Kullu

Kullu is the capital town of the Kullu district, in the state of Himachal Pradesh, India. It is situated on the banks of the Beas River in the Kullu Valley about ten kilometres north of the airport at Bhuntar. In the nearby Lug valley are placed the main forest contractors who have been extracting timber from the forests for the last 150 years and continue to do so today.
Kullu is the administrative capital with the offices of District Collector, the Superintendent of Police and the District courts. It is also the biggest and the most varied constituency for the lower house of the parliament.
As of 2001 India census,GRIndia Kullu had a population of 18,306. Males constitute 54% of the population and females 46%. Kullu has an average literacy rate of 81%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 84%, and female literacy is 77%. In Kullu, 10% of the population is under 6 years of age.