Himachal Pradesh general knowledge (हिमाचल प्रदेश सामान्य ज्ञान )

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The state of Himachal Pradesh is divided into 12 districts which are grouped into three divisions, Shimla, Kangra, and Mandi. The districts are further divided into 73 subdivisions, 78 blocks, and 172 Tehsils.

हिमाचल प्रदेश राज्य को 12 जिलों में विभाजित किया गया है, जिन्हें तीन डिवीजनों, शिमला, कांगड़ा और मंडी में बांटा गया है। जिलों को आगे 73 अनुमंडलों, 78 ब्लॉकों और 172 तहसीलों में विभाजित किया गया है।

Divisions                Districts

[Mandi]                                   [Bilaspur, Hamirpur, Kullu, Lahaul and Spiti, Mandi]

[Kangra]                                 [Chamba, Kangra, Una]

[Shimla]                                  [Kinnaur, Shimla, Sirmaur, Solan]

Administrative Structure (प्रशासनिक संरचना)

Divisions                    : -3                              Towns                                     :- 59

Districts                      : - 12                           Gram Panchayats                    :- 3226

Tehsils/ Sub-Tehsils   : - 172                         Villages                                   :- 20690

Developmental Blocks:- 78                           Lok Sabha seats                      :- 4

Urban Local Bodies    :- 54                            Police Stations                       :- 130

Rajya Sabha seats       : -3                              Assembly Constituencies       :- 68   

 i.          Union territory state 1 November 1956 to 25 January 1971

ii.          Location in India Coordinates (Shimla): 31°6′12″N 77°10′20″E

iii.          Capital Shimla (Summer) Dharamshala (Winter)

i.          Governor of H.P. Rajendra Arlekar

ii.          Chief Minister of H.P. Jai Ram Thakur (BJP)

iii.          Legislature Himachal Pradesh Legislative  Assembly (68 seats)

iv.          Chief Secretary Of H.P. Ram Subhag Singh, IAS

v.           Total Area of H.P. 55,673 km² (21,495 sq mi)

vi.          River with the highest density of water in H.P:­ Chenab

vii.          Longest River (in km) in H.P:­ Satluj

viii.          Smallest River in H.P:­ Yamuna

ix.          Total Population of H.P. as per Census of India. (2011) :- 6,864,602, Rank:- 21^st.

x.          Rank wise Population of H.P. as per Census of India. (2011)

xi.          Population wise smallest district: ­ Lahul­ Spiti (31,294)

xii.          ISO 3166 is a standard published by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO):- IN-HP

xiii.          District with highest population density: ­ Hamirpur (330 per sq. km)

xiv.          District with lowest population density: ­ Lahul ­Spiti (2per sq. km)

xv.          Fully literate district: ­ Hamirpur

xvi.          Least literate district: ­ Chamba

xvii.          According to the 2003 Forest Survey of India report, legally defined forest areas constitute 66.52% of the area of Himachal Pradesh

xviii.          District with highest female ratio: ­ Hamirpur

xix.          District with lowest female ratio: ­ Lahul­ Spiti

xx.          District with highest scheduled castes population: ­ Kangra

xxi.          District with lowest schedule caste: ­ Lahul­ Spiti

xxii.         District with highest schedule tribes population: ­ Chamba

xxiii.       District with lowest schedule tribes population: ­ Una

xxiv.          Himachal Pradesh has around 463 birds, and Tragopan melanocephalus is the state bird of Himanchal Pradesh 77 mammalian, 44 reptile,s, and 80 fish species.

xxv.         District with highest Urban population: ­ Shimla

xxvi.       District with lowest Urban population: ­ Kinnaur and Lahul ­Spiti

xxvii.     District with highest potato production: ­ Shimla

xxviii.    District with lowest potato production: ­ Hamirpur

xxix.        Highly industrialized district: ­ Solan

xxx.          Least industrialized district:­ Lahul­ Spiti

xxxi.        District with the highest number of small-scale units: ­ Kangra

xxxii.      District with least number of small scale units: ­ Kinnaur

xxxiii.     District with the highest number of regular government employees: ­ Shimla

xxxiv.      District with least number of regular government employees: ­ Lahul ­Spiti

xxxv.         District with largest road length: ­ Kangra

xxxvi.       District with the lowest density of road: ­ Lahul ­Spiti

xxxvii.     District with the highest number of Panchayats: ­ Kangra

xxxviii.     District with the lowest number of Panchayats: ­ Lahul­ Spiti

xxxix.          Highest crimes: ­ Kangra

xl.          Lowest crimes: ­ Lahul­ Spiti

xli.          Oldest princely state: ­ Trigarta (kangra)

xlii.          First to plunder Kangra fort: ­ Mehmood Gaznavi

xliii.          First Mogul ruler of Kangra: ­ Akbar

xliv.          First British to come to Shimla: ­ Sir David Ochterloney

xlv.          First Pucca house in Shimla:­ Kennedy house

xlvi.          Highest Bridge in Asia: ­ Kandror (Bilaspur)

xlvii.          First chief commissioner of state: ­ N.C. Mehta

xlviii.          First Governor: ­ S. Chakkarvarti

xlix.          First Lt. Governor: ­ M.S. Himmat Singh

l.          First chief minister: ­ Dr. Yashwant Singh Parmar

li.          First judicial Commissioner: ­ J.N. Banerjee

lii.          First Lok Sabha election: ­ 1952

liii.          Rainiest district in H.P:­ Bilaspur

liv.          Driest district in H.P:­ Lahul­Spiti

lv.          Largest man-made lake: ­ Govind Sagar Lake (88km)

lvi.          Smallest man-made lake: ­ Pandoh (14km)

lvii.          Biggest Natural Lake: ­ Renuka Lake

lviii.          Area wise largest district: ­ Lahul­ Spiti (13835 sq. km)

lix.          Area wise smallest district: ­ Hamirpur (1118 sq. km)

lx.          Population wise biggest: ­ Kangra (11,74,072)

lxi.          Gross State Domestic Product of H.P. for the year 2021:- 172,174

 

Himachal Pradesh has currently five National Parks. Great Himalayan National Park, the oldest and largest National park in the state, is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Pin Valley National Park, Inderkilla, Khirganga, and Simbalbara are the other national parks located in the state. The state also has 30 wildlife sanctuaries and 3 conservation reserves.

 

The Legislative Assembly of Himachal Pradesh has no pre-constitution history. The State itself is a post-independence creation. It came into being as a centrally administered territory on 15 April 1948 from the integration of thirty erstwhile princely states.

In the assembly elections held in November 2017, the Bharatiya Janata Party secured an absolute majority, winning 44 of the 68 seats while the Congress won only 21 of the 68 seats. Jai Ram Thakur was sworn in as Himachal Pradesh's Chief Minister for the first time in Shimla on 27 December 2017.

Agriculture

Agriculture accounts for 9.4% of the net state domestic product. It is the main source of income and employment in Himachal. About 90% of the population in Himachal depends directly upon agriculture, which provides direct employment to 62% of the total workers of the state. The main cereals grown include wheat, maize, rice, and barley with major cropping systems being maize-wheat, rice-wheat, and maize-potato-wheat.

Transport

• Bhuntar Airport is in the Kullu district, around 10 kilometers (6 mi) from district headquarters.
• Gaggal Airport is in Kangra district, around 15 kilometers (9 mi) from district headquarters at Dharamshala, which is around 10 kilometers from Kangra
• Shimla Airport is around 21 kilometers (13 mi) west of the city.

Religion in Himachal Pradesh (2011)

·          Hinduism (95.17%)

·          Islam (2.18%)

·          Sikhism (1.16%)

·          Buddhism (1.15%)

·          Christianity (0.18%)

·          Jainism (0.03%)

·          Other or none (0.2%)

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