General Information

Himachal Pradesh is approachable by air, rail and road.
Airports : Shimla, Kullu, Dharamsala

Airways operate regular flights to Himachal Pradesh.

• Delhi - Chandigarh - Kullu
• Delhi - Shimla
• Delhi - Shimla - Kullu
• Delhi - Chandigarh - Dharamsala

Rail Heads in Himachal Pradesh :

• Kalka
• Pathankot
• Una
• Kalka – Shimla. Pathankot- Joginder Nagar (Narrow Gauge)

Major Rail Heads in Surrounding States :

• Kiratpur
• Jagadhri
• Dehradun
• Pathankot

State of Himachal Pradesh is well connected through an efficient road network.
 

DATA PROFILE OF HIMACHAL PRADESH

Area- 55673 sq. kms.
Location - Between 30° - 22' - 4" to 33° - 12' - 40"   North latitude 75°-47' - 55" to 79° - 04' - 22" East latitude
Height - Ranging between 350 mtrs. to 6075 mtrs. from mean sea level.

Climate - (a) Temperature : Varies from 40° C in plains during summer - 20° C in the Alpine Zone during winters.
(b) Rainfall varies from 152 cms to 178 cms in outer Himalayas.

Population - Total  60,70,305  persons - 2001 Census ; Male, 50.8% Female 49.2%;Decennial Growth rate 17.4%

Density - 109 per sq. kms.
Labour Force - (2001 Census) 49.3% of total population main workers

Minimum wages Rs. 75/- per   day                                                                     

Industry - As on 31/03/2010 there are 36845 Micro, Small, Medium & Large Enterprises of which 444 are in Medium & Large Scale registered with the Department of Industries with an investment of Rs. 10408.41 crore and employment to about 2.42 lac persons.

Mineral - Mainly limestone (light grade), quartzite, brass, sand, gold, pyrites, copper, rock salt, slates, natural oil, gas & mica, barytes and gypsum.

Transport :
(a) Rail : Narrow gauge length 200 kms.

         Shimla to Kalka.

         Joginder Nagar to Pathankot

         Broad gauge line connecting Nangal-Talwara passing through Una district is under construction.

(b) Road : Total length - About 30,913 Kms. connects all district headquarters , sub divisions and blocks.

National Highways  - At present there are Eleven National Highways having length of 1471 Kms pass through the State. These National Highways are NH-1A,NH- 20,NH-21, NH-21A, NH- 22, NH-70, NH-72, NH-88, 73-A,72-B and 20-A.

Other five approved national highways are Hamirpur-Sujanpur-Palampur (59 km), Brahmpukhar-Bilaspur-Ghumarwin-Baijnath (11 km), Bharmour-Chamba-Dalhousie-Pathankot (133 km), Taradevi-Jubbarhatti-Kunihar-Ramshehar-Nalagarh-Ghanauli (106 km) and Chandigarh-Baddi-Nalagarh-Arki-Shalaghat (83 km).