Geography of Himachal Pradesh-00-4587
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The state of Himachal Pradeshis spread over an area 55,673 km2 and is situated in the Northern part of India between 30" 22' to 33" 12' North Latitude and 75" 47' to 79" 4' East Longitude. It is bordered by Jammu and Kashmir on North, Punjab on the West, Haryana on South, Uttarakhand on the South-East and forms India's border with Tibet on East. Himachal is a mountainous region, rich in its natural renewable and non-renewable resources.
As a state, it is eighteenth state of the Union of India and came into existance on 25th January 1971. It is administratively divied into 12 Districts in turn these districts are divided into 52 Sub-diviions which are further divied into 75 Tehsilsand 34 Sub-tehsils. The state have 75 Development Blocks. Shimla is the state capital and was also the summer capital from AD 1864 till Independence during Britih and was as Simla at that time. According the 2001 census its total population is 6,077,248 and only 7.5% of the total population lives in towns and rest lives in villages.
Elevation ranges from 350 meters to 7000 meters above sea level. It covers its region from the Shivalik range of mountains (barely mountainous region). There is an increase notified in the elevation from west to eastand from south to north. The general physiographic divisions from south to north are-
1. The Outer Himalayas (Shivaliks)
2. The Lesser Himalayas (central zone)
3. The Great Himalayan (northern zone)
The Shivalik range consists of lower hills (elevation- 600m above sea level). The hills of the region are composed of highly unconsolidated deposits which results to a high rate of erosion and deforestation. The lesser Himalayas are spoted by a gradual elevation towards the Dhauladhar and the Pir Panjal ranges. The rise is more rapid in the Shimla hills, to the south of which is the high peak of church- Chandni (elevation- 3647mtrs). North of river Sutlej, the rise is steady.
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