District Profile of Kangra District - Himachal GK - Himachal Pariksha
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District Name
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Kangra
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Year of Foundation
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1966
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Headquarters
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Dharamshala
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Geo. Location
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31degree40minute to 32degree25minute North Latitude
75degree35minute to 77degree05minute East Longitude
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Geo. Area
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5,739 Sq km.
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%age of Area to the total Geographical Area of H.P.
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10.31%
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Boundaries
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North-West - Gurdaspur District (Punjab)
East - Kullu and Mandi District
South-West - Una District
South - Hamirpur District
North - Lahaul Spiti and Chamba District
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Altitude
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1,597 mtrs
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No. of Vidhan Sabha Seats
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15 (Baijnath, Dharamshala, Dehra, Fatehpur, Indora, Jaisinghpur, Jaswan-Pragpur, jawali, Jawalamukhi, Kangra, Nagrota, Nurpur, Palampur, Shahpur and Thural.)
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No. of Sub-Divisions
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14 (Baijnath, Dehra, Dharamshala, Jaisinghpur, Jawali, Jawalamukhi, Kangra, Nurpur, Palampur, Fatehpur, Shahpur, Nagrota Bagwan , Dhira and Indora)
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No. of Development Blocks
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15 (Baijnath, Bhawarna, Dehra, Dharamshala, Fatehpur, Indora, Kangra, Lambagaon, Nagraota Bagwan, Nagrota Surian, Nurpur, Panchrukhi, Pragpur, Rait and Sallah.)
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No. of Tehsiles
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20 (Kangra, Nurpur, Jawali, Indora, Dehra, Shahpur, Baroh, Khudian, Dadasiba, Jaswan, Rakkar, Fatehpur, Baijnath, Jaisinghpur, Thural, Dharamshala, Muthan, Palampur, Jawalamukhi, Nagrota Bagwan)
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No. of Sub-Tehsiles
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14 (Dhira, Gangath, Kotla, Haripur, Harchakkian, Nagrota Surian, Panchrukhi, Chadhiar, Alampur, Darini, Majeen, Bharwana, Lagru, Pragpur, )
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No. of Gram Panchayats
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760
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No. of Municipal Corporation
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1/7 Dharamshala (Dehra, Jawalamukhi, Kangra, Nagrota Bagwan, Nurpur, Palampur, Baijnath-Paprola)
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Population Density & Other Ratios of Kangra District
Census
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2001
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2011
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Total Population
Males
Females
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13,38,536
6,60,224
6,78,312
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15,10,075
7,50,591
7,59,484
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Population Density
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233
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263
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%age of Population to the total Population of H.P.
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22.01%
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21.99%
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Decennial Growth Rate
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+14.00%
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+12.56%
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Sex Ratio
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1027
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1013
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SC Population
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2,79,540
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3,19,385
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%age of SC Population
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20.88%
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21.15%
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ST Population
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1,597
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84,564
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%age of ST Population
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00.12%
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5.6%
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Literacy Rate
Males
Female
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80.68%
87.10%
73.00%
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86.49%
92.55%
80.62%
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