of the Government of Uttarakhand. They usually choose a focus on liberal arts, business, or science. As of 2011, Pithoragarh had 17 primary schools, 20 middle schools, 22 secondary schools, 14 senior secondary schools, and 1 degree college. Before independence, during the middle of the 19th century when Pithoragarh was part of Almora, there were only two middle schools in Pithoragarh. LSM Govt. Post Graduate College is the only government college in the town providing studies up to post-graduation. It was previously affiliated to Kumaun University, Nainital. With the growing impact of I.T., the government opened SIT Pithoragarh in 2011. Almost a dozen of privately owned computer centres opened up later in the town. A few of the IT centres which are in Pithoragarh town are NIIT, Hiltron, Aptech, UpHill Computers, Info. Park, Sri Calculation and Care Computer. Construction of a medical college is proposed by the state government and it has been allotted a budget of ₹450 crores ($64 million). Temples Haat Kalika Temple Kotgari Temple Patal Bhuvaneshwar Notable people Khadg Singh Valdiya Vinod Kapri Hemant Pandey Pushkar Singh Dhami Unmukt Chand Mary Reed References External links Pithoragarh website Pithoragarh at wikimapia. Tourism in Uttarakhand