer Himalayas. Situated at an altitude of 1,938 metres (6,358 ft) above sea level, Nainital is set in a valley containing a pear-shaped lake, approximately two miles in circumference, and surrounded by mountains, of which the highest are Naina (2,615 m (8,579 ft)) on the north, Deopatha (2,438 m (7,999 ft)) on the west, and Ayarpatha (2,278 m (7,474 ft)) on the south. From the tops of the higher peaks, "magnificent views can be obtained of the vast plain to the south, or of the mass of tangled ridges lying north, bounded by the great snowy range which forms the central axis of the Himalayas." Nainital is located at . It has an average elevation of 2,084 metres (6,837 feet). Nainital has temperate summers, maximum temperature 27 °C (81 °F); minimum temperature , during which its population increases more than fivefold with an annual influx of tourists predominantly from the plains of Northern India. In the winter, Nainital receives snowfall between December and February with the temperatures varying between a maximum of and a minimum of . As of the 2001 Indian census, Nainital had a population of 38,559. Males constitute 54% of the population and fema...