State Profile
Animal | Snow leopard |
---|---|
Bird | Jujurana |
Flower | Rhododendron |
Tree | Deodar |
Source: Department of Information and Public Relations.
Area | 55673 km2 |
Total Population | 6,856,509 |
Males | 3,473,892 |
Females | 3,382,617 |
Population Density | 123 |
Sex Ratio | 974 |
Rural Population | 6,167,805 |
Urban Population | 688,704 |
Scheduled Caste Population | 1,502,171 |
Scheduled Tribe Population | 244,587 |
Literacy Rate | 83.78% |
Male Literacy | 90.83% |
Female Literacy | 76.60% |
Districts | 12 |
Sub-Division | 52 |
Tehsils | 75 |
Sub-Tehsils | 34 |
Developmental Block | 75 |
Towns | 59 |
Panchayats | 3,243 |
Panchayat Smities | 75 |
Zila Parishad | 12 |
Urban Local Bodies | 53 |
Nagar Nigam | 1 |
Nagar Parishad | 20 |
Nagar Panchayats | 32 |
Census Villages | 20,690 |
Inhabited Villages | 17,495 |
Health Institutions | 3,835 |
Educational Institutions | 17,000 |
Motorable Roads | 30,000 km |
National Highways | 8 |
Identified Hydroelectric Potential | 20,787 MW in five rivers basins i.e. (Yamuna, Satluj, Beas, Ravi, Chenab and Himurja) |
Potential harnessed | 6353.12MW |
Food grain production | 16.69 lakh tonnes |
Vegetable production | 9 lakh tonnes |
Fruit Production | 6.95 lakh tonnes |
Per Capita Income | . 36,783 (2006–2007) Expected |
Social security Pension | 237,250 Persons, Annual Expenditure: Over . 60 Crore |
Investment in Industrial Area | . 27,380/- crore, Employment Opportunities: Over 337,391 |
Employment generated in Government Sector | 80,000 |
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