This is: a list of urban agglomerations, cities and towns as per 2011 census in the: Indian state of Himachal Pradesh. Dharamshala , Solan, Palampur, and Mandi became municipal corporations after 2011 census hence their area has been expanded resulting in a change of population, "which has been updated as recent one."
2011 Rank | 2023 Rank | Name | Status | District | Population | |||
Census | Census | Census | Estimate (including outgrowth) | |||||
1991 | 2001 | 2011 | 2024 | |||||
1 | 1 | Shimla | Municipal Corporation | Shimla | 102,186 | 142,555 | 169,578 | β2,60,000 |
2 | 2 | Dharamsala | Municipal Corporation | Kangra | 17,493 | 19,124 | 53,543 | β82,000 |
3 | 3 | Solan | Municipal Corporation | Solan | 21,751 | 34,206 | 47,418 | β77,000 |
4 | 6 | Mandi | Municipal Corporation | Mandi | 23,202 | 26,873 | 41,348 | β70,000 |
5 | 4 | Palampur | Municipal Corporation | Kangra | 3,638+ outgrowth | 4,006+ outgrowth | 40,385 | β75,000 |
6 | 5 | Baddi | Municipal Council | Solan | 22,601 | 29,911 | β72,000 | |
7 | 7 | Nahan | Municipal Council | Sirmaur | 21,878 | 26,053 | 28,899 | β40,000 |
8 | 8 | Paonta Sahib | Municipal Council | Sirmaur | 13,207 | 19,090 | 25,183 | β40,000 |
9 | 9 | Sundarnagar | Municipal Council | Mandi | 20,397 | 23,986 | 24,344 | β40,000 |
10 | 12 | Chamba | Municipal Council | Chamba | 17,194 | 20,327 | 19,933 | β30,000 |
11 | 10 | Una | Municipal Council | Una | 12,001 | 15,900 | 18,722 | β40,000 |
12 | 11 | Kullu | Municipal Council | Kullu | 14,569 | 18,306 | 18,536 | β40,000 |
13 | 13 | Hamirpur | Municipal Council | Hamirpur | 12,544 | 17,252 | 17,604 | β30,000 |
14 | 14 | Bilaspur | Municipal Council | Bilaspur | 10,609 | 13,058 | 13,654 | β30,000 |
15 | 25 | Yol Cantonment | Cantonment (Board) | Kangra | 9,310 | 10,775 | 12,028 | β13,000 |
16 | 15 | Nalagarh | Municipal Council | Solan | 7,448 | 9,443 | 10,708 | β30,000 |
17 | 17 | Nurpur | Municipal Council | Kangra | 7,961 | 9,066 | 9,807 | β20,000 |
18 | 18 | Kangra | Municipal Council | Kangra | 9,019 | 9,156 | 9,528 | β20,000 |
19 | 19 | Baijnath Paprola | Nagar Panchayat | Kangra | β20,000 | |||
20 | 21 | Santokhgarh | Nagar Panchayat | Una | 6,848 | 8,308 | 9,363 | β15,000 |
21 | 22 | Mehatpur Basdehra | Nagar Panchayat | Una | 6,417 | 8,681 | 9,218 | β15,000 |
22 | 27 | Shamshi | Census Town | Kullu | ... | 8,038 | 8,870 | β10,000 |
23 | 23 | Parwanoo | Municipal Council | Solan | 5,856 | 8,609 | 8,758 | β15,000 |
24 | 16 | Manali | Municipal Council | Kullu | 2,433 | 6,265 | 8,096 | β30,000 |
25 | 26 | Tira Sujanpur | Municipal Council | Hamirpur | 5,477 | 7,077 | 7,943 | β12,000 |
26 | 28 | Ghumarwin | Municipal Council | Bilaspur | 3,708 | 5,721 | 7,899 | β12,000 |
27 | 29 | Dalhousie | Municipal Council | Chamba | 6,855 | 7,425 | 7,051 | β10,000 |
28 | 30 | Rohru | Municipal Council | Shimla | 3,366 | 6,607 | 6,875 | β10,000 |
29 | 24 | Nagrota Bagwan | Municipal Council | Kangra | 4,503 | 5,657 | 5,900 | β15,000 |
30 | 31 | Rampur | Municipal Council | Shimla | 4,342 | 5,653 | 5,655 | β10,000 |
31 | 32 | Jawalamukhi | Nagar Panchayat | Kangra | 4,047 | 4,931 | 5,361 | β10,000 |
32 | 20 | Jogindernagar | Municipal Council | Mandi | 4,513 | 5,048 | 5,335 | β20,000 |
33 | 33 | Dera Gopipur | Municipal Council | Kangra | 3,378 | 4,336 | 4,816 | β10,000 |
34 | 34 | Sarkaghat | Nagar Panchayat | Mandi | 3,093 | 3,706 | 4,715 | β10,000 |
35 | Jhakhri | Census Town | Shimla... | ... | 4,655 | |||
36 | Indora | Census Town | Kangra | ... | 4,201 | 4,534 | ||
37 | Bhuntar | Nagar Panchayat | Kullu | 2,972 | 4,260 | 4,475 | ||
38 | Nadaun | Nagar Panchayat | Hamirpur | 3,379 | 4,405 | 4,430 | ||
39 | Theog | Municipal Council | Shimla | 2,757 | 3,754 | 4,353 | ||
40 | Kasauli Cantonment | Cantonment (Board) | Solan | 4,385 | 4,990 | 3,885 | ||
41 | Gagret | Nagar Panchayat | Una | 4,258 | 3,181 | 3,847 | ||
42 | Chuari Khas | Nagar Panchayat | Chamba | 2,107 | 3,016 | 3,770 | ||
43 | Daulatpur | Nagar Panchayat | Una | 2,748 | 3,354 | 3,763 | ||
44 | Sabathu Cantonment | Cantonment (Board) | Solan | 3,700 | 5,719 | 3,685 | ||
45 | Dalhousie Cantonment | Cantonment (Board) | Chamba | 1,744 | 1,964 | 3,549 | ||
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 theββcities. And towns appearββto have larger population than the above mentioned figures dueββto 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 suburbs of respective city. Or town is added.
Urban Agglomerationβ»
In the census of India 2011, an Urban Agglomeration has been defined as follows:
"An urban agglomeration is a continuous urban spread constituting town and its adjoining outgrowths (OGs),/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 Pradeshβ»
The Urban Agglomerations and their constituents in the Himachal Pradesh, with a population of 1 lakh or above, are noted below:
- Shimla
- Baddi (BBN)
- Una
- Kangra
- Mandi
- Kullu
Urban Agglomeration constituentsβ»
Urban Agglomerations constituents with a population above 100,000, and less as per 2024 estimates and 2011 census are shown in the table below.
2024 Rank | Urban Agglomeration | Name of Constituent | District | Type* | Population 2024 (Estimate) | Population 2011 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Baddi (BBN) | Baddi, Barotiwala, Nalagarh | Solan | M Council | β4,30,260 | 3,50,000 |
2 | Shimla | Shimla, New Shimla | Shimla | M Corp. | β3,10,000 | 2,70,000 |
3 | Una | Una, Amb, Gagret, Harauli, Daulatpur, Mehatpur | Una | M Council | β2,50,000 | 2,20,000 |
4 | Kangra | Kangra, Dharamsala, Gaggal, Nagrota Bagwan, Shahpur | Kangra | M Corp. | β2,30,000 | 2,10,000 |
5 | Mandi | Mandi, Sunder Nagar, Nerchowk | Mandi | M Corp. | β1,20,000 | 1,10,000 |
6 | Kullu | Kullu, Manali, Bhuntar, Bajaura, Patlikhuhal, Naggar | Kullu | M Council | β1,10,000 | 1,00,000 |
7 | Paonta Sahib | Paonta Sahib, Misarwala, Shampur, Bhagani, Majra, Gondpur | Sirmaur | M Council | β80,000 | 70,000 |
8 | Palampur | Palampur, Panchrukhi, Bhawarna, Sulah, Gopalpur | Kangra | M Corp. | β70,000 | 60,000 |
9 | Solan | Solan, Dadhog, Loharo, Sumti, Daghota | Solan | M Corp. | β60,000 | 50,000 |
10 | Joginder Nagar | Joginder Nagar, Chauntra, Ahju, Bir, Sainthal, Harabagh, Dohag | Mandi | M Council | β50,000 | 40,000 |
11 | Baijnath Paprola | Baijnath, Paprola, Kunsal, Mahakal, Bahi Khas, Uttrala, Sansal | Kangra | Nagar Panchayat | β40,000 | 30,000 |
12 | Hamirpur | Hamirpur, Dosarka, Dulehera, Ghanal, Muthwan, Jateri, Har Khalsa, Sasan, Himuda Colony | Hamirpur | M Council | β40,000 | 30,000 |
13 | Bilaspur | Bilaspur, Bharari, Kothi, Kothipura, Manman, Dharasani, Bamta, Tihri, Chandpur | Bilaspur | M Council | β40,000 | 30,000 |
14 | Nahan | Nahan, Yashwant Vihar Colony, Chakreda | Sirmaur | M Council | β40,000 | 30,000 |
15 | Chamba | Chamba, Sarol, Parel, Karian, Sultanpur, Rajpura, Udaipur | Chamba | M Council | β30,000 | 25,000 |
16 | Nurpur | Nurpur, Jassur, Chattroli Khas, Naga Bari, Kandwal | Kangra | M Council | β30,000 | 20,000 |
Referencesβ»
- ^ "Urban Agglomerations/Cities having population 1 lakh and above" (PDF). Provisional Population Totals, Census of India 2011. Retrieved 7 July 2012.
- ^ Goel, Aayush. "Shimla Development Plan 2041 runs into green hurdle | Tehelka". tehelka.com. Retrieved 27 November 2022.
- ^ "Urban Agglomerations and Cities" (PDF). Provisional Population Totals, Census of India 2011. Retrieved 18 January 2016.
- ^ "Constituents of urban Agglomerations Having Population 1 Lakh & above" (PDF). Provisional Population Totals, Census of India 2011. Retrieved 7 July 2012.
- ^ "Cities having population 1 lakh and above" (PDF). Provisional Population Totals, Census of India 2011. Retrieved 27 March 2012.
- ^ "BBN population estimates" (PDF).
- ^ "Shimla population estimates".