Kyelang

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This article has been extracted from THE IMPERIAL GAZETTEER OF INDIA , 1908. OXFORD, AT THE CLARENDON PRESS.

Note: National, provincial and district boundaries have changed considerably since 1908. Typically, old states, ‘divisions’ and districts have been broken into smaller units, and many tahsils upgraded to districts. Some units have since been renamed. Therefore, this article is being posted mainly for its historical value.

Kyelang

{Kaiiafig). — Chief village in the Lahul canton of the Kulu subdivision of Kangra District, Punjab, situated in 32° 35' N. and 77"^ 4' E., on the right bank of the river Bhaga, about 4 miles above its junction with the Chandra, and on the main trade route between the Rohtang and Bara Lacha passes. Population (1901), 388. A post otlfice is maintained here during the summer months, and the village has for many years been a station of the Moravian Mission, which maintains a school and a dispensary. It also contains the court-house of the Thakur of Lahul, and an observatory 10,087 feet above sea-level.