Panchkula is a
planned city in the
Panchkula district,
Haryana,
India. It forms a part of a continuous area with the Union Territory of
Chandigarh and the city of
Mohali. It is approximately 4 km (2.4 miles) southeast of Chandigarh and 259 km (162 miles) northeast of
New Delhi, the national capital. The
Chandigarh-
Mohali-Panchkula metropolitan region collectively forms a Tri-city, with a combined population of over 2 million.