About Pithoragarh
Pithoragarh is a western Himalayan town with a Municipal Board in Pithoragarh district in the Indian state of Uttarakhand. It is the largest organised semi-urbanised to urbanised town and village cluster in the hills of Uttarakhand. One of the most developed districts in Uttarakhand, the town has all the facilities including an airport. This is best known for few of best education hubs in the state.
""The district is named after its headquarters town, Pithoragarh. Tradition has it that during the reign of the Chand Rajas of Kumaon, one Piru, also called Prithvi Gosain, built a fort here and named it Prithvigarh which, in the course of time, got changed to Pithoragarh.""
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