Kamand, Mandi district

Kamand (also spelled Kmaand) is a small village in Development Block Mandi-Sadr, Mandi district, Himachal Pradesh, India.

[3]: 1028 Crops grown in surrounding farms include corn, wheat, potato, red kidney beans (rajma), black-eyed peas (rongi).

These include provision and supply shops, restaurants, petrol bunk, services, lodges for students, staff and contractors, etc.

[4] Until 2010, Kamand was a small agrarian village with traditional houses built of dry stone walls and slate roofs.

During 2010–2020, with the development of IIT Mandi, Kamand has grown rapidly and now has many multi-storey cement concrete buildings.

[3]: 15  A small but growing number of people are able to converse in English due to the influence of the diverse IIT Mandi community.

South Campus of IIT Mandi, Kamand on the left. Sep '20