Ghanari

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Ghanari
Coordinates: 31°43′12″N 76°01′30″E / 31.720°N 76.025°E / 31.720; 76.025
Country	India
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Una
Elevation	470 m (1,540 ft)
Population
• Total	5,000
Languages
• Official	English|Hindi
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	177212
Telephone code	01976
Vehicle registration	HP-19AA, HP-19AB, HP-72 (District RTO)
Nearest city	Hoshiarpur, Talwara, Una, Chintpurni
Lok Sabha constituency	Hamirpur
Climate	Hot and humid. (Köppen)
Avg. summer temperature	31 °C (88 °F)
Avg. winter temperature	10 °C (50 °F)

Ghanari is the headquarter of Tehsil Ghanari in Una district of Himachal Pradesh, India. It comes under Gagret vidhan sabha constituency and shares border with Punjab and lies on the bank of the seasonal Swan River. It is situated in plains of District Una.

Origin of name Ghanari lies in two Sanskrit words Ghan(घन) which means clouds and ari(अरी) which means enemy. It is said that a lot of times in past it used to rain in all surrounding places but not in Ghanari. Thats why this place was named Ghanari(Ghan + Ari).

Ghanari is 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) from both Gagret and Daulatpur, 32 kilometres (20 mi) from Hoshiarpur, 28 kilometres (17 mi) from Talwara, and 42 kilometres (26 mi) from district headquarters at Una, Himachal Pradesh.