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Himachal Pradesh statistics, facts
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name means: snowy mountain
location: North West, Himalayas
capital: Shimla
population: 6.08 mil (2001)
area: 55,673 sq km (appr 25% bigger than Switzerland)
population density: 110 persons per sq km
urban: less than 10%
languages: Hindi, Pahari (incl 60 dialects)
religion: 95.9% Hindu, 1.7% Muslim, 1.2% Buddhist (1991)
literacy rate: 76.5% (male 85.3%, fem 67.4%) (2001)
gender ratio: 968 fem to 1000 male (2001)
child (0-6 yrs) gender ratio: 896 fem to 1000 male (2001)
number of districts: 12
number of villages: 20,118 (2001)
highest point: 6726m (mountain Gaya)
climate: temperate
main income: tourism, agriculture
main season: May - September
tourist places: Manali, McLeod Ganj, Shimla,
Kasol, Dharamshala
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- population of
the state: 6,077,900 [acc to census results; HT Feb 2004]
- rural populace in HP: almost
89 percent [HT Feb 2004]
- total
Scheduled Caste population: 1,502,170 [HT Feb 2004]
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total Scheduled Tribes population: 244,587 [HT Feb 2004]
- total geographical area:
55,673 square km [HT Feb 2004]
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literacy rate: 77.13 % (second to Kerala)
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child sex ratio of 0-6 year olds acc to census data 2001 (numbers
of females
per 1000 males): Himachal: 1991:951, 2001: 897
-- Spiti Valley in HP: 2001: 1009
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- non-electrified
villages in HP: 173 identified by Government [May 2004]
- number of water handpumps in HP:
13,180 (of which 585 are not functioning)
[HT Jun
04]
- metalled and all-weather
roads in HP: 45 percent of the roads in the state
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number of loss making bus routes run by HRTC in HP: 2,267 routes
(total loss
amounting to 618 million Rs, equiv to
12 million Euro;
HRTC = Himachal Road Transport
Corporation)) [HT Jun 04]
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monthly increase of mobile subscribers in HP (summer 2006):
7% [DNA Sep 06]
- number of subscribers
in HP to Airtel (the largest mobile service provider in HP):
77,350 (feb 2004)
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number of mobile connections in Shimla: 41,500 (feb 2004)
- number of landline telephone connections
in Shimla: 37,000 (feb 2004)
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residents of Shimla who own a mobile phone: about 33 %
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- HP hydel power
potential: 20,795 MW (2003)
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power produced by hydro in HP: 4,242 MW (2003)
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power potential of hydel projects currently under construction:
7,280 MW (2003)
- construction
of world's longest head race tunnel for hydro power generation:
800 MW Parvati Hydel Project, 31 km tunnel (5.7 km tunneling
work completed nov 2003)
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- cost of the
"Himalayan Ski Village" project, near Manali, proposed by
the
American company Ford: 350-500 million US Dollar
[The Tribune, Jan 2006]
- number
of village deities called upon by the local deity Jamlu to oppose
the
"Himalayan Ski Village" project: 365
devtas or village deities [The Tribune, Jan 2006]
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number of shops pulled down in Vashisht village at the behest of the
village deity,
Vashisht Rishi: a dozen shops (the shops were
on land owned by the deity)
[The Tribune, Jan 2006]
- HP minimum wage: 65 Rupees
per day (simple labourer)
- number
of small scale units producing ethnic clothing: 22,000
- number of road accidents in 2003:
2,438
- number of deaths caused
by road accidents in 2003: 668
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HP tree cover area: 37 % (12% of that protected)
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forest cover spread over area of: 37,032 square km
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area which is prone to forest fires: 8,267 square km
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number of forest fires in HP with affected area: 2001/02: 301
(5,719 hectares)
-- 2002/03: 282 (4,204 hectares)
-- 2003/04: 550 (9,896 hectares)
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species of flora and fauna in HP: 3,295
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- amount of fish
killed in Rewalsar Lake during the Chehu Fair March 2004: about
40 tonnes of fish (due to heavy pollution of the
water caused by massive amounts
of fish feed thrown
into the lake by approx 50,000 devotees) [HT Mar 04]
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number of goats to be sacrificed on the "Shand Mahayagya"
festival at
Adiyala: about 800
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results of leopard census in HP: 1984: 119 -- 1989: 533 --
1997: 972
- number of people killed
by leopards in HP: 2003: 6
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number of birds recorded at the 360 sq km area of Pong Dam lake (or
Maharana Pratap Sagar): over 220 bird species
belonging to 54 families [HT Feb 04]
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expected number of migratory birds at the Pong Dam lake for 2004:
over 130,000
[HT Feb 04]
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- amount of snow
in Manali after 50 hours of snowfall: 1.2 metre (beginning
of Feb 2004)
- amount of snow
in Solang after 50 hours of snowfall: 2 metre (beginning of
Feb 2004)
- maximum temperature
in Shimla in February: 2004: 21.6 degree Celsius
-- 2003:17 degree C -- 2002:17.7 degree C
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temperatures in Shimla in the month of March: 1998: max 12.3
C, min 3.6 C
-- 2000: max 15.4 C, min 3.9 C -- 2002:
max 17.9 C, min7.4 C
-- 2004: max 21.5 C, min 13.4
C
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data sources &
key:
AT: Asia Times,
BBC: BBC online,
BRIT: Britannica
2002, BSNL: BSNL
Telecom Trends, BSt: Business
Standard, CIA: CIA
Factbook India, CIN: censusindia.net,
CNEI: Chandigarh
Newsline, c/net: c/net
news, ConSu: Content
Sutra DI: Daily
India, DNA: DNA
India, EB: EquityBull,
EI: ExpressIndia,
EW: EconomyWatch,
FE: Financial
Express, FL: Frontline,
GG: Gujarat
Global, GTF: Global
Technology Forum, GBoWR: Guinness
Book of World Records, HT: Hindustan
Times, ID: IndiaDaily,
IInfoLine: India
InfoLine IND: The
Independent, ITo: India
Today, NPBS: Nature
PBS, PhO:
PhysOrg, RED:
Rediff, REU: Reuters,
Sify: Sify
Broadband, TH: The
Hindu, TNJ: The
News (Jang), ToI: Times
of India, TT: The
Tribune, |
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