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Saturday, April 23, 2011

HIMACHAL PRADESH STATE IN INDIA

Date of Formation :: 25th January, 1971.
Area : 55,900 sq.km.
Capital City of Himachal Pradesh is Shimla.
Neighboring States :
Jammu and Kashmir, Punjab, Haryana, Uttaranchal, China (Country).
Population Minimum to Maximum : 65,00,000
Males : 35,00,000
Females : 30,00,000 Urban Population is 10.00% Population density : 110, Sex Ratio : 980.
Literacy : 78.00%, males are 87.00% and females are 68.00%.

Gujarat State No. of Districts are 12 these are above
Bilaspur, Chamba, Hamirpur, Kangra, Kinnaur, Kullu, Lahaul and Spiti, Mandi, Shimla, Sirmaur, Solan, Una.

Villages are 20,130 and towns are 58.

LEGISLATIVE BODIES :
State Legislature Unicameral Seats : 68, Lok Sabha Seats are 4, Rajya Sabha Seats are 3.

Seat of High Court : Shimla.
Chief Languages : Pahari, Hindi.
Major Religions : Hinduism, Buddhism and Islam.

Main Towns : Shimla, Mandi, Dharmashala, Kullu, Manali, Bilaspur, Chamba, Kyelang, Kalpa, Kangra.

GEOGRAPHICAL :
Rivers :
Ravi, Beas, Chenab, Satluj, Yamuna.
Mountains : Great Himalaya, Punjab Himalaya, Suket Hills, Shimla Hills, Shiwalik Range, Mussoorie Range, Nag Tibba Range.
Lake or Valley’s : Kangra Valley, Mahasu Valley, Rampur Valley, Spiti Valley, Lahul Valley, Baspa Valley, Govind Sagar.
Pass : Rohtang.

ECONOMY :
Minerals in state Rock Salt, Slate, Gypsum, Limestone, Barytes, Dolomite, Pyrites.
Industries are in state Information Technology, Bio Technology, Brewery, Fruit processing, cement, electronics.
Agricultural Products are in Himachal Pradesh State is Wheat, Maize, Rice, Barley, Vegetable, Potato, Ginger, Soyabean oilseed, pulses.
Fruits : Apple, Pear, Peach, Plum, Apricot, Mango, Litchi, Guava, Strawberry.

TRANSPORTS AND COMMUNICATIONS :
Entire State Road Length is 22000 kilo meters and National High ways are 1240 Kilo meters, Main Railway Stations are Two Narrow gauge lines and the broad gauge line is under construction. Stations are Pathankot, Joginder Nagar.
Airports : Bhuntar, Jubbarhatti and Gaggal.

TOURIST DESTINATIONS :
Kullu, Kangra and Chamba Valley. Himachal State Museum, Vice Regal Lodge and Botanical Gardens, Summer Hills, Chadwick Falls, Chail Summer caital of Maharaja of Patiala, Nahan a town with mostly crumbling monuments, Kangra Art Museum Dharamsala, McLeod Ganjabode of Dalai Lama, Kasauli a village surrounded by pine trees, Lahul, Spiti, Kinnaur, Dalhousie splendid view, Narkanda winter skiing sports, and Naldhera Gold course.
Parks and Valleys : Kufri Himalayan Nature Park, Sangla.
Lake : Renuka, Rewalsar, Mandi.
Shrines : Lakshmi Devi Manimahesh, Paonta Sahib Gurudwara, Jwalamukhi, Jakhu Hanuman temple Shimla, Bhimkali Temple Sarahan, Bajreshwari Devi Temple Kangra.
Shopping : Pashmina Shawls are very famous, rugs, namdas, gudma, are some of the native attractions. McLeod Ganj Tibetan textiles, Dalhousie Kulu shawls and Tibetan handicrafts, Lakkar Bazar.

EDUCATION :
Total Schools are in state 15000, Total Colleges are in state 90 and Universities are 8.

CULTURES :
Dances :
Nati.
Festivals : Shivratri and Dussehra of Kulu begins on Vijay Dashmi, Shivratri Mand, Minjar Fest in Chamba, Lavi Fair at Rampur, Renuka Fair.
Craft : Pashmina and woollen shawls, namdas, gudma, thobis, pullas.

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