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Himachal Pradesh

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📮Fun factHimachal's Hikkim hosts the world's highest post office, at ~4,400m in the Spiti Valley.

Factsheet

Capital: Shimla
Language(s): Hindi, Sanskrit
Formed: 1971
Area: 55,673 km²
Districts: 12
Head (2025): Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu
State animal: 🐾 Snow leopard
State bird: 🐦 Western tragopan
State flower: 🌸 Pink rhododendron
State tree: 🌳 Deodar cedar

Report Card

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SDG India Index

77

#5 of 36India: 71

NITI Aayog· 2023-24

Economy

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Per-Capita NSDP

₹2.19 L

#16 of 33

MoSPI· 2022-23

Unemployment Rate

5.5%

#25 of 36India: 3.2%

Labour Force Participation

74.4%

#3 of 36India: 60.1%

Healthcare

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Infant Mortality Rate

18 per 1,000

#6 of 22India: 28 per 1,000

Life Expectancy at Birth

72.6 yrs

#6 of 21India: 70.0 yrs

Total Fertility Rate

1.7

#21 of 35India: 2.0

NFHS-5· 2019-21

Institutional Births

90.0%

#23 of 35India: 88.6%

NFHS-5· 2019-21

Child Stunting (under 5)

30.8%

#15 of 35India: 35.5%

NFHS-5· 2019-21

Full Immunisation (12-23 mo)

89.3%

#3 of 31India: 76.4%

NFHS-5· 2019-21

Education

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Literacy Rate

82.8%

#10 of 35India: 74.0%

Census 2011· 2011

Female Literacy Rate

75.9%

#11 of 34India: 65.5%

Census 2011· 2011

Higher Education GER

43.1%

#5 of 36India: 28.4%

AISHE· 2021-22

Law & Order

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IPC Crime Rate

177.8 per lakh

#19 of 36India: 258.1 per lakh

Crimes Against Women Rate

42.3 per lakh

#15 of 36India: 66.4 per lakh

Government Budget

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Debt-to-GSDP Ratio

44.8%

#28 of 31India: 28.1%

Demographics

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Population

68,64,602

#22 of 36India: 1,21,08,54,977

Census 2011· 2011

Sex Ratio

972 per 1,000 men

#13 of 36India: 943 per 1,000 men

Census 2011· 2011

Urban Population Share

10.0%

#35 of 35India: 31.2%

Census 2011· 2011

Decadal Population Growth

12.9%

#27 of 34India: 17.7%

Census 2011· 2011

Infrastructure

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Electricity Access

99.9%

#1 of 31India: 96.8%

NFHS-5· 2019-21

Improved Sanitation

96.4%

#3 of 31India: 70.2%

NFHS-5· 2019-21

Clean Cooking Fuel

86.4%

#7 of 31India: 58.6%

NFHS-5· 2019-21

Agriculture

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Agriculture Share of GSVA

13.5%

#25 of 33

MoSPI· 2022-23

Foodgrain Yield

2,138 kg/ha

#21 of 35India: 2,494 kg/ha

DA&FW· 2022-23

Net Irrigated Area

20.5%

#24 of 30India: 56.4%

DA&FW· 2022-23

Average Landholding Size

0.95 ha

#22 of 34India: 1.08 ha

Agri Census· 2015-16

Sports

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Khelo India Medals

5

#25 of 33

Khelo India· 2025

Tourism

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Domestic Tourist Visits

1,59,42,000

#19 of 36India: 2,50,96,27,000

Ministry of Tourism· 2023

Foreign Tourist Visits

63,000

#19 of 36India: 1,92,46,000

Ministry of Tourism· 2023