District Profile of Kangra District - Himachal GK - Himachal Pariksha


District Profile of Kangra District - Himachal GK - Himachal Pariksha

In this Article we are going to share district profile of Kangra district. In this article you get everything about Kangra district like Geographical Area, Geographical Location and many more. If you interested in this topic “District Profile of Kangra” stay continue reading.

District Name
Kangra
Year of Foundation
1966
Headquarters
Dharamshala
Geo. Location
31degree40minute to 32degree25minute North Latitude
75degree35minute to 77degree05minute East Longitude
Geo. Area
5,739 Sq km.
%age of Area to the total Geographical Area of H.P.
10.31%
Boundaries
North-West - Gurdaspur District (Punjab)
East - Kullu and Mandi District
South-West - Una District
South - Hamirpur District
North - Lahaul Spiti and Chamba District
Altitude
1,597 mtrs
No. of Vidhan Sabha Seats
15 (Baijnath, Dharamshala, Dehra, Fatehpur, Indora, Jaisinghpur, Jaswan-Pragpur, jawali, Jawalamukhi, Kangra, Nagrota, Nurpur, Palampur, Shahpur and Thural.)
No. of Sub-Divisions
14 (Baijnath, Dehra, Dharamshala, Jaisinghpur, Jawali, Jawalamukhi, Kangra, Nurpur, Palampur, Fatehpur, Shahpur, Nagrota Bagwan , Dhira and Indora)
No. of Development Blocks
15 (Baijnath, Bhawarna, Dehra, Dharamshala, Fatehpur, Indora, Kangra, Lambagaon, Nagraota Bagwan, Nagrota Surian, Nurpur, Panchrukhi, Pragpur, Rait and Sallah.)
No. of Tehsiles
20 (Kangra, Nurpur, Jawali, Indora, Dehra, Shahpur, Baroh, Khudian, Dadasiba, Jaswan, Rakkar, Fatehpur, Baijnath, Jaisinghpur, Thural, Dharamshala, Muthan, Palampur, Jawalamukhi, Nagrota Bagwan)
No. of Sub-Tehsiles
14 (Dhira, Gangath, Kotla, Haripur, Harchakkian, Nagrota Surian, Panchrukhi, Chadhiar, Alampur, Darini, Majeen, Bharwana, Lagru, Pragpur, )
No. of Gram Panchayats
760
No. of Municipal Corporation
1/7 Dharamshala (Dehra, Jawalamukhi, Kangra, Nagrota Bagwan, Nurpur, Palampur, Baijnath-Paprola)

Population Density & Other Ratios of Kangra District

Census
2001
2011
Total Population
Males
Females
13,38,536
6,60,224
6,78,312
15,10,075
7,50,591
7,59,484
Population Density
233
263
%age of Population to the total Population of H.P.
22.01%
21.99%
Decennial Growth Rate
+14.00%
+12.56%
Sex Ratio
1027
1013
SC Population
2,79,540
3,19,385
%age of SC Population
20.88%
21.15%
ST Population
1,597
84,564
%age of ST Population
00.12%
5.6%
Literacy Rate
Males
Female
80.68%
87.10%
73.00%
86.49%
92.55%
80.62%

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