Shimla is a

district A district is a type of administrative division that, in some countries, is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or county, counties, several municipality, municipa ...

in the state 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 ...

in northern India. Its headquarters is the state capital of

Shimla Shimla (; ; also known as Simla, the official name until 1972) is the capital and the largest city of the northern Indian state of Himachal Pradesh. In 1864, Shimla was declared as the summer capital of British India. After independence, the ...

. Neighbouring districts are Mandi and

Kullu Kullu is a municipal council town that serves as the administrative headquarters of the Kullu district of the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh. It is located on the banks of the Beas River in the Kullu Valley about north of the airport at Bh ...

in the north, Kinnaur in the east,

Uttarakhand Uttarakhand ( , or ; , ), also known as Uttaranchal ( ; the official name until 2007), is a state in the northern part of India. It is often referred to as the "Devbhumi" (literally 'Land of the Gods') due to its religious significance and ...

in the southeast, Solan to the southwest and Sirmaur in the south. The elevation of the district ranges from to . As of 2011 it is the third most populous district of Himachal Pradesh (out of 12), after Kangra and Mandi. It is the most urbanized district of Himachal Pradesh.

Administrative structure

Access

By road

Shimla is connected by road to all the major towns. Distance between the major towns and Shimla: *

Kalka Kalka is a town in the Panchkula district of Haryana, India. It is near Panchkula city. The name of the town is derived from the Hindu goddess Kali. It is situated in the foothills of the Himalayas and is a gateway to the neighbouring state ...

- 80 km *

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- 172 km *

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- 119 km *

Ambala Ambala () is a city and a municipal corporation in Ambala district in the state of Haryana, India, located on the border with the Indian state of Punjab and in proximity to both states capital Chandigarh. Politically, Ambala has two sub-are ...

- 166 km *

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- 380 km *

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- 568 km * Amritsar - 342 km *

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(via

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) - 482 km * Srinagar - 787 km *

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- 629 km *

Dharmsala Dharamshala (; also spelled Dharamsala) is the winter capital of Himachal Pradesh, India. It serves as administrative headquarters of the Kangra district after being relocated from Kangra, a city located away from Dharamshala, in 1855. The ...

(via Mandi) - 290 km * Dharamsala (via Hamirpur) - 235 km * Dalhousie - 345 km * Chamba - 401 km *

- 235 km * Manali - 280 km * Mandi - 153 km *

Palampur Palampur is a hill station and a municipal corporation situated in the Kangra District in the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh. It is surrounded by pine forests and flanked by the Dhauladhar ranges. There are numerous streams flowing from the ...

- 270 km *

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- 275 km * Rampur - 132 km * Kumarsain - 80 km * Narkanda - 60 km *

Rohru Rohru is a town and a municipal committee in Shimla district in the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh. It is at the banks of the Pabbar River, and it is about 115 km from Shimla city. Rohru is at . It has an average elevation of 1,525 &n ...

- 129 km * Theog - 28 km * Chaupal - 100 km

Climate

Demographics

According to the 2011 census the district had a population of 814,010,http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/0211_PART_B_DCHB_SHIMLA.pdf pp. 22–23 This gives it a ranking of 483rd in India (out of a total of 640). The district has a population density of . Its population growth rate over the decade 2001-2011 was 12.67%. Shimla has a

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of 915

females Female (symbol: ♀) is the sex of an organism that produces the large non-motile ova (egg cells), the type of gamete (sex cell) that fuses with the male gamete during sexual reproduction. A female has larger gametes than a male. Females ...

for every 1000 males, and a

literacy rate Literacy in its broadest sense describes "particular ways of thinking about and doing reading and writing" with the purpose of understanding or expressing thoughts or ideas in written form in some specific context of use. In other words, huma ...

of 83.64%. It has the highest urban population of all districts in Himachal. The urban population forms 24.77% of the district.

Language

Statistics

As of Census of India 2001 *Population count - 813,384 **Males - 424,486 **Females - 388,898 *Sex ratio (females per 1000 males) - 916 *Growth (2001–2011) - 12.58% *Rural - 555,269 *Urban - 167,233 *Scheduled Caste population - 188,787 **Percentage to total population - 26.13% *Scheduled Tribe population - 4,112 **Percentage to total population - 0.57% * Number of households - 1 54,693 *Household size (per household) - 5

Literacy and education levels

*Literates **Persons - 619,427 **Males - 347,013 **Females - 272,414 * Literacy rate **Persons - 84.55% **Males - 90.73% **Females - 77.80%

Education level attained

Total - 504,330 **Without level - 11,640 **Below primary - 97,060 **Primary - 114,805 **Middle - 78,995 **Matric/Higher Secondary/Diploma - 153,284 **Graduate and above - 48,464

Age groups

* 0 – 4 years - 39,305 * 5 – 14 years - 189,801 * 15 – 59 years - 488,784 * 60 years and above (incl. A.N.S.) - 57,612

Major towns

(''M Corp.'') - 142,555 # Rampur (''M Cl'') - 9,653 #

(''M CI'') - 8,205 # Chaupal (''NP'') - 6786 # Narkanda (''NP'') - 901 # Sunni (''NP'') - 3934 #

Jubbal Jubbal is a tehsil, town and a nagar panchayat in Shimla district in the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh which shares its boundary with the state of Uttrakhand towards south-east. Jubbal is recognised as a major apple producing area in Shimla ...

(''NP'') - 3856 # Kotkhai (''NP'') # Theog (''M CI'') Total inhabited villages - 2,520

Type of house (% of households occupying)

* Permanent - 83.2 *Semi-permanent - 14.6 *Temporary - 2.2

Politics

References

External links

Official website of the Shimla district

District Profile

Cultural & tourism heritage of the district
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