Shor Ghati Pithoragarh

Pithoragarh is a city with a Municipal Board in the Pithoragarh district in the Indian state of Uttarakhand, which was carved out of the Almora district in 1960.Pithoragarh is located at 29.58°N 80.22°E.] It has an average elevation of 1,514 metres (4,967 feet)."The district is named after its headquarters town, Pithoragarh. Tradition has it that during the reign of the Chand Rajas of Kumaon, one Piru, also called Prithvi Gosain, built a fort here and named it Prithvigarh which, in the course of time, got changed into Pithoragarh."