Shimla district

Shimla district is one of the twelve districts of the state of Himachal Pradesh in northern India. Its headquarters is the state capital of Shimla. Neighbouring districts are Mandi and Kullu in the north, Kinnaur in the east, Uttarakhand in the southeast, Solan to the southwest and Sirmaur in the south. The elevation of the district ranges from to . As of 2011, it is the third most populated district of Himachal Pradesh (out of 12), after Kangra and Mandi. It is the most urbanized district of Himachal Pradesh. Shimla is connected by road to all the major towns. Distance between the major towns and Shimla: Kalka - 80 km Patiala - 172 km Chandigarh - 119 km Ambala - 166 km Delhi - 380 km Agra - 568 km Amritsar - 342 km Jammu (via Pathankot) - 482 km Srinagar - 787 km Jaipur - 629 km Dharmsala (via Mandi) - 290 km Dharamsala (via Hamirpur) - 235 km Dalhousie - 345 km Chamba - 401 km Kullu - 235 km Manali - 280 km Mandi - 153 km Palampur - 270 km Dehradoon - 275 km Rampur - 132 km Kumarsain - 80 km Narkanda - 60 km Rohru - 129 km Theog - 28 km Chaupal - 100 km According to the 2011 census, the district had a population of 814,010. This gives it a ranking of 483rd in India (out of a total of 640). The district has a population density of . Its population growth rate over the decade 2001-2011 was 12.67%. Shimla has a sex ratio of 915 females for every 1000 males, and a literacy rate of 83.64%. 24.74% of the population lives in urban areas. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes make up 26.51% and 1.08% of the population respectively. At the time of the 2011 census of India, 67.61% of the population recorded their language as Pahadi, 20.31% Hindi, 4.63% Nepali, 1.39% Punjabi and 1.05% Kangri as their first language.