Himachal Pradesh

Himachal Pradesh (Hindi: हिमाचल प्रदेश) is a state in northern India. Shimla is the capital of Himachal Pradesh. It covers an area of 55,673 square kilometres (21,495 square miles). The land contains high mountains. In traditional Indian geography it falls under the North Indian zone. It borders to Jammu and Kashmir to the north.

Himachal Pradesh हिमाचल प्रदेश (Hindi and Sanskrit)
State of India
Kangra Fort, 20 kilometres from the town of Dharamshala
Location of Himachal Pradesh in the Republic of India
Map of Himachal
Coordinates: 31°6′12″N 77°10′20″E
Country	India
Region	North India
Government
• Body	Government of Himachal Pradesh
• Governor	Rajendra Arlekar[1]
• Chief Justice	Lingappa Narayana Swamy[2]
• Legislature	Unicameral (68* seats)
• Chief Minister	Jai Ram Thakur (BJP)
• Chief Secretary	Anil Kumar Khachi[3]
Area
• Total	55,673 km2 (21,495 sq mi)
Population  (2011)
• Total	6,856,509
Language
• Official	Panjabi[4]
• National	Panjabi[5]
• Additional	Rajasthani
Time zone	UTC+05:30 (IST)
Official languages	languages
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Himachal Pradesh was part of Indian Punjab before 1966.

Administrative divisions of Himachal Pradesh

The State of HP is divided into three Divisions, namely Mandi Division, Kangra Division, Shimla Division. The divisions are further sub-divided into 12 districts. These are further divided into 73 sub-divisions, 172 tehsils and 35 sub-tehsils.

Districts of Himachal Pradesh

1. Bilaspur
2. Chamba
3. Hamirpur
4. Kangra
5. Kinnaur
6. Kullu
7. Lahaul & Spiti
8. Mandi
9. Shimla
10. Sirmaur
11. Solan
12. Una

Proposed districts

Following districts are proposed for creation in Himachal Pradesh:^[6][7]

• Mahasu
• Surendranagar
• Rampur Bushhar
• Karsog
• Palampur
• Noorpur
• Dehra

Gallery

• 
  Mountain peaks in Lahul, Himachal Pradesh
• 
  Lady near Rothang Pass, Himachal Pradesh

State symbols of Himachal Pradesh

• 
  Western tragopan, state bird
• 
  Snow Leopard, state animal
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  Cedrus deodara, state tree
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  Pink Rhododendron, state flower