Tanakpur is located on the banks of Sarda River and adjacent to the Nepal border. It is the last plain area on the road to Kumaon zone of Uttarakhand and acts as a junction for the Kumaon District's mountainous part. It is also the first point in the Kailash Manasarovar Pilgrimage. Tanakpur is famous for the Devi Purnagiri temple which is situated approximately 24 km at the north of city. National Highway 9 which starts from Askot in Pithoragarh district and passes from Tanakpur to cities including Khatima, Rudrapur, Rampur, Moradabad, Garhmukteshwar, Hapur, Ghaziabad, Delhi, Bahadurgarh, Rohtak, Hisar, Sirsa, Fatehabad and the highway ends at the state of Punjab.
Tanakpur is a city and a municipal board in Champawat district of Uttarakhand state of India. Located in the plains area in the northern part of India. The town is the gateway for Purnagiri Temple (around 24 km from here) as well as the 'Gateway to the Kumaon Himalayas'.
Tanakpur is last station of Uttarakhand near Nepal border. This station is small one. It serves to Tanakpur city on a broad gauge. This station falls on the eastern side of Uttarakhand in Champawat district. It connects to Delhi via Bareilly based out at izzatnagar division of North East Railway side. Station is serving the purpose with majority of trains taking to North India only not beyond. The kind of trains run on this line is mostly Demu/Memu and Jan shatabdi trains which are serving only passengers with small or less distance trains
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Awesome view...Nice place to tourism
It's really amazing city but some development are there also it may be also recover soon apart this there are two park nehru park is famous and second is ambedkar park.
And also a library I hope more books will be available soon.
It's a very clean station. Pithoragarh road connectivities available in this station. Food stall and cold drinks are not available at this station.
Gateway Of Purnagiri Temple, C Grade city.
Nice market place near Railway Station & Roadways Bus Station. Well connected with nearest major cities like Haldwani-Nainital, Delhi, Lucknow, Kanpur, Bareilly
Nice environment. Clean inside and not too much rush here
