Himachal Pradesh at a glance
01 Himachal Pradesh General Information
Item | Value |
|---|---|
| Area | 55,673 sq. km. |
| Population Male Female | 68,64,602 (2011) = 3,481,873 = 3,382,729 |
| Sex Ratio | 972 (females per 1000 males) (2011) |
| Growth | 12.94% ( 2011 ) |
| Density | 123 per square km (2011 Census) |
| Literacy rate | 82.80% as per 2011 Male: 89.53% Female: 75.93% |
| Capital | Shimla |
| No. of Districts | 12 |
| Sub-Divisions | 52 |
| Tehsils | 75 |
| Sub-Tehsils | 34 |
| Development Blocks | 78 |
| Towns | 59 |
| Panchayats | 3226 |
| Panchayat Smities | 78 |
| Zila Parishad | 12 |
| Urban Local Bodies | 54 (2 Municipal Corporations, 31 Municipal Councils and 21 Nagar Panchayats) |
| Nagar Nigam | 5 (as per 2020) |
| Nagar Parishad | 19 |
| Nagar Panchayats | 33 |
| Census Villages | 20690 |
| Inhabited Villages | 309 |
| Health Institutions | 3,824 (2012-2013) |
| Educational Institutions | 12942 (Primary schools: 10483, Middle schools: 1056, Secondary / Higher secondary schools: 1339, General colleges: 64) |
| Motorable Roads | 61899 km. (as per 2018) |
| Villages Connected with Roads | 11024 (as per 2019) |
| Road density | 65.97 km. (as per 2018-2019) |
| Bridges | 2213 (as per 2020) |
| No. of National Highways | 9 |
| Identified Hydroelectric Potential | 27,436 MW (as per 2018) |
| Potential harnessed | 10,519.17 (as per 2018) |
| Irrigation facility available | 109452 hectare (CCA Created) |
| Food grain production | 1745.01 thousand tonnes in the Year 2017-2018 |
| Vegetable production | 90 million tonnes (2003-04) |
| Area under Vegetable production | 6.2 million hectares (2003-04) |
| Fruit Production | 4.06 lakh tonnes (2018-2019) |
| Milk Production | 1530.940 thousand tonnes (2020) |
| 12th Five Year Plan | Rs.22800 crore (2012-2017) |
| Annual Plan | Rs.7,900 crore (2020-2021) |
| Per Capita Income | Rs.1,83,286 (2020-2021) |
| Legislature | Unicameral |
| Judicature | High Court at Shimla |
| Principle Languages | Hindi and Pahari |
02 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 ).