Maranda is a small business center on the Kangra district of the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh, India. Dharamshala is the administrative headquarters of the Kangra district.Maranda is related to Palampur and is a green hill station and a municipal council in the Kangra Valley in the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh, surrounded on all sides by tea gardens and pine forests before they merge with the Dhauladhar ranges.