GATE 2027 in Una, Himachal Pradesh: Exam City, Zone Rules and Institutes

On the official exam-city page, Una is one of eight Himachal Pradesh entries, alongside Bilaspur, Hamirpur, Kangra, Kullu, Mandi, Palampur and Shimla-Solan. All eight belong to the IIT Roorkee zone.

The entry is just "Una". The district's own how-to-reach page names Una, Mehatpur, Santokhgarh, Daultpur, Gagret, Amb and Bangana as its major towns. None of the others has a GATE entry, so a student from Amb or Gagret also picks Una, or a neighbouring listed city. Where inside the Una entry your centre falls is something only the admit card will tell you.

The rules from the same page: six choices, all from one zone. The list is tentative. GATE can add or drop a city, and it may allot you one outside your six. GATE 2027 is held only in India.

The district administration describes Una as lying in the south-west of Himachal, and its how-to-reach page says it sits on the Himachal-Punjab border. For GATE that border does not matter. Both states are in the IIT Roorkee zone, so you can build a list that faces the hills, the plains, or both.

One list for a student living in Una town:

1. Una
2. Hamirpur
3. Jalandhar-Phagwara
4. Kangra
5. Ludhiana
6. Mohali-Chandigarh

If the hills are easier for you, swap in Bilaspur or Palampur. If you study in Punjab, Pathankot, Amritsar and Patiala are in the zone as well. Hoshiarpur and Nangal, on the bus and rail routes into Una, are not exam cities, so they cannot appear on any form. The Hamirpur and Jalandhar pages show the same zone from their side.

Two directions catch Una students out. To the north, Jammu - Samba is IIT Delhi zone. To the south, New Delhi, Gurugram and Faridabad are too.

On the list	Zone
Una, Hamirpur, Kangra, Bilaspur, Mandi, Palampur, Kullu, Shimla-Solan	IIT Roorkee
Jalandhar-Phagwara, Ludhiana, Pathankot, Amritsar, Patiala, Bathinda, Mohali-Chandigarh	IIT Roorkee
Ambala, Dehradun, Roorkee	IIT Roorkee
Jammu - Samba, Srinagar	IIT Delhi
New Delhi, Gurugram, Faridabad	IIT Delhi

If your college is in Jammu or Delhi, you have to choose between a list near home and a list near college. The Jammu and Delhi pages cover the other zone.

Una has something most of Himachal lacks: a broad-gauge railway. The district says Una is the only Himachal district with broad-gauge connectivity to its town. The station is called UNA HIMACHAL and is about 1.5 km from the Una bus stand, with direct trains from Delhi and Chandigarh. The line arrived on 11 January 1991, when a 14 km track was laid from Nangal in Punjab.

The district has no airport. It lists Chandigarh International Airport at about 125 km and Gaggal, near Dharamshala, at about 115 km. HRTC and private buses run to Una from Amritsar, Jalandhar and Ludhiana via Hoshiarpur, from Hamirpur via Bangana, and from Shimla, Kangra and Delhi. Within town, autos and taxis are how people get around.

If you are allotted Una and live in Amb or Bangana, reach the night before or leave early. The district notes that winters are cool and calls for woollens, so dress for a cold hall.

Carry the printed admit card, the original photo ID you entered on the form, and whatever else the card lists. Writing DA and CS together? The two-paper page says the second centre may differ but will be in the same city.

Your zone office is IIT Roorkee, Roorkee 247 667: gate@iitr.ac.in, phone 01332-284531. Write from your registered email and include your enrolment ID.

For the application portal or the papers, contact IIT Madras, the organising institute: helpdesk@gate.iitm.ac.in, 044-22578200.

On the important dates page, city allotment is due on 4 January 2027 and the admit card date is TBA. Results come on 19 March 2027.

IIIT Una is in your own district. Its how-to-reach page gives the permanent campus as Vill. Saloh, Teh. Haroli, Distt. Una 177209. Haroli is one of the district's tehsils.

NIT Hamirpur is the next one up the hill. The Hamirpur district names Una as the nearest broad-gauge station to Hamirpur, about 80 km away. Further on are IIT Mandi, and in Punjab and Chandigarh, IIT Ropar, NIT Jalandhar and PEC Chandigarh. Each GATEiit page explains that institute's GATE routes for DA and CSE candidates. The full list is on /institutes.

Your exam city has no effect on admission. Sitting GATE in Una gives no edge at IIIT Una.

GATEiit is a free online site. It has no centre or office in Una or anywhere else.

Begin with your paper: GATE DA for Data Science and Artificial Intelligence, or GATE CSE for Computer Science and Information Technology. Each page carries the syllabus and the WhatsApp group link.

Past papers are on /pyq and topic sets on /practice. The GATE DA 2027 guide and the GATE CSE 2027 guide lay out a plan, and /guides has more. All six exam days fall on weekends, so time your mocks for Saturday and Sunday mornings. The GATE 2027 page and the city overview cover the rest.