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. 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.[1]
| 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 | ≈2,60,000[2] |
| 2 | 3 | Dharamsala | Municipal Corporation | Kangra | 17,493 | 19,124 | 53,543 | ≈65,000 |
| 3 | 4 | Solan | Municipal Corporation | Solan | 21,751 | 34,206 | 47,418 | ≈60,000 |
| 4 | 5 | Mandi | Municipal Corporation | Mandi | 23,20289 | 26,873 | 41,348 | ≈45,000 |
| 5 | 6 | Palampur | Municipal Corporation | Kangra | 3,638+ outgrowth | 4,006+ outgrowth | 40,385 | ≈42,000 |
| 6 | 2 | Baddi | Municipal Council | Solan | 22,601 | 29,911 | ≈1,10,000 | |
| 7 | 7 | Nahan | Municipal Council | Sirmaur | 21,878 | 26,053 | 28,899 | ≈40,000 |
| 8 | 8 | Paonta Sahib | Municipal Council | Sirmaur | 13,207 | 19,090 | 25,183 | ≈40,000 |
| 9 | 9 | Sundarnagar | Municipal Council | Mandi | 20,397 | 23,986 | 24,344 | ≈40,000 |
| 10 | 12 | Chamba | Municipal Council | Chamba | 17,194 | 20,327 | 19,933 | ≈30,000 |
| 11 | 10 | Una | Municipal Council | Una | 12,001 | 15,900 | 18,722 | ≈40,000 |
| 12 | 11 | Kullu | Municipal Council | Kullu | 14,569 | 18,306 | 18,536 | ≈40,000 |
| 13 | 13 | Hamirpur | Municipal Council | Hamirpur | 12,544 | 17,252 | 17,604 | ≈30,000 |
| 14 | 14 | Bilaspur | Municipal Council | Bilaspur | 10,609 | 13,058 | 13,654 | ≈30,000 |
| 15 | 25 | Yol Cantonment | Cantonment (Board) | Kangra | 9,310 | 10,775 | 12,028 | ≈13,000 |
| 16 | 15 | Nalagarh | Municipal Council | Solan | 7,448 | 9,443 | 10,708 | ≈30,000 |
| 17 | 17 | Nurpur | Municipal Council | Kangra | 7,961 | 9,066 | 9,807 | ≈20,000 |
| 18 | 18 | Kangra | Municipal Council | Kangra | 9,019 | 9,156 | 9,528 | ≈20,000 |
| 19 | 19 | Baijnath Paprola | Nagar Panchayat | Kangra | ≈20,000 | |||
| 20 | 21 | Santokhgarh | Nagar Panchayat | Una | 6,848 | 8,308 | 9,363 | ≈15,000 |
| 21 | 22 | Mehatpur Basdehra | Nagar Panchayat | Una | 6,417 | 8,681 | 9,218 | ≈15,000 |
| 22 | 27 | Shamshi | Census Town | Kullu | ... | 8,038 | 8,870 | ≈10,000 |
| 23 | 23 | Parwanoo | Municipal Council | Solan | 5,856 | 8,609 | 8,758 | ≈15,000 |
| 24 | 16 | Manali | Municipal Council | Kullu | 2,433 | 6,265 | 8,096 | ≈30,000 |
| 25 | 26 | Tira Sujanpur | Municipal Council | Hamirpur | 5,477 | 7,077 | 7,943 | ≈12,000 |
| 26 | 28 | Ghumarwin | Municipal Council | Bilaspur | 3,708 | 5,721 | 7,899 | ≈12,000 |
| 27 | 29 | Dalhousie | Municipal Council | Chamba | 6,855 | 7,425 | 7,051 | ≈10,000 |
| 28 | 30 | Rohru | Municipal Council | Shimla | 3,366 | 6,607 | 6,875 | ≈10,000 |
| 29 | 24 | Nagrota Bagwan | Municipal Council | Kangra | 4,503 | 5,657 | 5,900 | ≈15,000 |
| 30 | 31 | Rampur | Municipal Council | Shimla | 4,342 | 5,653 | 5,655 | ≈10,000 |
| 31 | 32 | Jawalamukhi | Nagar Panchayat | Kangra | 4,047 | 4,931 | 5,361 | ≈10,000 |
| 32 | 20 | Jogindernagar | Municipal Council | Mandi | 4,513 | 5,048 | 5,335 | ≈20,000 |
| 33 | 33 | Dera Gopipur | Municipal Council | Kangra | 3,378 | 4,336 | 4,816 | ≈10,000 |
| 34 | 34 | Sarkaghat | Nagar Panchayat | Mandi | 3,093 | 3,706 | 4,715 | ≈10,000 |
| 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 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 suburbs of respective city or town is added.
Urban Agglomeration
In the census of India 2011, an Urban Agglomeration has been defined as follows:[3]
"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 Urban Agglomerations and their constituents in the Himachal Pradesh, with a population of 1 lakh or above, are noted below:[4]
- Baddi (BBN)
- Shimla
- Una
- Kangra
- Mandi
- Kullu
Urban Agglomeration constituents
Urban Agglomerations constituents with a population above 100,000, and less as per 2024 estimates and 2011 census are shown in the table below.[5]
| 2024 Rank | Urban Agglomeration | Name of Constituent | District | Type* | Population 2024 (Estimate) | Population 2011 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Baddi (BBN) | Baddi, Barotiwala, Nalagarh | Solan | M Council | ≈4,30,260[6] | 3,50,000 |
| 2 | Shimla | Shimla, New Shimla | Shimla | M Corp. | ≈3,10,000[7] | 2,70,000 |
| 3 | Una | Una, Amb, Gagret, Harauli, Daulatpur, Mehatpur | Una | M Council | ≈2,50,000 | 2,20,000 |
| 4 | Kangra | Kangra, Dharamsala, Gaggal, Nagrota Bagwan, Shahpur | Kangra | M Corp. | ≈2,30,000 | 2,10,000 |
| 5 | Mandi | Mandi, Sunder Nagar, Nerchowk | Mandi | M Corp. | ≈1,20,000 | 1,10,000 |
| 6 | Kullu | Kullu, Manali, Bhuntar, Bajaura, Patlikhuhal, Naggar | Kullu | M Council | ≈1,10,000 | 1,00,000 |
| 7 | Paonta Sahib | Paonta Sahib, Misarwala, Shampur, Bhagani, Majra, Gondpur | Sirmaur | M Council | ≈80,000 | 70,000 |
| 8 | Palampur | Palampur, Panchrukhi, Bhawarna, Sulah, Gopalpur | Kangra | M Corp. | ≈70,000 | 60,000 |
| 9 | Solan | Solan, Dadhog, Loharo, Sumti, Daghota | Solan | M Corp. | ≈60,000 | 50,000 |
| 10 | Joginder Nagar | Joginder Nagar, Chauntra, Ahju, Bir, Sainthal, Harabagh, Dohag | Mandi | M Council | ≈50,000 | 40,000 |
| 11 | Baijnath Paprola | Baijnath, Paprola, Kunsal, Mahakal, Bahi Khas, Uttrala, Sansal | Kangra | Nagar Panchayat | ≈40,000 | 30,000 |
| 12 | Hamirpur | Hamirpur, Dosarka, Dulehera, Ghanal, Muthwan, Jateri, Har Khalsa, Sasan, Himuda Colony | Hamirpur | M Council | ≈40,000 | 30,000 |
| 13 | Bilaspur | Bilaspur, Bharari, Kothi, Kothipura, Manman, Dharasani, Bamta, Tihri, Chandpur | Bilaspur | M Council | ≈40,000 | 30,000 |
| 14 | Nahan | Nahan, Yashwant Vihar Colony, Chakreda | Sirmaur | M Council | ≈40,000 | 30,000 |
| 15 | Chamba | Chamba, Sarol, Parel, Karian, Sultanpur, Rajpura, Udaipur | Chamba | M Council | ≈30,000 | 25,000 |
| 16 | Nurpur | Nurpur, Jassur, Chattroli Khas, Naga Bari, Kandwal | Kangra | M Council | ≈30,000 | 20,000 |
References
- ^ "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".