Himāchal Pradesh · Population

Question: What is the population of Himāchal Pradesh? Answer: Himāchal Pradesh, India (capital: Shimla) - last known population is ≈ 6 864 600 (year 2011). This was 0.55% of total India population. In this year, Himāchal Pradesh population density was 123.3 p/km². If population growth rate would be same as in period 2001-2011 (+1.22%/year), Himāchal Pradesh population in 2024 would be: 8 041 475*.

Population history [1]

Annual population change

[1981-1991] +1.91 %/year
[1991-2001] +1.63 %/year
[2001-2011] +1.22 %/year

Location

GPS coordinates: 31.1048294, 77.1733901

Himāchal Pradesh on city and population density map

City density [2]population density [3]Legend (Click on marker to hide it)

Sources, Notices

1981c, 1991c, 2001c, 2011c. Legend: e-estimate, c-census, o-other, ..
* Unofficial, calculated population.
** In some cases boundaries changes also influence the comparability of the population data. Data is provided "as is" without warranty or any representation of accuracy, timeliness or completeness. Terms of use.
[1] Sources
Office of the Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India
Population Census 2011
United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2014). World Urbanization Prospects: The 2014 Revision, CD-ROM Edition. y: 1971, 1982
[2] City density map, generated by population.city using data provided to us by 1km.net website. Every circle is city with population over 5000. Link
[3] Population density map generated by instructions from daysleeperrr on reddig. Link1. Used data source is the Gridded Population of the World (GPW), v3 online at the the Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC) at Columbia University. Link2. Additional urban land cover: Extracted from Global Land Cover Characteristics Data Base Version 2.0 and Binary MOD12Q1 data on shadedrelief.com. Link3 (PNG,0.5Mb).