Himachal at a Glance :

  1. Area

  2. Population
    Males
    Females

  3. Sex Ratio


  4. Growth

  5. Density

  6. Literacy rate

  7. Capital

  8. No. of districts

  9. Sub-Division

  10. Tehsils

  11. Sub-Tehsils

  12. Development Block

  13. Towns

  14. Panchayats

  15. Panchayat Smities

  16. Zila Parishad

  17. Urban Local Bodies

  18. Nagar Nigam

  19. Nagar Parishad

  20. Nagar Panchayats

  21. Census Villages

  22. Inhabited Villages

  23. Health Institutions

  24. Educational
    Institutions

  25. Motorable Roads

  26. Villages Connected
    with Roads

  27. Road density

  28. Bridges

  29. No. of National
    Highways

  30. Identified
    Hydroelectric
    Potential

  31. Potential harnessed

  32. Irrigation facility
    available

  33. Food grain
    production

  34. Vegetable
    production

  35. Area under
    Vegetable
    production

  36. Fruit Production

  37. Milk Production

  38. 10th Five Year Plan

  39. Annual Plan

  40. Per Capita Income


  41. Legislature

  42. Judicature

  43. Principle Languages
  • 55,673 sq. km.

  • 60,70,305
    = 50.75 %
    = 49.25 %

  • 976 (females per 1000 males)

  • 17.49 % ( 1991 - 2001 )

  • 109 ( per square km. )

  • 77.13 % (2001 )

  • Shimla

  • 12

  • 52

  • 75

  • 34

  • 75

  • 57

  • 3,037

  • 75

  • 12

  • 53

  • 1

  • 19

  • 33

  • 20,118

  • 16,807

  • 3,820

  • 13,861


  • 22,650 km.

  • 7,897


  • 40.50 km.

  • 1,148

  • 8


  • 20,376 MW in five rivers



  • 3,945 MW

  • 1.95 lakh hectare
    (CCA Created)

  • 17.47 lakh tonnes


  • 5.80 lakh tonnes


  • 34,000 hectare



  • 5.10 lakh tonnes

  • 7.60 lakh tonnes

  • Rs. 10750 Crore

  • Rs. 1,900 Crore

  • Rs. 18,920 (Quick Estimate)

  • Unicameral

  • High Court at Shimla

  • Hindi and Pahari

Quick History of Himachal Pradesh :

Himachal Pradesh came into being on April 15, 1948 and comprised 30 former hill states. The state of Bilaspur was merged with Himachal Pradesh in 1954. The six original districts were : Mahasu, Sirmaur, Mandi, Chamba, Bilaspur and Kinnaur. On November 1, 1966certain parts of the state of Punjab were transferred to Himachal Pradesh. These comprise the districts of Shimla, Kullu, Kangra and Lahaul and Spiti and parts of Hoshiarpur and Ambala districts. Himachal Pradesh attained full statehood on January 25, 1971 as the 18th State of the Union.

Old Himachal : consists of districts of Chamba, Kinnaur, Bilaspur, Mandi, Sirmaur and Shimla. Actually the capital town Shimla was included in Himachal later, but it has some area from old Himachal.

New Himachal : consists of districts of Kangra, Kullu, Lahaul and Spity, Hamirpur and Una.

( What we see today as Himachal Pradesh is the combination of old Himachal and the new Himachal ).