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Himachal Pradesh Himachal Pradesh (; ; "Snow-laden Mountain Province") is a state in the northern part of India. Situated in the Western Himalayas, it is one of the thirteen mountain states and is characterized by an extreme landscape featuring several peaks ...

– state in

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. Its area is , and is bordered by

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on the north,

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on the west,

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on the south-west,

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on the south-east and by the

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on the east. Hima means snow in

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, and the literal meaning of the state's name is in the lap of the Himalayas. It was named by Acharya Diwakar Datt Sharma, one of the most eminent Sanskrit scholars of Himachal Pradesh.

General reference

Names

* Common English name:

** ** Meaning: "Snow-laden Province" * Official English name(s):

* Nickname(s): * Adjectival(s): Himachali *

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(s): Himachalis

Rankings (amongst India's states)

* by population: 21st * by area (2011 census): 18th * by crime rate: 15th * by gross domestic product (GDP) (2014): 21st * by Human Development Index (HDI): * by life expectancy at birth: * by literacy rate:

Geography of Himachal Pradesh

Geography of Himachal Pradesh * Himachal Pradesh is: an

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* Population of Himachal Pradesh: * Area of Himachal Pradesh: * Atlas of Himachal Pradesh

Location of Himachal Pradesh

* Himachal Pradesh is situated within the following regions: **

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Environment of Himachal Pradesh

* Climate of Himachal Pradesh *

Protected areas of Himachal Pradesh Forests in the state of Himachal Pradesh (northern India) currently cover an area of nearly , which is about 68.16% of the total land area of the state. The forests were once considered to be the main source of income of the state and most of th ...

** Biosphere reserves in Himachal Pradesh ** National parks of Himachal Pradesh * Wildlife of Himachal Pradesh

Natural geographic features of Himachal Pradesh

Lakes of Himachal Pradesh Reservoirs *Maharana Pratap Sagar *Pandoh Lake *Gobind Sagar *Chamera Dam Low Altitude Lakes *Renuka Lake *Macchial Lake Mid Altitude Lakes *Dal Lake (HP), Dal Lake District kangra *Khajjiar, Khajjiar Lake District Chamba *Kumarwah Lake Di ...

Regions of Himachal Pradesh

Ecoregions of Himachal Pradesh

Administrative divisions of Himachal Pradesh

= Districts of Himachal Pradesh

= * Districts of Himachal Pradesh

= Municipalities of Himachal Pradesh

= * Cities of Himachal Pradesh **

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of Himachal Pradesh: Capital of Himachal Pradesh

Demography of Himachal Pradesh

Demographics of Himachal Pradesh Himachal Pradesh (; ; "Snow-laden Mountain Province") is a state in the northern part of India. Situated in the Western Himalayas, it is one of the thirteen mountain states and is characterized by an extreme landscape featuring several peaks ...

Government and politics of Himachal Pradesh

Politics of Himachal Pradesh The key political players in Himachal Pradesh state in north-west India are the Indian National Congress and Bharatiya Janata Party. The politics of Himachal Pradesh are more associated with the regional divides of the state. Based on electoral ...

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representative democracy Representative democracy, also known as indirect democracy, is a type of democracy where elected people represent a group of people, in contrast to direct democracy. Nearly all modern Western-style democracies function as some type of represen ...

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of Himachal Pradesh: Capital of Himachal Pradesh *

Elections in Himachal Pradesh Elections in Himachal Pradesh for the Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly in Himachal Pradesh state, India are conducted in accordance with the Constitution of India. Lok Sabha elections Keys: Legislative Assembly elections 1952 Leg ...

Union government in Himachal Pradesh

* Rajya Sabha members from Himachal Pradesh *

Himachal Pradesh Congress Committee Himachal Pradesh Congress Committee (HPCC) is the unit of the Indian National Congress, working in the state of Himachal Pradesh. Congress leader Y. S. Parmar, Ram Lal Thakur and Virbhadra Singh from Congress represented the state since 1951. I ...

* Indian general election, 2019 (Himachal Pradesh)

Branches of the government of Himachal Pradesh

Government of Himachal Pradesh The Government of Himachal Pradesh also known as the State Government of Himachal Pradesh, or locally as State Government, is the supreme governing authority of the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh. It consists of an executive branch, led by th ...

Executive branch of the government of Himachal Pradesh

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Governor of Himachal Pradesh This is a list of governors of Himachal Pradesh. Sh.Rajendra Arlekar, Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar is the 21st governor (30th if governors with additional charge also counted) of Himachal Pradesh since July 2021. Out of the regular 20 governors ...

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Head of government The head of government is the highest or the second-highest official in the executive branch of a sovereign state, a federated state, or a self-governing colony, autonomous region, or other government who often presides over a cabinet, a gro ...

Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh The Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh is the chief executive of the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh. As per the Constitution of India, the governor is a state's ''de jure'' head, but ''de facto'' executive authority rests with the chief minister ...

Legislative branch of the government of Himachal Pradesh

Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly The seat of the Vidhan Sabha is at Shimla, the capital of the state. The Vidhan Sabha comprises 68 Members of Legislative Assembly, which include 68 members directly elected from single-seat constituency. Its term is 5 years, unless sooner dissol ...

* Constituencies of Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly

Judicial branch of the government of Himachal Pradesh

Law and order in Himachal Pradesh

* Law enforcement in Himachal Pradesh **

Himachal Pradesh Police The Himachal Pradesh Police is the law enforcement agency for the state of Himachal Pradesh in India. It has one state headquarters at Shimla and 12 district headquarters in the state. History Himachal Pradesh as political entity came into ex ...

History of Himachal Pradesh

History of Himachal Pradesh Himachal Pradesh was established in 1948 as a Chief Commissioner's Province within the Union of India. The province comprised the hill districts around Shimla and southern hill areas of the former Punjab region. Himachal became a part C state o ...

History of Himachal Pradesh, by period

Prehistoric Himachal Pradesh

Ancient Himachal Pradesh

Medieval Himachal Pradesh

Colonial Himachal Pradesh

Contemporary Himachal Pradesh

History of Himachal Pradesh, by region

History of Himachal Pradesh, by subject

Culture of Himachal Pradesh

Culture of Himachal Pradesh The North Indian state of Himachal Pradesh is a state that has remained largely uninfluenced by Western culture. Himachal Pradesh is a multi-religion practising, multicultural and multilingual state. Some of the most commonly spoken languages ar ...

* Architecture of Himachal Pradesh * Cuisine of Himachal Pradesh *

Languages of Himachal Pradesh Himachal Pradesh (; ; "Snow-laden Mountain Province") is a state in the northern part of India. Situated in the Western Himalayas, it is one of the thirteen mountain states and is characterized by an extreme landscape featuring several peaks ...

* Monuments in Himachal Pradesh ** Monuments of National Importance in Himachal Pradesh ** State Protected Monuments in Himachal Pradesh * World Heritage Sites in Himachal Pradesh

Art in Himachal Pradesh

Music of Himachal Pradesh The music of Himachal Pradesh includes many kinds of folk songs from the area, many of which are sung without accompaniment. Sindhu bairavi Styles is a type of song that celebrates extramarital romance.The word means lover . It is popular in ...

People of Himachal Pradesh

People from Himachal Pradesh A person ( : people) is a being that has certain capacities or attributes such as reason, morality, consciousness or self-consciousness, and being a part of a culturally established form of social relations such as kinship, ownership of property, ...

Religion in Himachal Pradesh

Religion in Himachal Pradesh Himachal Pradesh (; ; "Snow-laden Mountain Province") is a state in the northern part of India. Situated in the Western Himalayas, it is one of the thirteen mountain states and is characterized by an extreme landscape featuring several peaks ...

Buddhism in Himachal Pradesh Buddhism in the Himachal Pradesh state of India of has been a long recorded practice. The spread of Buddhism in the region has occurred intermediately throughout its history. Starting in the 3rd century BCE, Buddhism was propagated by the Maurya ...

Sports in Himachal Pradesh

Sports in Himachal Pradesh *

Cricket in Himachal Pradesh Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by striki ...

** Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association **

Himachal Pradesh cricket team The Himachal Pradesh cricket team is a domestic cricket team based in the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh. It has competed in the Ranji Trophy since the 1985–86 season. They have won their first ever domestic trophy, by winning the 2021–22 ...

Football in Himachal Pradesh Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, Kick (football), kicking a Football (ball), ball to score a Goal (sport), goal. Unqualified, Football (word), the word ''football'' normally means the form of football tha ...

Himachal Pradesh Football Association The Himachal Pradesh Football Association (abbreviated HPFA) is one of the 36 Indian state football associations that are affiliated to the All India Football Federation. Background Himachal Pradesh Football Association (HPFA) is the governi ...

** Himachal Pradesh State League **

Himachal Pradesh football team The Himachal Pradesh football team is an Indian football team representing Himachal Pradesh Himachal Pradesh (; ; "Snow-laden Mountain Province") is a state in the northern part of India. Situated in the Western Himalayas, it is one of t ...

Symbols of Himachal Pradesh

Symbols of Himachal Pradesh * State animal:

Snow Leopard The snow leopard (''Panthera uncia''), also known as the ounce, is a Felidae, felid in the genus ''Panthera'' native to the mountain ranges of Central Asia, Central and South Asia. It is listed as Vulnerable species, Vulnerable on the IUCN Red ...

* State bird:

Western Tragopan The western tragopan or western horned tragopan (''Tragopan melanocephalus'') is a medium-sized brightly plumed pheasant found along the Himalayas from north-eastern districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in northern Pakistan in the west to Ut ...

* State flower:

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* State seal: Seal of Himachal Pradesh * State tree:

Deodar Cedar ''Cedrus deodara'', the deodar cedar, Himalayan cedar, or deodar, is a species of cedar native to the Himalayas. Description It is a large evergreen coniferous tree reaching tall, exceptionally with a trunk up to in diameter. It has a conic c ...

Economy and infrastructure of Himachal Pradesh

Economy of Himachal Pradesh The era of economic planning started in Himachal Pradesh in 1948. The first five-year plan allocated about Rs. 52.7 million to Himachal. More than 50% of this expenditure was spent on transport facilities since it was felt that without prop ...

Agriculture in Himachal Pradesh Himachal Pradesh (; ; "Snow-laden Mountain Province") is a state in the northern part of India. Situated in the Western Himalayas, it is one of the thirteen mountain states and is characterized by an extreme landscape featuring several peaks ...

Transport in Himachal Pradesh The development of tribal areas in Himachal Pradesh is one of the major steps taken by the state government for its economic development. The border districts of Kinnaur, Lahaul, Spiti and the ''Pangi'' and ''Bharmour'' tehsils of Chamba districts ...

Education in Himachal Pradesh

Education in Himachal Pradesh Himachal Pradesh was under the direct control of the British colonial rule in the mid 19th century. Also, the state was the summer capital of India during the British colonial rule. Hence, the standard of education provided in the state has reach ...