Shimla district
District of Himachal Pradesh
Clockwise from top-left: Shimla City, Rashtrapati Niwas, Tani Jubbar Lake near Narkanda, Chandranahan Sangla Pass, Bhimakali Temple at Sarahan
Nickname: The Queen of Hills
Shimla district Location in Himachal Pradesh
Country	India
State	Himachal Pradesh
Headquarters	Shimla
Government
• Deputy Commissioner	Aditya Negi, IAS
• Superintendent of Police	Sanjay Gandhi, IPS
• Lok Sabha Constituencies	Shimla
• Vidhan. Sabha Constituencies	Shimla Shimla Rural Rampur Kasumpti Theog Jubbal-Kotkhai Rohru Chopal
Area
• Total	5,131 km² (1,981 sq mi)
Population (2011)
• Total	814,010
• Rank	3rd
• Density	160/km² (410/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)
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.nic.in/welcome.asp

Shimla district is one of the twelve districts of the state of Himachal Pradesh in northern India. Its headquarters is the state capital of Shimla. Neighbouring districts are Mandi and Kullu in the north, Kinnaur in the east, Uttarakhand in the southeast, Solan to the southwest and Sirmaur 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 of 12), after Kangra and Mandi.^[1] It is the most urbanized district of Himachal Pradesh.

Administrative structure

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 Shimla Urban Shimla Rural Theog Chaupal Rampur Rohru Kumarsain Dodra-Kawar Jubbal Kupvi Kotkhai
4	Tehsils^[3]	Total = 17 Rampur Kumarsain Seoni Shimla Urban Shimla Rural Theog Chaupal Jubbal Kotkhai Rohru Chirgaon Dodra-Kawar Nerwa Kupvi Nankhari Tikkar Junga
5	Sub-Tehsils^[4]	Total = 09 Taklech (Rampur) Sarahan (Rampur) Deha (Theog) Kotgarh (Kumarsain) Dhami (Shimla(R)) Jalog (Seoni) Jangla (Chirgaon) Saraswati Nagar (Jubbal) Kalbog (Kotkhai)
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) Chopal Theog-Kumarsain Kasumpati Shimla Shimla Rural Jubbal-Kotkhai Rampur Rohru.
9	Villages	2,914
10	Inhabited	2,520
11	Uninhabited	394
12	Density	159 person per km²
13	Panchayts	363

Access

By road

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

Kalka - 80 km
Patiala - 172 km
Chandigarh - 119 km
Ambala - 166 km
Delhi - 380 km
Agra - 568 km
Amritsar - 342 km
Jammu (via Pathankot) - 482 km
Srinagar - 787 km
Jaipur - 629 km
Dharmsala (via Mandi) - 290 km
Dharamsala (via Hamirpur) - 235 km
Dalhousie - 345 km
Chamba - 401 km
Kullu - 235 km
Manali - 280 km
Mandi - 153 km
Palampur - 270 km
Dehradoon - 275 km
Rampur - 132 km
Kumarsain - 80 km
Narkanda - 60 km
Rohru - 129 km
Theog - 28 km
Chaupal - 100 km

Climate

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)
Average precipitation 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)^[6]^[7]

Demographics

Historical population
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:^[8]

According to the 2011 census, the district had a population of 814,010. This gives it a ranking of 483rd in India (out of a total of 640).^[1] The district has a population density of 159 inhabitants per square kilometre (410/sq mi). Its population growth rate over the decade 2001-2011 was 12.67%. Shimla has a sex ratio of 915 females for every 1000 males, and a literacy 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

Religions in Shimla district (2011)^[9]
Religion			Percent
Hinduism			97.23%
Islam			1.45%
Sikhism			0.50%
Buddhism			0.40%
Other or not stated			0.42%

Religion in Shimla District
Religion	2011^[9]
Religion	Pop.	%
Hinduism	791,449	97.23%
Islam	11,810	1.45%
Sikhism	4,047	0.5%
Buddhism	3,262	0.4%
Christianity	2,025	0.25%
Jainism	185	0.02%
Others	1,232	0.15%
Total population	814,010	100%

Religious groups in Shimla District (British Punjab province era)
Religious group	1901^[10]		1911^[11]^[12]		1921^[13]		1931^[14]		1941^[15]
Religious group	Pop.	%	Pop.	%	Pop.	%	Pop.	%	Pop.	%
Hinduism ^[a]	30,299	75.09%	29,047	73.87%	33,228	73.31%	28,661	77.91%	29,466	76.38%
Islam	6,675	16.54%	5,820	14.8%	6,953	15.34%	5,810	15.79%	7,022	18.2%
Christianity	2,798	6.93%	3,666	9.32%	3,823	8.43%	1,540	4.19%	934	2.42%
Sikhism	544	1.35%	693	1.76%	1,173	2.59%	760	2.07%	1,032	2.68%
Jainism	32	0.08%	49	0.12%	90	0.2%	1	0%	114	0.3%
Zoroastrianism	3	0.01%	16	0.04%	36	0.08%	0	0%	3	0.01%
Buddhism	0	0%	26	0.07%	20	0.04%	14	0.04%	5	0.01%
Judaism	0	0%	3	0.01%	1	0%	0	0%	0	0%
Others	0	0%	0	0%	3	0.01%	0	0%	0	0%
Total population	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 historic Punjab Province region during the post-independence era that have taken into account population increases.

Religion in the Tehsils of Shimla District (1941)^[15]
Tehsil	Hinduism ^[a]		Islam		Sikhism		Christianity		Jainism		Others^[b]		Total
Tehsil	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 historic Punjab 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" on census. Does not include Anglo-Indian Christians or British Christians, who were classified under "Other" category.

Religious groups in Simla Hill States (British Punjab province era)
Religious group	1901^[10]		1911^[11]^[12]		1921^[13]		1931^[14]		1941^[15]
Religious group	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 historic Punjab Province region during the post-independence era that have taken into account population increases. Note2: 1901-1911 census: Including Jubbal, 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, and Sangri states.

Language

Languages of Shimla district (2011)^[16]

Pahadi (67.61%)

Hindi (20.31%)

Nepali (4.63%)

Punjabi (1.39%)

Kangri (1.05%)

Others (5.01%)

At the time of the 2011 census of India, 67.61% of the population recorded their language as Pahadi, 20.31% Hindi, 4.63% Nepali, 1.39% Punjabi and 1.05% Kangri as their first language.^[16]

Politics

!District !Constituency

!Name ! colspan="2" |Party !Remarks |-

|rowspan="5" |Chamba

|Churah (SC)

|rowspan="17"|Kangra

|Nurpur

|rowspan=2|Lahaul and Spiti (ST)

|Manali

|Karsog (SC)

|Bhoranj (SC)

|Chintpurni (SC)

|Jhanduta (SC)

|Arki

|K.L. Thakur |style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #DCDCDC;" data-sort-value="Independent politician" | | scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Independent ||Resigned on 22 March 2024^[21] |- |Hardeep Singh Bawa |style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #19AAED;" data-sort-value="Indian National Congress" | | scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Indian National Congress |Elected on 13 July 2024 |- |Doon

|Pachhad (SC)

|Chopal

|Kinnaur (ST)

|Jagat Singh Negi |style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #19AAED;" data-sort-value="Indian National Congress" | | scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Indian National Congress |Cabinet Minister |}

References

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^ "Ever recorded Maximum and minimum temperatures up to 2010" (PDF). India Meteorological Department. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 March 2014. Retrieved 10 April 2015.
^ Decadal Variation In Population Since 1901
^ ^a ^b "Table C-01 Population by Religion: Himachal Pradesh". censusindia.gov.in. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India. 2011.
^ ^a ^b "Census of India 1901. [Vol. 17A]. Imperial tables, I-VIII, X-XV, XVII and XVIII for the Punjab, with the native states under the political control of the Punjab Government, and for the North-west Frontier Province". 1901. p. 34. JSTOR saoa.crl.25363739. Retrieved 23 March 2024.
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^ ^a ^b "Table C-16 Population by Mother Tongue: Himachal Pradesh". www.censusindia.gov.in. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India.
^ "More trouble for Congress in Himachal Pradesh? 3 Independent MLAs resign, set to join BJP". Times of India. 22 March 2024. Retrieved 22 March 2024.
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Current assemblies of Indian parliament and state legislature

Lok Sabha: Eighteenth

Andhra Pradesh	Sixteenth
Arunachal Pradesh	Eleventh
Assam	Fifteenth
Bihar	Seventeenth
Chhattisgarh	Sixth
Delhi	Seventh
Goa	Eighth
Gujarat	Fifteenth
Haryana	Fourteenth
Himachal Pradesh	Fourteenth
Jammu and Kashmir	N/A (President's rule)

Jharkhand	Fifth
Karnataka	Sixteenth
Kerala	Fifteenth
Madhya Pradesh	Sixteenth
Maharashtra	Fourteenth
Manipur	Twelfth
Meghalaya	Eleventh
Mizoram	Ninth
Nagaland	Fouteenth
Odisha	Seventeenth
Puducherry	Fifteenth

Punjab	Sixteenth
Rajasthan	Sixteenth
Sikkim	Eleventh
Tamil Nadu	Sixteenth
Telangana	Third
Tripura	Thirteenth
Uttar Pradesh	Eighteenth
Uttarakhand	Fifth
West Bengal	Seventeenth

Notable people

Priety Zinta, a bollywood actress

Notes

^ ^a ^b ^c 1931-1941: Including Ad-Dharmis
^ Including Anglo-Indian Christians, British Christians, Buddhism, Zoroastrianism, Judaism, Tribals, others, or not stated

References

External links

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Places adjacent to Shimla district

Mandi District

Kullu district

Solan district

Shimla district

Kinnaur district
Uttarkashi district, Uttarakhand

Sirmaur district

Dehradun district, Uttarakhand

State of Himachal Pradesh

Capital: Shimla

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