
	Figures at a Glance
	Sex Ratio in Districts
	Sex Ratio by Literacy
	Population Growth - Comparison between 1991 & 2001
	Population Density & District Rating
	Literate Population - Age Group Wise

Himachal At A Glance

Figures at a Glance

i)	Number of Districts			12
ii)	Area in Sq.Km.			55673.00
iii)	Total Population
			Persons	6,077,248
			Males	3,085,256
			Females	2,991,992
iv)	Decadal Population Growth (1991-2001		Absolute	+906,371
			Percentage	+17.53
v)	Population Density per Sq.Km.			109
vi)	Sex-Ratio per thousand Males			970
vii)	Percentage of Rural Population			90.21
viii)	Percentage of Urban Population			9.79
ix)	0-6 Population
		Persons	Absolute	769,424
			Percentage to total Population	12.84
		Males	Absolute	405,618
			Percentage to total Male Population	13.34
		Females	Absolute	363,806
			Percentage to total Female Population	12.32
x)	Literacy	Persons	Absolute	4,029,097
			Rate	77.13
		Males	Absolute	2,266,103
			Rate	86.02
		Females	Absolute	1,762,994
			Rate	68.08
xi)	No. of Villages			20,118
xii)	No. of Tahsils			75
xiii)	No. of Sub-Tahsils			34
xiv)	No. of Towns			57

*        Including Projected Population of Kinnaur District.
**      Excluding 0-6 population of Kinnaur District.
***    The Literacy rate of Himachal Pradesh has been worked out excluding Kinnaur District.

Sex Ratio in the Districts

Rating in 2001	District	Sex Ratioin (Total no of Females against every thousand males) 2001 1991		Rating in 1991
1	2	3	4	5
1	Hamirpur	1102	1105	1
2	Kangra	1027	1024	2
3	Mandi	1014	1013	4
4	Una	997	1017	3
5	Bilaspur	992	1002	5
6	Chamba	961	949	6
7	Kullu	928	920	7
8	Sirmour	901	897	9
9	Shimla	898	894	10
10	Kinnaur *	851*	856	11
12	Lahul & Sapiti	804	817	12

* Projected Population of Kinnaur district

Sex Ratio by Literacy

Sr. No.	State/Distt.	Literacy Rating Persons Males Females
Sr. No.	State/Distt.	1991	2001	1991	2001	1991	2001
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
Himachal Pradesh		63.86	77.17 *	75.36	86.02 *	52.13	68.08 *
1.	Chamba	44.70	63.73	59.96	77.22	28.57	49.70
2.	Kangra	70.57	80.68	80.12	88.19	61.39	73.57
3.	Lahoul & Spiti	56.82	73.17	71.78	82.76	38.05	60.94
4.	Kullu	54.82	73.36	69.64	84.55	38.53	61.24
5.	Mandi	62.74	75.86	76.65	86.67	49.12	65.36
6.	Hamirpur	74.88	73.16	85.11	90.86	65.90	76.41
7.	Una	70.91	81.09	81.15	88.49	61.01	73.85
8.	Bilaspur	67.17	78.80	77.97	87.13	56.55	70.53
9.	Solan	63.30	77.16	74.67	85.35	50.69	67.48
10.	Sirmour	51.62	70.85	63.20	79.73	38.45	60.93
11.	Shimla	64.61	79.68	75.96	87.72	51.75	70.68
12.	Kinnaur	58.36	-	-	-	-	-

* Excluding Kinnaur District

Population Growth of Districts and their Rank during 1991 & 2001

Rank in 2001	District	Population in 2001	Total % of Distt. Population in 2001	Population in 1991	Total % of Distt. Population in 1991	Rank in 1991
1	2	3	4	5	6	7
1	Kangra	1,338,538	22.02	1,174,072	22.71	1
2	Mandi	900,987	14.82	776,372	15.01	2
3	Shimla	721,745	11.88	617,404	11.94	3
4	Solan	499,380	8.22	382,268	7.39	5
5	Chamba	460,499	7.58	393,286	7.61	4
6	Sirmour	458,351	7.54	379,695	7.34	6
7	Una	447,967	7.37	378,269	7.32	7
8	Hamirpur	412,009	6.78	369,128	7.14	8
9	Kullu	379,865	6.25	302,432	5.85	9
10	Bilaspur	340,735	5.61	295,387	5.71	10
11	Kinnaur	83,950**	1.38**	71,270	1.38	11
12	Lahul & Sapiti	33,224	0.55	31,294	0.60	12

** Projected Population of Kinnaur District

Population Density and Districts Rating

Rating in 2001	District	Population Density 2001 1991		Rating in 1991
1	2	3	4	5
1.	Hamirpur	369	330	1
2.	Bilaspur	292	253	2
3.	Una	291	246	3
4.	Solan	258	197	5
5.	Kangra	233	205	4
6.	Mandi	228	197	6
7.	Sirmour	162	134	7
8.	Shimla	141	120	8
9.	Chamba	71	60	9
10.	Kullu	69	55	10
11.	Kinaur *	13 *	11	11
12.	Lahoul Sapiti	2	2	12

LITERATE POPULATION IN THE AGE GROUP 0-6 AND LITERATE PERCENTAGE

Sr. No.	State/Distt.	Total Population			0-6 Age Group Population			Literate Population *			Literacy Percentage #
		Persons	Males	Females	Persons	Males	Females	Persons	Males	Females	Persons	Males	Females
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14
Himachal Pradesh		6,077,248	3,085,256	2,991,992	769,424	405,618	363,806	4,029,097	2,266,103	1,762,994	77.13	86,02	68.08
1.	Chamba	460,499	234,812	225,687	68,744	35,044	33,700	249,680	154,267	95,413	63,73	77.22	49.70
2.	Kangra	1,338,536	660,224	678,312	160,745	87,545	73,200	950,260	505,056	445,204	80.68	88.19	73.57
3.	Lahaul & Spiti	33,224	18,413	14,811	3,622	1,824	1,798	21,659	13,729	7,930	73.17	82.76	60.94
4.	Kullu	379,865	197,035	182,830	51,294	26,166	25,128	241,042	144,465	96,577	73.36	84.55	61.24
5.	Mandi	900,987	447,271	453,716	118,655	61,914	56,741	593,462	333,996	259,466	75.86	86.67	65.36
6.	Hamirpur	412,009	195,971	216,038	49,865	26,747	23,118	301,176	153,764	147,412	83.16	90.86	76.41
7.	Una	447,967	224,299	223,668	59,067	32,111	26,956	315,342	170,065	145,277	81.09	88.49	73.85
8.	Bilaspur	340,735	171,074	169,661	42,190	22,392	19,798	235,245	129,542	105,703	78.80	87.13	70,53
9.	Solan	499,380	269,451	229,929	65,251	34,348	30,903	334,964	200,659	134,305	77.16	85.35	67.48
10.	Sirmour	458,351	241,109	217,242	67,122	34,595	35,527	277,204	164,657	112,547	70.85	79.73	60.93
11.	Shimla	721,745	380,244	341,501	82,869	42,932	39,937	509,063	295,903	213,160	79.68	87.72	70.68
12.	Kinnaur **	83,950	45,353	38,597	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

NOTE: * Literate, excluding 0-6 Age Group which are included as literate in Census of India 2001
# Literacy Rate is the percentage of Age greater than seven years except Kinnaur
** Projected population

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