since then 15th april is observed as Himachal Diwas,
5 major river, 55,673 sq k.m, geographical area, 12 districts and 12 major national park. There are around 1200 bird and 359 animal species in the state. 20,300MW of hydro electric power can be generated in the State. The state has road network of 28,208 km, Himachal Pradesh has a total population of 68,56,509 including 34,73892 males and 33,82,617 females as per the provisional results of the Census of India 2011,Famous people associated with Himachal include: Dalip Singh Rana, Anupam Kher, Amrish Puri (who studied here), Prem Chopra (brought up here) , Mohit Chauhan, Anand Sharma (Member ofRajya Sabha and Union Cabinet Minister for Commerce and Industry[37] of the Government of India), Third Supreme Court Chief-Justice and former Prime Minister of Kashmir in 1947 Mehr Chand Mahajan, economist and former vice-president of World Bank Shahid Javed Burki, NSG Commando, Pritam Singh, Bollywood actresses Preity Zinta, Kangna Ranaut, Hollywood actress Namrata Singh Gujral, Satyananda Stokes who introduced apple in the region, writer Idries Shah, ornithologist Allan Octavian Hume (had his home here), former general of Pakistan Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq and current President of Afghanistan Hamid Karzai who both studied here.
968 sex ratio
77.13% literacy rate,
17000 educational institute,
36,783 (2006–2007) Expecte_ Per capita income,
heavenly climate,
PROUD TO BE A HIMACHALI,
HAPPY HIMACHAL DAY , 15TH APRIL,
Regards, d.d.sharma,
