Important Facts about Himachal Pradesh

State	Himachal Pradesh
State Map
Capital	Shimla, Dharamsala (Second Capital in Winter)
Date of Formation	25 January 1971
Chief Minister	Present Chief Minister – Shri Jai Ram Thakur List of Chief Ministers of Himachal Pradesh First Chief Minister – Dr.Yashwant Singh Parmar
Governor	Present Governor – Bandaru Dattatreya List of Governors of Himachal Pradesh First Governor – Maj. Gen. K. S. Himmatsinhji
Seat of High Court	Himachal Pradesh High Court (Shimla) List of Chief Justice of Himachal Pradesh High Court
Members of Rajya Sabha	Total number of Seats – 03 1. Shri Anand Sharma, Indian National Congress 2. Shri Jagat Prakash Nadda, Bharatiya Janata Party 3. Smt. Viplove Thakur, Indian National Congress
Members of Parliment (MP Seats)	Total number of Seats – 04 MP Constituencies Updates as per 2019 Election 1. Hamirpur Present MP Thakur, Shri Anurag Singh 2. Kangra Present MP Kapoor, Shri Kishan 3. Mandi Present MP Sharma, Shri Ram Swaroop 4. Shimla Present MP Kashyap, Shri Suresh Kumar
MLA Seats	Total number of Seats – 68 MLA Constituencies Updates as per 2019 Election 1. Churah Present MLA Sh. Hans Raj 2. Bharmour Present MLA Sh. Jia Lal 3. Chamba Present MLA Sh. Pawan Nayyar 4. Dalhousie Present MLA Smt. Asha Kumari 5. Bhattiyat Present MLA Sh. Bikram Singh Jaryal 6. Nurpur Present MLA Sh. Rakesh Pathania 7. Indora Present MLA Smt. Reeta Devi 8. Fatehpur Present MLA Sh. Sujan Singh Pathania 9. Jawali Present MLA Sh. Arjun Singh 10. Dehra Present MLA Sh. Hoshyar Singh 11. Jaswan-Pragpur Present MLA Sh. Bikram Singh 12. Jawalamukhi Present MLA Sh. Ramesh Chand Dhawala 13. Jaisinghpur Present MLA Sh. Ravinder Kumar 14. Sullah Present MLA Sh. Vipin Singh Parmar 15. Nagrota Present MLA Sh. Arun Kumar 16. Kangra Present MLA Sh. Pawan Kumar Kajal 17. Shahpur Present MLA Sh. Sarveen Choudhary 18. Dharamshala Present MLA VACANT 19. Palampur Present MLA Sh. Ashish Butail 20. Baijnath Present MLA Sh. Mulkh Raj 21. Lahaul & Spiti Present MLA Dr. Ram Lal Markanda 22. Manali Present MLA Sh. Govind Singh Thakur 23. Kullu Present MLA Sh. Sunder Singh Thakur 24. Banjar Present MLA Sh. Surender Shourie 25. Anni Present MLA Sh. Kishori Lal 26. Karsog Present MLA Sh. Hira Lal 27. Sundernagar Present MLA Sh. Rakesh Kumar 28. Nachan Present MLA Sh. Vinod Kumar 29. Seraj Present MLA Sh. Jai Ram Thakur 30. Darang Present MLA Sh. Jawahar Thakur 31. Jogindernagar Present MLA Sh. Prakash Rana 32. Dharampur Present MLA Sh. Mahender Singh 33. Mandi Present MLA Sh. Anil Sharma 34. Balh Present MLA Sh. Inder Singh 35. Sarkaghat Present MLA Col. Inder Singh 36. Bhoranj Present MLA Smt. Kamlesh Kumari 37. Sujanpur Present MLA Sh. Rajinder Rana 38. Hamirpur Present MLA Sh. Narinder Thakur 39. Barsar Present MLA Sh. Inder Dutt Lakhanpal 40. Nadaun Present MLA Sh. Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu 41. Chintpurni Present MLA Sh. Balbir Singh 42. Gagret Present MLA Sh. Rajesh Thakur 43. Haroli Present MLA Sh. Mukesh Agnihotri 44. Una Present MLA Sh.Satpal Singh Raizada 45. Kutlehar Present MLA Sh. Virender Kanwar 46. Jhanduta Present MLA Sh. Jeet Ram Katwal 47. Ghumarwin Present MLA Sh. Rajinder Garg 48. Bilaspur Present MLA Sh. Subhash Thakur 49. Sri Naina Deviji Present MLA Sh. Ram Lal Thakur 50. Arki Present MLA Sh. Virbhadra Singh 51. Nalagarh Present MLA Sh. Lakhvinder Singh Rana 52. Doon Present MLA Sh. Paramjeet Singh 53. Solan Present MLA Dr. (Col.) Dhani Ram Shandil 54. Kasauli Present MLA Sh. Rajiv Saizal 55. Pachhad Present MLA VACANT 56. Nahan Present MLA Dr. Rajeev Bindal 57. Sri Renukaji Present MLA Sh. Vinay Kumar 58. Paonta Sahib Present MLA Sh. Sukh Ram 59. Shillai Present MLA Sh. Harshwardhan Chauhan 60. Chopal Present MLA Sh. Balbir Singh Verma 61. Theog Present MLA Sh. Rakesh Singha 62. Kasumpti Present MLA Sh.Anirudh Singh 63. Shimla Present MLA Sh. Suresh Bhardwaj 64. Shimla Rural Present MLA Sh. Vikramaditya Singh 65. Jubbal-Kotkhai Present MLA Sh. Narinder Bragta 66. Rampur Present MLA Sh. Nand Lal 67. Rohru Present MLA Sh. Mohan Lal Brakta 68. Kinnaur Present MLA Sh. Jagat Singh Negi
Number of District	12 Name of the Districts Bilaspur Chamba Hamirpur Kangra Kinnaur Kullu Lahaul & Spiti Mandi Shimla Sirmaur (Sirmour) Solan Una
Area	55,673 km²
Rank of state by Area	18th
Population (2011)	6,864,602
Literacy rate	83.78%
Types Of Religion	Hinduism (95.17%), Islam (2.18%), Sikhism (1.16%), Buddhism (1.14%), Christianity (0.18%), Jainism (0.02%), Other or none (0.2%)
Neighbouring States	Jammu and Kashmir, Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Uttrakhand
Neighbouring Countries	China
Main Language	Hindi
Other Languages	Pahari, Punjabi
Biggest River	Ganges
Number of River	04 (Ganges, Chenab, Sutlej, Yamuna)
Number Lake	24 (Bhrigu Lake, Chamera Lake, Chandratal Lake, Dal Lake, Dashir Lake, Nako Lake, Prashar Lake, Renuka Lake, Rewalsar Lake, Seruvalsar Lake, Suraj Tal Lake, Dhankar Lake, Kareri Lake, Gobind Sagar Lake, Khajjiar Lake, Maharana Pratap Sagar Lake, Manimahesh Lake)
Coastline	– –
Number of Beaches	– –
Number of Mountains	The outer Himalayas (Shivaliks), The lesser Himalayas (central zone), The Great Himalayas (northern zone), Zanskar range (shilla Peak-kinnaur)
Agricultural land [Km²]	– –
Forest Land [Km²]	37033 Km²
Latitude	31°6′12″N
Longitude	77°10′20″E
City & Town	Shimla, Kufri, Kullu Manali,Rohtang Pass, Dharamshala, Dalhousie, Khajjiar, Chail, Manali
Transport & Communication	Road, Railway, Air
AirPorts	03 (Bhuntar Airport, Gaggal Airport, Shimla Airport)
International Airports	– –
Major Ports	– –
Length of National Highways	2622.48 Km
National Highway Number	1A, 20, 21, 21A, 22, 70, 72, 88 & 73A
Railway Length	296.26 Km
World Heritage Sites (UNESCO) in Himachal Pradesh	Great Himalayan National Park Conservation Area (2014) Mountain Railways of India (1999,2005,2008)
Waterfalls in Himachal Pradesh	Badri Falls, Bhagsu Falls, Bundla Falls, Chadwick Falls, Machhrial Falls, Palani Falls, Rahla Falls, Sissu Falls
Wildlife Sanctuaries in Himachal Pradesh	Bandli WLS, Chail WLS, Chandratal WLS, Churdhar WLS, Daranghati WLS, Dhauladhar WLS, Gamgul Siyabehi WLS, Kais WLS, Kalatop-Khajjiar WLS, Kanawar WLS, Khokhan WLS, Kibber WLS, Kugti WLS, Lippa Asrang WLS, Majathal WLS, Manali WLS, Nargu WLS, Pong Dam Lake WLS, Renuka WLS, Rupi Bhaba WLS, Sainj WLS, Sangla Valley (Rakchham Chitkul) WLS, Sech Tuan Nala WLS, Shikari Devi WLS, Shimla Water Catchment WLS, Talra WLS, Tirthan WLS, Tundah WLS
Monuments in Himachal Pradesh	Key Monastery Spiti Valley
Major Temples	Maa Naina Devi Maa Jawalamukhi Maa Chintpurni, Chamunda Devi Baij Nath temple Laxmi Narayan temples Baba Balak Nath temple Bijli Mahadev temple Maa Hadimba Mandir Renuka ji temple Manu temple Vaishno Devi temple Raghunath temple, Kullu Bhakhali temple Rama temple, Manikaran Manikarna Sahib Gurudwara Vashishtha Rishi temple, Manali Vishnutemple, Naggar
Major Tourist Places	Shimla, Manali, Kullu, Dharamshala, Solan, Mandi, Palampur, Kinnaur, Kangra, Lahul Valley
Legislative Assembly Name	The Himachal Pradesh Vidhan Sabha
Emblem
State Dance	Nati
State Anthem
Cuisine	Lentil, Broth, Bice, Vegetables and Bread
State Animal	Snow leopard
State Bird	Western Tragopan
State Flower	Pink Rhododendron
State Fruit	– –
State tree	Deodar cedar
Sport	– –
Number of National Park	02 (Great Himalayan National Park, Pin Valley National Park)
Movie Industry Name	– –
Festivals	Kullu Dussehra, Shivratri Fair (Mandi), Shoolini Mela (Solan), Minjar Fair (Chamba), Mani Mahesh Chhari Yatra (Chamba), Renuka fair (Sirmaur), Lavi Trade Fair (Rampur), Holi Fair (Sujanpur Tira), Naina Devi Fair (Bilaspur)
Website	www.himachal.nic.in

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