List of cities in Himachal Pradesh by population

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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]

Contents

2011 Rank2023 RankNameStatusDistrictPopulation
CensusCensusCensusEstimate (including outgrowth)
1991200120112024
11 Shimla Municipal CorporationShimla102,186142,555169,578≈2,60,000 [2]
23 Dharamsala Municipal CorporationKangra17,49319,12453,543≈65,000
34 Solan Municipal CorporationSolan21,75134,20647,418≈60,000
45 Mandi Municipal CorporationMandi23,2028926,87341,348≈45,000
56 Palampur Municipal CorporationKangra3,638+ outgrowth4,006+ outgrowth40,385≈42,000
62 Baddi Municipal CouncilSolan22,60129,911≈1,10,000
77 Nahan Municipal CouncilSirmaur21,87826,05328,899≈40,000
88 Paonta Sahib Municipal CouncilSirmaur13,20719,09025,183≈40,000
99 Sundarnagar Municipal CouncilMandi20,39723,98624,344≈40,000
1012 Chamba Municipal CouncilChamba17,19420,32719,933≈30,000
1110 Una Municipal CouncilUna12,00115,90018,722≈40,000
1211 Kullu Municipal CouncilKullu14,56918,30618,536≈40,000
1313 Hamirpur Municipal CouncilHamirpur12,54417,25217,604≈30,000
1414 Bilaspur Municipal CouncilBilaspur10,60913,05813,654≈30,000
1525 Yol Cantonment Cantonment (Board)Kangra9,31010,77512,028≈13,000
1615 Nalagarh Municipal CouncilSolan7,4489,44310,708≈30,000
1717 Nurpur Municipal CouncilKangra7,9619,0669,807≈20,000
1818 Kangra Municipal CouncilKangra9,0199,1569,528≈20,000
1919 Baijnath Paprola Nagar PanchayatKangra≈20,000
2021 Santokhgarh Nagar PanchayatUna6,8488,3089,363≈15,000
2122 Mehatpur Basdehra Nagar PanchayatUna6,4178,6819,218≈15,000
2227ShamshiCensus TownKullu...8,0388,870≈10,000
2323 Parwanoo Municipal CouncilSolan5,8568,6098,758≈15,000
2416 Manali Municipal CouncilKullu2,4336,2658,096≈30,000
2526 Tira Sujanpur Municipal CouncilHamirpur5,4777,0777,943≈12,000
2628 Ghumarwin Municipal CouncilBilaspur3,7085,7217,899≈12,000
2729 Dalhousie Municipal CouncilChamba6,8557,4257,051≈10,000
2830 Rohru Municipal CouncilShimla3,3666,6076,875≈10,000
2924 Nagrota Bagwan Municipal CouncilKangra4,5035,6575,900≈15,000
3031 Rampur Municipal CouncilShimla4,3425,6535,655≈10,000
3132 Jawalamukhi Nagar PanchayatKangra4,0474,9315,361≈10,000
3220 Jogindernagar Municipal CouncilMandi4,5135,0485,335≈20,000
3333 Dera Gopipur Municipal CouncilKangra3,3784,3364,816≈10,000
3434 Sarkaghat Nagar PanchayatMandi3,0933,7064,715≈10,000
35JhakhriCensus TownShimla......4,655
36 Indora Census TownKangra...4,2014,534
37 Bhuntar Nagar PanchayatKullu2,9724,2604,475
38 Nadaun Nagar PanchayatHamirpur3,3794,4054,430
39 Theog Municipal CouncilShimla2,7573,7544,353
40 Kasauli CantonmentCantonment (Board)Solan4,3854,9903,885
41 Gagret Nagar PanchayatUna4,2583,1813,847
42 Chuari Khas Nagar PanchayatChamba2,1073,0163,770
43 Daulatpur Nagar PanchayatUna2,7483,3543,763
44 Sabathu Cantonment Cantonment (Board)Solan3,7005,7193,685
45 Dalhousie CantonmentCantonment (Board)Chamba1,7441,9643,549
46 Rajgarh Nagar PanchayatSirmaur1,7802,5273,083
47 Arki Nagar PanchayatSolan1,9762,8773,040
48 Dagshai CantonmentCantonment (Board)Solan2,1632,7502,904
49 Seoni Nagar PanchayatShimla1,2711,5292,591
50 Talai Nagar PanchayatBilaspur1,5502,0112,372
51 Jutogh CantonmentCantonment (Board)Shimla5,8272,4202,062
52 Chaupal Nagar PanchayatShimla1,0741,5071,851
53 Rewalsar Nagar PanchayatMandi1,0451,3691,821
54 Bakloh CantonmentCantonment (Board)Chamba1,9891,8101,805
55 Jubbal Nagar PanchayatShimla1,3791,3461,640
56 Bhota Nagar PanchayatHamirpur1,2861,4721,453
57 Banjar Nagar PanchayatKullu1,0371,2621,414
58 Naina Devi Municipal CouncilBilaspur8681,1611,204
59 Kotkhai Nagar PanchayatShimla8961,1491,190
60 Narkanda Nagar PanchayatShimla687713901

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]

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 RankUrban AgglomerationName of ConstituentDistrictType*Population 2024 (Estimate)Population 2011
1Baddi (BBN)Baddi, Barotiwala, NalagarhSolanM Council≈4,30,260 [6] 3,50,000
2 Shimla Shimla, New Shimla Shimla M Corp.≈3,10,000 [7] 2,70,000
3UnaUna, Amb, Gagret, Harauli, Daulatpur, MehatpurUnaM Council≈2,50,0002,20,000
4KangraKangra, Dharamsala, Gaggal, Nagrota Bagwan, ShahpurKangraM Corp.≈2,30,0002,10,000
5MandiMandi, Sunder Nagar, NerchowkMandiM Corp.≈1,20,0001,10,000
6KulluKullu, Manali, Bhuntar, Bajaura, Patlikhuhal, NaggarKulluM Council≈1,10,0001,00,000
7Paonta SahibPaonta Sahib, Misarwala, Shampur, Bhagani, Majra, GondpurSirmaurM Council≈80,00070,000
8PalampurPalampur, Panchrukhi, Bhawarna, Sulah, GopalpurKangraM Corp.≈70,00060,000
9SolanSolan, Dadhog, Loharo, Sumti, DaghotaSolanM Corp.≈60,00050,000
10Joginder NagarJoginder Nagar, Chauntra, Ahju, Bir, Sainthal, Harabagh, DohagMandiM Council≈50,00040,000
11Baijnath PaprolaBaijnath, Paprola, Kunsal, Mahakal, Bahi Khas, Uttrala, SansalKangraNagar Panchayat≈40,00030,000
12HamirpurHamirpur, Dosarka, Dulehera, Ghanal, Muthwan, Jateri, Har Khalsa, Sasan, Himuda ColonyHamirpurM Council≈40,00030,000
13BilaspurBilaspur, Bharari, Kothi, Kothipura, Manman, Dharasani, Bamta, Tihri, ChandpurBilaspurM Council≈40,00030,000
14NahanNahan, Yashwant Vihar Colony, ChakredaSirmaurM Council≈40,00030,000
15ChambaChamba, Sarol, Parel, Karian, Sultanpur, Rajpura, UdaipurChambaM Council≈30,00025,000
16NurpurNurpur, Jassur, Chattroli Khas, Naga Bari, KandwalKangraM Council≈30,00020,000

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References

  1. ↑ "Urban Agglomerations/Cities having population 1 lakh and above" (PDF). Provisional Population Totals, Census of India 2011. Retrieved 7 July 2012.
  2. ↑ Goel, Aayush. "Shimla Development Plan 2041 runs into green hurdle | Tehelka". tehelka.com. Retrieved 27 November 2022.
  3. ↑ "Urban Agglomerations and Cities" (PDF). Provisional Population Totals, Census of India 2011. Retrieved 18 January 2016.
  4. ↑ "Constituents of urban Agglomerations Having Population 1 Lakh & above" (PDF). Provisional Population Totals, Census of India 2011. Retrieved 7 July 2012.
  5. ↑ "Cities having population 1 lakh and above" (PDF). Provisional Population Totals, Census of India 2011. Retrieved 27 March 2012.
  6. ↑ "BBN population estimates" (PDF).
  7. ↑ "Shimla population estimates".
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