About Sundernagar ( Sundar / Nagar / Suket )

Sunder Nagar is a City and a municipal council in Mandi district in the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh. Formerly it was a princely state, known as Suket.Sunder Nagar is located at 31.53N 76.88E.[2] It has an average elevation of 800 metres (2600 feet).There is a mixture of Himachalis and other states people in this town. This is due to the presence of the Bhakra Beas Management Board (B.B.M.B), which is a Govt. of India project having Punjab, Haryana, Rajsthan and Himachal Pradesh as partners and hence the employees are mostly from Punjab, Haryana and Rajsthan. Now the number of people from Bihar are also increasing due to different construction works going on (mainly houses). The place as a whole is quite peaceful. There are lot of scenic beauties to see like sunset across the lake, valley view from the road going to Keran etc. There are two open big grounds in the colony where a lot of children play, people usually go for a walk in the evenings and mornings, usually on the roads towards nearby villages like Chambi and Keran. But there is a project of Cement factory which has been initiated by the government in Keran. 10/05/2011 At present the government has given stay order for the factory project and it will take next 5 years to take further step in installation of factory. But the stone to be used in factory for cement making will still be going from Keran.