List of cities in Himachal Pradesh by population

This is a list of urban agglomerations/cities and towns as per 2011 census in the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh.[1]

Rank Name Status District Population
Census Census Census
1991 2001 2011
1 Shimla Municipal Corporation Shimla 102,186 142,555 169,578
2 Solan Municipal Council Solan 21,751 34,206 39,256
3 Dharamsala Municipal Corporation Kangra 17,493 19,124 30,764
4 Baddi Municipal Council Solan 22,601 29,911
5 Nahan Municipal Council Sirmaur 21,878 26,053 28,899
6 Mandi Municipal Council Mandi 23,202 26,873 26,422
7 Paonta Sahib Municipal Council Sirmaur 13,207 19,090 25,183
8 Sundarnagar Municipal Council Mandi 20,397 23,986 24,344
9 Chamba Municipal Council Chamba 17,194 20,327 19,933
10 Una Municipal Council Una 12,001 15,900 18,722
11 Kullu Municipal Council Kullu 14,569 18,306 18,536
12 Hamirpur Municipal Council Hamirpur 12,544 17,252 17,604
13 Bilaspur Municipal Council Bilaspur 10,609 13,058 13,654
14 Yol Cantonment Cantonment (Board) Kangra 9,310 10,775 12,028
15 Nalagarh Municipal Council Solan 7,448 9,443 10,708
16 Nurpur Municipal Council Kangra 7,961 9,066 9,807
17 Kangra Municipal Council Kangra 9,019 9,156 9,528
18 Santokhgarh Nagar Panchayat Una 6,848 8,308 9,363
19 Mehatpur Basdehra Nagar Panchayat Una 6,417 8,681 9,218
20 Shamshi Census Town Kullu ... 8,038 8,870
21 Parwanoo Municipal Council Solan 5,856 8,609 8,758
22 Manali Municipal Council Kullu 2,433 6,265 8,096
23 Tira Sujanpur Municipal Council Hamirpur 5,477 7,077 7,943
24 Ghumarwin Municipal Council Bilaspur 3,708 5,721 7,899
25 Dalhousie Municipal Council Chamba 6,855 7,425 7,051
26 Rohru Municipal Council Shimla 3,366 6,607 6,875
27 Nagrota Bagwan Municipal Council Kangra 4,503 5,657 5,900
28 Rampur Municipal Council Shimla 4,342 5,653 5,655
29 Kumarsain Nagar Panchayat Shimla 2,879 3,732 5,461
30 Jawalamukhi Nagar Panchayat Kangra 4,047 4,931 5,361
31 Jogindernagar Municipal Council Mandi 4,513 5,048 5,335
32 Dera Gopipur Municipal Council Kangra 3,378 4,336 4,816
33 Sarkaghat Nagar Panchayat Mandi 3,093 3,706 4,715
34 Jhakhri Census Town Shimla... ... 4,655
35 Indora Census Town Kangra ... 4,201 4,534
36 Bhuntar Nagar Panchayat Kullu 2,972 4,260 4,475
37 Nadaun Nagar Panchayat Hamirpur 3,379 4,405 4,430
38 Theog Municipal Council Shimla 2,757 3,754 4,353
39 Kasauli Cantonment Cantonment (Board) Solan 4,385 4,990 3,885
40 Gagret Nagar Panchayat Una 4,258 3,181 3,847
41 Chuari Khas Nagar Panchayat Chamba 2,107 3,016 3,770
42 Daulatpur Nagar Panchayat Una 2,748 3,354 3,763
43 Sabathu Cantonment Cantonment (Board) Solan 3,700 5,719 3,685
44 Dalhousie Cantonment Cantonment (Board) Chamba 1,744 1,964 3,549
45 Palampur Municipal Council with outgrowth Kangra 3,638 (43,765 with outgrowth) 4,006 (47,651 with outgrowth) 3,543 (50,439 with outgrowth)
46 Rajgarh Nagar Panchayat Sirmaur 1,780 2,527 3,083
47 Arki Nagar Panchayat Solan 1,976 2,877 3,040
48 Dagshai Cantonment Cantonment (Board) Solan 2,163 2,750 2,904
49 Seoni Nagar Panchayat Shimla 1,271 1,529 2,591
50 Talai Nagar Panchayat Bilaspur 1,550 2,011 2,372
51 Jutogh Cantonment Cantonment (Board) Shimla 5,827 2,420 2,062
52 Chaupal Nagar Panchayat Shimla 1,074 1,507 1,851
53 Rewalsar Nagar Panchayat Mandi 1,045 1,369 1,821
54 Bakloh Cantonment Cantonment (Board) Chamba 1,989 1,810 1,805
55 Jubbal Nagar Panchayat Shimla 1,379 1,346 1,640
56 Bhota Nagar Panchayat Hamirpur 1,286 1,472 1,453
57 Banjar Nagar Panchayat Kullu 1,037 1,262 1,414
58 Naina Devi Municipal Council Bilaspur 868 1,161 1,204
59 Kotkhai Nagar Panchayat Shimla 896 1,149 1,190
60 Narkanda Nagar Panchayat Shimla 687 713 901

Most of the cities and towns appear to have larger population than the above mentioned figures due to rapid outgrowth in the recent years. For example, Baddi has emerged as one of the largest cities considering rapid industrialisation and urbanisation in the past decade. While, its official figures state its population to be around 29,911 as per 2011; the actual urban agglomerations population is around 100,000 since official figure takes into account only the notified part of the city as urban population. Apparently, urban agglomerations have significantly more population than the official figure. This holds true for most of the cities and town listed here when population of sub-urbs of respective city or town is added.

Urban Agglomeration

In the census of India 2011, an Urban Agglomeration has been defined as follows:[2]

"An urban agglomeration is a continuous urban spread constituting a town and its adjoining outgrowths (OGs), or two or more physically contiguous towns together with or without outgrowths of such towns. An Urban Agglomeration must consist of at least a statutory town and its total population (i.e. all the constituents put together) should not be less than 20,000 as per the 2001 Census. In varying local conditions, there were similar other combinations which have been treated as urban agglomerations satisfying the basic condition of contiguity."

Constituents of Urban Agglomerations in the Himachal Pradesh

The constituents of Urban Agglomerations in the Himachal Pradesh, with a population of 1 lakh or above, are noted below:[3]

  • Shimla UA includes Shimla (M Corp.).
Abbreviations: M Corp. = Municipal Corporation, M = Municipality, CT = Census Town, OG = Out Growth, NA = Notified Area, CB = Cantonment Board

Urban Agglomeration constituents

Urban Agglomerations constituents with a population above 100,000 as per 2011 census are shown in the table below.[4]

Urban Agglomeration Name of Constituent District Type* Population 2011 Male Female Population
below 5 yrs		 Literacy Rate
Shimla Shimla Shimla M Corp. 169,758 93,364 76,394 13,646 94.67

References
  1. "Urban Agglomerations/Cities having population 1 lakh and above" (PDF). Provisional Population Totals, Census of India 2011. Retrieved 7 July 2012.
  2. "Urban Agglomerations and Cities" (PDF). Provisional Population Totals, Census of India 2011. Retrieved 18 January 2016.
  3. "Constituents of urban Agglomerations Having Population 1 Lakh & above" (PDF). Provisional Population Totals, Census of India 2011. Retrieved 7 July 2012.
  4. "Cities having population 1 lakh and above" (PDF). Provisional Population Totals, Census of India 2011. Retrieved 27 March 2012.
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