Dhanas
Dhanas is a village Panchayat located in Chandigarh district in Chandigarh, India. The total geographical area of the village is about 5 km2 making it the second biggest village by area in the sub district.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Harvinder Chandigarh, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Gandhi Bhawan and Government Museum and Art Gallery.
Gandhi Bhawan
Photo: Shubh Singh, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Gandhi Bhawan is a major landmark of the city of Chandigarh, India, and a center dedicated to the study of the words and works of Mohandas K. Gandhi. It was designed by architects B.P Mathur in collaboration with Pierre Jeanneret.
Government Museum and Art Gallery
Museum
Photo: Sanyambahga, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Government Museum and Art Gallery, Chandigarh, is a public museum of North India having collections of Gandharan sculptures, sculptures from ancient and medieval India, Pahari and Rajasthani miniature paintings. Government Museum and Art Gallery is situated 4 km southeast of Dhanas.
Sector 16 Cricket Stadium
Stadium
Photo: Arygup05, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Sector 16 Stadium is a cricket stadium in Chandigarh, India. It hosted its first One Day International match in January 1985 and its only Test match in 1990. Sector 16 Cricket Stadium is situated 3½ km southeast of Dhanas.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Mohali and Sukhna Wildlife Sanctuary.
Mohali
Photo: Harvinder Chandigarh, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Mohali is a satellite city of Chandigarh and is also an administrative district of the Punjab, state in the Plains of India.
Sukhna Wildlife Sanctuary
Village
Photo: Harvinder Chandigarh, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Sukhna Wildlife Sanctuary is a 2600 hectare nature preserve located in the Shivalik Hills of Chandigarh, India, near Sukhna Lake. The area was officially declared a wildlife sanctuary in 1998. Sukhna Wildlife Sanctuary is situated 9 km east of Dhanas.
Dhanas
- Type: Village with 7,090 residents
- Description: human settlement in India
- Categories: village in India and locality
- Location: Chandigarh, Chandigarh District, Chandigarh, Plains, India, South Asia, Asia
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Latitude
30.769° or 30° 46′ 8″ northLongitude
76.75515° or 76° 45′ 19″ eastPopulation
7,090Elevation
352 metres (1,155 feet)Open location code
8J2RQQ94+J3OpenStreetMap ID
node 1834001956OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
10735062Wikidata ID
Q28403245
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to South Azerbaijani—“Dhanas” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Dhanas”
- Dutch: “Dhanas”
- Panjabi: “ਧਨਾਸ”
- South Azerbaijani: “داناس (هیندوستان)”
- South Azerbaijani: “داناس”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Dhanas”. Photo: Harvinder Chandigarh, CC BY-SA 4.0.