District Profile · Himachal Pradesh
Kinnaur
- Reckong Peo
- Headquarters
- 84,121
- Population
- 6,401 km²
- Area
A high-altitude, sparsely populated tribal district bordering Tibet (Scheduled Tribes are roughly 58% of its population), known for apple and chilgoza (pine nut) cultivation, Kinnauri shawls, and an Indo-Tibetan Buddhist-Hindu syncretic culture. Site of some of HP's most contested hydropower projects.