Shimla district | |
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     Clockwise from top-left:Shimla City,Rashtrapati Niwas, Tani Jubbar Lake nearNarkanda, Chandranahan Sangla Pass,Bhimakali Temple atSarahan | |
| Nickname: The Queen of Hills | |
 Shimla district Location in Himachal Pradesh | |
| Country |  India |
| State |  Himachal Pradesh |
| Headquarters | Shimla |
| Government | |
| • Deputy Commissioner | Anupam Kashyap,IAS |
| • Superintendent of Police | Sanjay Gandhi,IPS |
| • Lok Sabha Constituencies | Shimla |
| • Vidhan. Sabha Constituencies | |
| Area | |
• Total | 5,131 km2 (1,981 sq mi) |
| Population (2011) | |
• Total | 814,010 |
| • Rank | 3rd |
| • Density | 158.6/km2 (410.9/sq mi) |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Hindi |
| Demographics | |
| • Sex ratio | 916 |
| • Literacy | 84.55 |
| • Literacy: male | 90.73 |
| • Literacy: female | 77.80 |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| Postal code | 171xxx |
| Area code | 91 177 xxxxxxx |
| ISO 3166 code | IN-HP |
| Largest city | Shimla |
| Climate | ETh(Köppen) |
| Precipitation | 1,520 millimetres (60 in) |
| Avg. annual temperature | 17 °C (63 °F) |
| Avg. summer temperature | 22 °C (72 °F) |
| Avg. winter temperature | 4 °C (39 °F) |
| Website | hpshimla |
Shimla district, known asSimla district until 1972, is one of thetwelve districts of the state ofHimachal Pradesh in northern India. Its headquarters is the state capital ofShimla. Neighbouring districts areMandi andKullu in the north,Kinnaur in the east,Uttarakhand in the southeast,Solan to the southwest andSirmaur in the south. The elevation of the district ranges from 987 metres (3,238 ft) to 4,500 metres (14,764 ft).
As of 2011, it is the third most populated district of Himachal Pradesh (out of12), afterKangra andMandi.[1] It is the most urbanized district of Himachal Pradesh.
| Sl. No. | Particulars | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Geographical Area | 5,131 km2 |
| 2 | Area (out of total area) of H.P. | 9.22% |
| 3 | Sub-Divisions[2] | Total = 11 |
| 4 | Tehsils[3] | Total = 17 |
| 5 | Sub-Tehsils[4] | Total = 9 |
| 6 | Towns | (10)Shimla,Rampur,Kumarsain,Narkanda,Theog,Seoni,Chaupal,Kotkhai,Jubbal,Rohru |
| 7 | C.D. Blocks[5] | (12)Mashobra,Theog,Chaupal,Rampur,Narkanda,Jubbal,Kotkhai,Rohru, Chohara, Basantpur,Nankhari,Totu, Kupvi |
| 8 | Legislative Assembly | (8) |
| 9 | Villages | 2,914 |
| 10 | Inhabited | 2,520 |
| 11 | Uninhabited | 394 |
| 12 | Density | 159 person per km2 |
| 13 | Panchayts | 363 |
Shimla district was obtained by the British in 1815.[6]
Shimla is connected by road to all the major towns. Distance between the major towns and Shimla:
| Climate data for Shimla (1951–1980) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 21.4 (70.5) | 22.6 (72.7) | 25.8 (78.4) | 29.6 (85.3) | 32.4 (90.3) | 31.5 (88.7) | 28.9 (84.0) | 27.8 (82.0) | 28.6 (83.5) | 25.6 (78.1) | 23.5 (74.3) | 20.5 (68.9) | 32.4 (90.3) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 8.9 (48.0) | 10.6 (51.1) | 14.8 (58.6) | 19.4 (66.9) | 22.9 (73.2) | 24.1 (75.4) | 21.0 (69.8) | 20.2 (68.4) | 20.1 (68.2) | 23.7 (74.7) | 15.1 (59.2) | 12.0 (53.6) | 17.3 (63.1) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 1.7 (35.1) | 3.0 (37.4) | 6.8 (44.2) | 11.1 (52.0) | 14.2 (57.6) | 15.6 (60.1) | 15.0 (59.0) | 14.8 (58.6) | 13.4 (56.1) | 10.7 (51.3) | 7.0 (44.6) | 4.3 (39.7) | 9.8 (49.6) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −10.6 (12.9) | −8.5 (16.7) | −6.1 (21.0) | −1.3 (29.7) | 1.4 (34.5) | 7.8 (46.0) | 9.4 (48.9) | 10.6 (51.1) | 5.0 (41.0) | 0.2 (32.4) | −1.1 (30.0) | −12.2 (10.0) | −12.2 (10.0) |
| Averageprecipitation mm (inches) | 54.6 (2.15) | 47.2 (1.86) | 59.4 (2.34) | 41.1 (1.62) | 56.4 (2.22) | 175.6 (6.91) | 376.5 (14.82) | 335.1 (13.19) | 190.2 (7.49) | 46.2 (1.82) | 13.8 (0.54) | 16.0 (0.63) | 1,424.8 (56.09) |
| Average rainy days | 4.7 | 4.1 | 5.2 | 3.6 | 4.6 | 10.3 | 18.3 | 18.1 | 9.9 | 2.9 | 1.3 | 1.8 | 84.8 |
| Source: India Meteorological Department (record high and low up to 2010)[7][8] | |||||||||||||
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
|---|---|---|
| 1901 | 230,144 | — |
| 1911 | 223,701 | −0.28% |
| 1921 | 228,138 | +0.20% |
| 1931 | 238,280 | +0.44% |
| 1941 | 259,656 | +0.86% |
| 1951 | 286,111 | +0.97% |
| 1961 | 341,461 | +1.78% |
| 1971 | 419,844 | +2.09% |
| 1981 | 510,932 | +1.98% |
| 1991 | 617,404 | +1.91% |
| 2001 | 722,502 | +1.58% |
| 2011 | 814,010 | +1.20% |
| source:[9] | ||
According to the2011 census, the district had a population of 814,010. This gives it a ranking of 483rd in India (out of a total of640).[1] The district has a population density of 159 inhabitants per square kilometre (410/sq mi). Itspopulation growth rate over the decade 2001-2011 was 12.67%. Shimla has asex ratio of 915females for every 1000 males, and aliteracy rate of 83.64%. 24.74% of the population lives in urban areas. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes make up 26.51% and 1.08% of the population respectively.[1]
| Religion | Percent | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hinduism | 97.23% | |||
| Islam | 1.45% | |||
| Sikhism | 0.50% | |||
| Buddhism | 0.40% | |||
| Other or not stated | 0.42% | |||
| Religion | 2011[10] | |
|---|---|---|
| Pop. | % | |
Hinduism | 791,449 | 97.23% |
Islam | 11,810 | 1.45% |
Sikhism | 4,047 | 0.5% |
Buddhism.svg) | 3,262 | 0.4% |
Christianity | 2,025 | 0.25% |
Jainism | 185 | 0.02% |
| Others | 1,232 | 0.15% |
| Total population | 814,010 | 100% |
| Religious group | 1881[11][12][13] | 1891[14] | 1901[15] | 1911[16][17] | 1921[18] | 1931[19] | 1941[20] | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | |
| Hinduism[a] | 32,428 | 75.51% | 33,839 | 75.8% | 30,299 | 75.09% | 29,047 | 73.87% | 33,228 | 73.31% | 28,661 | 77.91% | 29,466 | 76.38% |
| Islam | 6,935 | 16.15% | 7,152 | 16.02% | 6,675 | 16.54% | 5,820 | 14.8% | 6,953 | 15.34% | 5,810 | 15.79% | 7,022 | 18.2% |
| Christianity | 3,353 | 7.81% | 3,078 | 6.89% | 2,798 | 6.93% | 3,666 | 9.32% | 3,823 | 8.43% | 1,540 | 4.19% | 934 | 2.42% |
| Sikhism | 202 | 0.47% | 517 | 1.16% | 544 | 1.35% | 693 | 1.76% | 1,173 | 2.59% | 760 | 2.07% | 1,032 | 2.68% |
| Jainism | 23 | 0.05% | 42 | 0.09% | 32 | 0.08% | 49 | 0.12% | 90 | 0.2% | 1 | 0% | 114 | 0.3% |
| Buddhism | 4 | 0.01% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 26 | 0.07% | 20 | 0.04% | 14 | 0.04% | 5 | 0.01% |
Zoroastrianism | 0 | 0% | 11 | 0.02% | 3 | 0.01% | 16 | 0.04% | 36 | 0.08% | 0 | 0% | 3 | 0.01% |
Judaism | — | — | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 3 | 0.01% | 1 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% |
| Others | 0 | 0% | 3 | 0.01% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 3 | 0.01% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% |
| Total population | 42,945 | 100% | 44,642 | 100% | 40,351 | 100% | 39,320 | 100% | 45,327 | 100% | 36,786 | 100% | 38,576 | 100% |
| Note:British Punjab province era district borders are not an exact match in the present-day due to various bifurcations to district borders — which since created new districts — throughout the historicPunjab Province region during the post-independence era that have taken into account population increases. | ||||||||||||||
| Tehsil | Hinduism | Islam | Sikhism | Christianity | Jainism | Others[b] | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | |
| Shimla Tehsil | 23,237 | 66.39% | 6,727 | 19.22% | 1,171 | 3.35% | 3,726 | 10.64% | 85 | 0.24% | 57 | 0.16% | 35,003 | 100% |
| Kot Khai Tehsil | 9,991 | 96.77% | 226 | 2.19% | 2 | 0.02% | 100 | 0.97% | 5 | 0.05% | 0 | 0% | 10,324 | 100% |
| Note:British Punjab province era tehsil borders are not an exact match in the present-day due to various bifurcations to tehsil borders — which since created new tehsils — throughout the historicPunjab Province region during the post-independence era that have taken into account population increases. | ||||||||||||||
| Tehsil | Hinduism[a] | Islam | Sikhism | Christianity | Jainism | Others[c] | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | |
| Shimla Tehsil | 17,950 | 67.01% | 6,825 | 25.48% | 1,024 | 3.82% | 439 | 1.64% | 114 | 0.43% | 434 | 1.62% | 26,786 | 100% |
| Kot Khai Tehsil | 11,516 | 97.68% | 197 | 1.67% | 8 | 0.07% | 69 | 0.59% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 11,790 | 100% |
| Note1:British Punjab province era tehsil borders are not an exact match in the present-day due to various bifurcations to tehsil borders — which since created new tehsils — throughout the historicPunjab Province region during the post-independence era that have taken into account population increases. Note2:Tehsil religious breakdown figures for Christianity only includes local Christians, labeled as "Indian Christians" oncensus. Does not includeAnglo-Indian Christians orBritish Christians, who were classified under "Other" category. | ||||||||||||||
| Religious group | 1901[15] | 1911[16][17] | 1921[18] | 1931[19] | 1941[20] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | |
| Hinduism[a] | 373,886 | 96.03% | 386,953 | 95.7% | 292,768 | 95.45% | 317,390 | 95.93% | 345,716 | 96.16% |
| Islam | 11,535 | 2.96% | 11,374 | 2.81% | 9,551 | 3.11% | 10,017 | 3.03% | 10,812 | 3.01% |
| Buddhism | 2,223 | 0.57% | 2,709 | 0.67% | 2,052 | 0.67% | 1,308 | 0.4% | 10 | 0% |
| Sikhism | 1,318 | 0.34% | 2,911 | 0.72% | 2,040 | 0.67% | 1,817 | 0.55% | 2,693 | 0.75% |
| Jainism | 274 | 0.07% | 172 | 0.04% | 142 | 0.05% | 141 | 0.04% | 126 | 0.04% |
| Christianity | 113 | 0.03% | 224 | 0.06% | 164 | 0.05% | 176 | 0.05% | 161 | 0.04% |
| Zoroastrianism | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 1 | 0% | 2 | 0% |
| Judaism | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% |
| Others | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 1 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% |
| Total population | 389,349 | 100% | 404,343 | 100% | 306,718 | 100% | 330,850 | 100% | 359,520 | 100% |
| Note1:British Punjab province era district borders are not an exact match in the present-day due to various bifurcations to district borders — which since created new districts — throughout the historicPunjab Province region during the post-independence era that have taken into account population increases. Note2: 1901-1911 census: IncludingJubbal,Bashahr,Keonthal,Baghal, Bilaspur,Nalagarh, and other minor hill states. Note3: 1921-1931 census: Including Bashahr, Nalagarh, Keonthal, Baghal, Jubbal, and other minor hill states. Note3: 1941 census: Including Bashahr, Nalagarh, Keonthal, Baghal, Jubbal,Baghat,Kumarsain,Bhajji, Mahlog, Balsan,Dhami,Kuthar,Kunihar,Mangal,Bija,Darkoti, Tharoch, andSangri states. | ||||||||||
At the time of the 2011 census of India, 67.61% of the population recorded their language asPahari, 20.31%Hindi, 4.63%Nepali, 1.39%Punjabi and 1.05%Kangri as their first language.[21]
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