Kinnaur valley

Kinnaur valley

 Kinnaur valley is one of the twelve district of Himachal Pradesh.

The district is divided into three administrative areas – Pooh, Kalpa, and Nichar – and has five tehsils (counties). 

Kinnaur, is about 240 km (147 mi) from the state capital, Shimla, located in the northeast corner of Himachal Pradesh bordering Tibet to the east.  Kinnaur border touches China.

Lahaul and Spiti district
Shimla district			China
	Kinnaur district

Food habits

The staple food is wheat, ogla, phafra and barley which are local produce. Besides these kankani, cheena, maize, chollair and bathu are also used. The principal pulses consumed are peas, black peas, mash and rajmash. The vegetables usually consumed are cabbage, turnips, peas, beans, pumpkin, potato, okra and tomato besides some locally available wild green vegetables leaves. They relish rice too which is imported from the plains. Drinking a salted tea called cha in the morning and evening is very popular among the Kannauras, usually drunk along with sattu made of parched barley flour. They are non-vegetarian and relish goat and ram's meat. Drinking of alcoholic beverages in both their day-to-day life and on the ceremonial or festive occasions is quite common. Alcohol is distilled at the household level, made out barley and of fruits like grapes, apple, pear etc. grown locally.

Life Style

In Kinnaur temperature with long winters from October to May, and short summers from June to September. Cloths are mainly of wool of goat and yak those used to keep body warm in minus temerature  Kinner houses have storerooms for keeping grain and dried fruits, and separate wooden grain-storage structures, calledkathar. Pakpa, a piece of sheepskin or yakskin, is often placed on the khayarcha mat. Here, Kinnaur community is more towards non-vegetarian and drinking alcohol is very common among all age group. Drinking of alcoholic beverages in both their day-to-day life and on the ceremonial or festive occasions is quite common. Alcohol is distilled at the household level, made out barley and of fruits like grapes, apple, pear etc. grown locally. 

Income

In Kinnaur mainly source of income is from natural resources like apple, wool, dry fruits those are being exported through out the nation and world.