Kangra - Government of Himachal Pradesh

DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS AND STATISTICS
GOVT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH
DISTRICT STATISTICAL OFFICE KANGRA DISTRICT
AT DHARAMSHALA
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P R E F A C E
Looking to the growing demands of Statistics from
various quarters in the context of planning and evaluation of
various development schemes DISTRICT KANGRA AT A
GLANCE-- 2008-09 is designed in a concise form. This booklet
reviews the important data about the District Economy. This will
prove handy to those who seek statistical data frequently and
quickly. This office acknowledges with thanks the cooperation
provided by the different department in making available the
requisite information.
July, 2009
Dharamshala
Anjala Kumari
District Statistical officer
Kangra at Dharamshala.
1.

Members of 14 th Vidhan Sabha from District Kangra
Sr.No Name Name of Constituency Political Party belongs to
1. 2. 3. 4.____________
Sh/Smt
1. Rakesh Pathania 34 Nurpur Independent
2. Des Raj 35 Gangath(reserve) Bhartiya Janta Party
3. Rajan Sushant 36 Jawali -do-
4. Neeraj Bharti 37 Guler Indian National Congress
5. Nikhil Rajaur 38 Jaswan -do-
6. Yog Raj 39 Pragpur(reserve) -do-
7. Ramesh Chand 40 Jawala Mukhi Bhartiya Janta Party
8. Ravinder Singh 41 Thural -do-
9. Atma Ram 42 Rajgir(reserve) -do-
10. Sudhir Sharma 43 Baijnath Indian National Congress
11. Parveen Sharma 44 Palampur Bhartiya Janta Party
12. Vipon Parmar 45 Sulah -do-
13. G.S.Bali 46 Nagrota Indian National Congress
14. Sarveen Chaudhary 47 Shahpur Bhartiya Janta Party
15. Kishan Kapoor 48 Dharmshala -do-
16. Sanjay Chaudhary 49 Kangra Bahujan Samaj Party
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2.

Name and Number of sub division /Tehsils/sub Tehsils/Development
Blocks Nagar Parishad/ Nagar Panchayats and cantt.Board in Kangra
District.
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Sub-Division; 1. Dharamshala, 2. Kangra, 3.Palampur, 4. Baijnath ,5.Nurpur,
6.Dehra , 7. Jawali, 8. Jaisinghpur
Tehsils:
1. Nurpur, 2. Indora, 3.Fatehpur, 4.Jawali, 5.Shahpur,
6. Dharamshala, 7.Kangra, 8.Baroh, 9.Dehra Gopipur,
10.Jaswan, 11.Jawalamukhi, 12.Khundian, 13.Jaisinghpur,
14 Baijnath, 15.Rakkar, 16.Palampur, 17. Nagrota Bagwan.
Sub-Tehsils:
1.Harchakian, 2.Thural, 3.Dheera, 4. Multhan.
Nagar-Parishads: 1.Dharamshala, 2.Palampur, 3.Nurpur, 4.Kangra.
Nagar-Panchayats: 1.Jawalamukhi, 2.Nagrota Bagwan, 3.Dehra.
Cantonment Boards 1. Yol
Development Blocks: 1.Nurpur, 2.Indora, 3.Nagrota Surian, 4.Fatehpur,
5.Pragpur, 6.Dehra, 7.Kangra, 8.Rait, 9.Nagrota Bagwan,
10.Bhawarna, 11.Lambagaon, 12.Baijnath, 13.Panchrukhi ,
14.Sulah, 15.Dharamshala.
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Sr.No. Item No. Units Particulars
1 2 3 4
I. General (March, 2008)
1. Sub-divisions No 8
2. Tehsils ” 17
3. Sub-Tehsils ” 4
4. Towns ” 7
5. Cantonment Board ” 1
6. Development Blocks ” 15
7. Gram Panchayats ” 760
8. Backward Panchayats ” 17
9. Patwar Circles ” 519
10. Kanungo Circles ” 48
11. Census Town ” 1
II AREA AND POPULATION 1991 2001
1. Total Area Sq. Kms. 5739 5739*
(according to survey general of
India)
a) Rural ” 5704.7 5704.7*
b) urban ” 34.3 34.3*
(*as per census 1991 census)
2. Total census villages: No. 3869 3868
a) Inhabited ” 3620 3619**
b) uninhabited ” 249 249
(** One census town excluded)
No of House holds
a) Total No. 218384 272487
b) Rural ” 205535 256490
c) urban ” 12849 15997
3. Population:
a) Persons No 1174072 1339030
b) Male ” 580021 661254
c) Female ” 594051 677776
Rural:
a) Persons No 1114723 1266745
b) Males ” 549331 623259
c)Females ” 565392 643486
d) percentage of rural population to
total population % 94.95 94.60
Urban:
a) Persons No. 59349 72285
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b) Males No. 30690 37995
c) Females ” 28659 34290
d) percentage of urban
population to total population % 5.05 5.40
4. Child population in the age group
( 0-6 years)
a) Person No. 179460 164566
b) Male ” 92547 89635
c) Female ” 86913 74931
5. Literates:
a) Person No. 701914 940505
b) Male ” 390570 500383
c) Female ,, 311344 440122
6. Literacy rate:
a) Person Percent 70.57 80.08
b) Male ” 80.12 87.54
c) Female ” 61.39 73.01
7. Decennial Growth rate:
( 1981-91& 1991-01)
a) Total Percent 18.5 14.05
b) Rural ” 18.36 13.64
c) urban ” 21.27 21.8
8. Females per thousand males:
a) Total No. 1024 1025
b) Rural ” 1029 1032
c) Urban ” 933 902
9. Density of population per sq.
a) Total Person 205 233
b) Rural ” 195 222
c) Urban ” 1729 2107
10. Scheduled castes population:
a) Total Person 248498 279540
b) Rural ” 239804 268721
c) Urban ” 8694 10819
11 Percentage of scheduled castes population
to total population:
a) Total Percent 21.17 20.88
b) Rural ” 21.51 21.21
c) Urban ” 14.65 15.00

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12. Scheduled Tribe Population:
a) Total Person 1620 1597
b) Rural ” 1532 1372
c) Urban ” 88 225
13. Percentage of scheduled tribe population
to total population:
a) Total Percent 0.14 0.12
b) Rural ” 0.14 0.11
c) urban ” 0.15 0.31
14. Main workers:
a) Total No 323420 336649
b) Rural ” 307086 315422
c) urban ” 16334 21227
15. Percentage of main workers to
Total Population:
a) Total Percent 27.55 25.14
b) Rural ” 27.55 24.90
c) Urban ” 27.52 29.37
16. Non workers
a) Total No 770524 750036
b) Rural ” 727872 701487
c) Urban ” 42652 48549
17 Percentage of Non workers to total
Population:
a) Total Percent 65.63 56.01
b) Rural ” 65.3 55.38
c) Urban ” 71.87 67.16
( 2006-07 ) ( 2007-08)
III AGRICULTURE
Land utilization
a) Total Geographical Area
( as per village papers) Hect 577665 577681
b) Total cropped area ” 213889 218713
c) Net area sown ” 116274 116872
d) Percentage of net area sown to
Total area % 20 20
e) Total irrigated area Hect 66552 NA
f) Net irrigated area ” 35672 -

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Area under Principal crops(as on 2005-06 & 2006-07)
a) wheat Hect 93955 90405
b) Maize ,, 57978 56819
c) Rice ” 36961 38279
d) Barley ” 2384 2562
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POLICE
a) Police station No 13 15
b) Police posts ” 18 16
c) Transport Barrier ” 0 0
WELFARE
a)Oldage pensioners/National
oldage pensioners No 25122 34923
b) Handicapped Pensioners ” 6620 6133
c) widow pensioners ” 13402 11676
d) laprocy Pensioners ” 118 99
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VII
EMPLOYMENT
a) Employment Exchanges No 12 12
b) No. of candidates on live
register ” 160946 178096
i) Post Graduate ” 10090 11590
ii) Graduate ” 14248 26976
iii) Matriculate and above ” 118349 122354
iv) Other Literates ” 17875 16874
v) Illiterates ” 384 302
Govt Regular Employees
a) Gazzetted No 1608 1848
b) Non Gazzetted ” 31820 33023
c) Scheduled Castes ” 5295 6068
d) Scheduled Tribes ” 1107 1381
e) Women Employees ” 6888 6970
FOOD AND SUPPLY
Fair Price shops:
a) Total No 910 922
b) In Rural area ” 869 881
c) In urban area ” 41 41

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VIII Education
Schools
a) Primary No 1764 1764
b) Middle ” 397 397
c) High ” 165 172
d) Sr. sec ” 235 237
e) Colleges ” 16 19
Teachers
a) Primary ” 4230 4227
b) Middle ” 1975 1896
c) High ” 1228 1329
d) Sr. Sec. ” 3315 2921
Students Enrolled
a) 1 st -vth NO 92569 78478
b) vi th-viiith ” 46503 21496
c) ixth&xth ” 35094 36697
d) xith&xiith ” 27839 39233
IX . Forest :
a) Area under Forest ( Hect) 178942* 178942*
b) Percentage to total
area Percent 31 31
*95769 Hect. of forest land of palampur forest div. has been declared
Dhauladhar Sanctuary.
X. Live stock and poultry 1997 2003-04
a) cattle No 374327 396557
b) Buffaloes ” 134062 162695
c) Sheep ” 118224 107627
d)Goats ” 194654 209086
e) others ” 9014 9490
Total Live stocks ” 830281 885455
Dogs ” 32444 49499
Total Livestock ” 862725 934954
( including dogs)
Poultry ” 135257 263220

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ANIMAL HUSBANDARY 2007-08 2008-09
a) Vety. Hospital No. 52 56
b) Vety. Dispensaries &
Others ” 361 363
c) Animal treated ” 582470 868575
d) Casterated animals ” 52625 52479
e)Artificial inseminated
animal ” 143558 267944
XI HORTICULTURE
i) Area under fruits
a) Apple Hect 454 454
b) Other temperate fruits ” 1180 1172
c) Nuts & dry fruits ” 812 808
d) Citrus ” 9453 9516
e) Other tropical fruits ” 25988 25986
Total area ” 37887 37936
ii) Production of fruits
a) Apple MT 423 502
b) Other temperate fruits ” 2406 3397
c) Nuts & Dry fruits ” 402 384
d) Citrus ” 18268 18735
e) Other tropical fruits ” 24610 25904
Total Production ” 46109 48922
XII TRANSPORT
a) Divisional workshop No 1 1
b) Regional offices ” 5 5
c) Buses ” 433 427
d) Routes under operation ” 388 385
XIII FISHERIES
a) Production of fish MT 1846 1765
b) Licensed fishermen No 5075 3458
XIV INDUSTRIES
i) industrial units
a) Large scale No 0 0
b) Medium scale ” 91 101
c) Small scale ” 7541 7733
Total units ” 7632 7834
ii) workers in Industries
a) Large scale ” 0 0

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b) Medium scale No 545 574
c) Small scale ” 25667 26788
Total workers ” 26212 27362
iii) Capital investment
a) Large scale Rs. In lakh 0 0
b) Medium scale ” 1855 3433
c) Small scale ” 10482 10482
Total Investment ” 12337 19203
iv) Industrial Production
a) Hosiery(value in lakh rupees) 18.60 21.00
b) Rolled steel ” 1200.00 2800.00
c) Spun pipes ” 80 128
d) Brash Wares ” 62 180
XV
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SC/ST DEVELOPMENT
CORPORATION
a) ST/ST Families
Benefited No 731 761
b) Capital subsidy Rs.in lakh 38.33 39.79
c) Rehabilitation of
scavengers No 88 50
d) Capital Subsidy for
scavengers Rs. In lakh 5.53 5.82
HEALTH AND FAMILY
WELFARE
I) Medical college/
Hospital No. 1 1
II) Zonal Hospital 1 1
III) Civil Hospital ” 7 7
IV) Community Health ” 13 15
Centres
V) PHC ” 78 77
VI) CD ” 2 2
VII) Sub-Centre ” 438 438
Family Welfare
a) NSV/VAC. No. 192 158
b) Tubectomy/Lap. ” 5262 5661
c) I.U.D. ” 4058 3749
Birth rate Percent 18.8 ..
Death ” 6.8 ..
IMR Per thousand ..0.49 ..

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Ayurveda
a) Hospital /College No 1 1
b) District Hospital ” 1 1
c) Dispensaries ”
( Including unani & Homeo) ” 231 231
d) Others (10 Beded) ” 4 4
XVII Panchayat
a) Total Panchayats No 760 760
b) Backward Panchayats ” 17 17
XVIII BANK
a) Commercial No 169 175
b) Co-operative
( including land Dev. Bank) ” 92 94
c) HDFC ,, 2 2
d) Syndicate Bank ,, 1 1
e) ICICI ,, 1 1
f) Credit-Deposit Ratio Percent 12 38
XIX COMMUNICATION
i)Post office
a) Main Post office No 4 4
b) Sub Post office ” 99 99
c) Branch Post office ” 531 531
d) Extra Deptt Post office ” 9 9
Total Post office ” 643 643
ii) Letter Boxes ” 1715 1709
XX ROADS
i) Motorable
a) Double lane Km 468 468
b) single lane ” 4663 4808
ii) jeepable ” 39 31
iii) less than jeepable ” 200 68
iv) Cross drainage ” 3907 4296
Total motorable
Length ,, 5131 5250
i) Pucca ” 3855 4085
ii) Kutcha ” 1276 1165
XXI PUBLIC HEALTH
i) Villages having drinking
water facilities No 3619 3619

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ii) Percentage to total
villages Percent 100 100
XXII ELECTRICITY
i) Villages Electrified No 3619 3619
ii) Percent to total villages. Percent 100 100
iii) No. of consumers:
a) Domestic No 354516 360607
b) commercial ” 56387 54518
c) Industrial ” 5571 5561
d) Agriculture ” 3346 3640
e) Misc ” 4640 4832
Total ” 424460 429158
iv) consumption MU
a) Domestic ” 235.35 232.92
b) commercial ” 43.91 48.31
c) Industrial ” 84.26 95.19
d) Agriculture ” 8.58 6.77
e) Misc ” 86.54 106.68
Total ” 458.64 489.87
XXIII Cooperation
Cooperative societies:
a) Primary
i) societies No 996 991
ii) Members ” 394485 400805
iii) working capital Rs. In lakh 60828 60184
b) Secondary
i) societies No 16 16
ii) Members ” 5292 4864
iii) working capital Rs. In lakh 353296 398799
c) Apex
i) societies No Nil Nil
ii) members ” - -
iii) Working capital Rs. In lakh - -
XXIV SMALL SAVING
a)Targets Rs. Cr. NIL NIL
b)Achievements ” -12.02 -15.72
XXV
Special component plan
a) Budget allotted Rs. In lakh 3884.69 8891.41
b) Expenditure ” 2799.18 8837.75

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1 2 3 4
D R D A
i) Households registered
under NREGA No 137161 202112
ii) Households provided
employment ” 87990 114666
iii) Women provided
employment ” 33310 88493
iv) Funds released Rs. Lacs 4649.68 10134.00
v) Exp. Incurred ” 4320.28 8977.00
vi) Mandays generated No. 3296822 5625700
XXVIII
District Gross Domestic Product
( Primary Sector only) (2006-07 & 2007-08)
i) Agriculture,Animal
Husbandary,Horticulture Rs. In lakh 37374.00 74267.03
ii) Fishing ” 1826.06 2054.92
iii) Mining& Quarring ” 626.28 551.69
iv) Forest & Logging ” 582.41 867.08
XXIX E LE C T I O N
a) Constituencies No 16 15
b) Voters (After delimitation)
i) Male( including Defence) ” 528322 544012
ii) Female ” 531581 538147
Total ” 1059903 1082159
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Sr
No
Tehsil/Sub
Tehsil
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Tehsil/ Sub Tehsil wise Population Information-________________
2001 Census
Population Literates Sex
Ratio
Person Male Female Person Male Female
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
1. Nurpur 151661 76802 74859 104726 56338 48388 975
2. Indora 71479 37437 34042 48093 26869 21224 909
3. Fatehpur 53562 26699 26863 36090 19061 17029 1006
4. Jawali 98907 18710 50197 68307 35945 32362 1031
5. Harchakian(ST) 12182 5841 6341 8440 4317 4123 1086
6. Shahpur 66010 32165 33845 45037 24056 20981 1052
7. D/Shala 117463 60220 57243 84564 46799 37765 951
8. Kangra 79450 39243 40207 58606 31168 27438 1025
9. Baroh 23452 11197 12255 16537 8632 7905 1094
10 Dehra 110602 53765 56837 80074 41361 38713 1057
11. Jaswan 30763 15225 15538 22115 11672 10443 1021
12. Khundian 33858 16414 17444 22006 11869 10137 1063
13. Rakkar 27252 13295 13957 19868 10307 9561 1050
14. Thural(ST) 17754 8314 9440 12939 6433 6506 1135
15. Dheera(ST ) 20112 9467 10645 14343 7300 7043 1124
16. Jaisinghpur 58623 26666 31957 41404 20589 20815 1198
17. Palampur 167961 82799 85162 120597 64198 56399 1029
18. Baijnath 84801 41328 43473 58269 31209 27060 1052
19. Multhan (ST) 7498 3809 3689 3622 2385 1237 968
20. Jawalamukhi 38489 18727 19762 27568 14478 13090 1055
21. Nagrota Bagwan 67151 33131 34020 47300 25397 21903 1027
Total - 1339030 661254 677776 940505 500383 440122 1025

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Blockwise population of District Kangra as per census 2001*
Sr.No Name Population SC ST
Total Male Female Total Male Femal Total male Female
e
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
1. Baijnath 80557 39698 40859 19321 9439 9882 1163 619 544
2. Bhawarna 82115 40889 41226 15910 7997 7913 36 18 18
3. Lambagaon 73157 33426 39731 21573 10179 11394 18 12 6
4. Panchrukhi 54584 26562 28022 21165 10354 10811 9 8 1
5. Kangra 91401 44840 46561 10045 5070 4975 21 12 9
6. Nagrota 73351 35910 37441 7010 3497 3513 0 0 0
Bagwan
7. Rait 96630 47457 49173 21527 10776 10751 61 25 36
8. Dehra 112601 54430 58171 24305 12069 12236 4 3 1
9. Pragpur 104743 51439 53304 26253 13327 12926 3 3 0
10. Nagrota 8883 9 43400 45439 16178 8090 8088 7 6 1
Surian
11. Nurpur 101614 51224 50390 22128 11330 10798 5 2 3
12. Indora 96192 50187 46005 25568 13320 12248 5 4 1
13. Fatehpur 94251 46817 47434 16638 8451 8187 1 0 1
14 Sulah 62330 29651 32679 11562 5601 5961 16 8 8
15 Dharmshala 59614 29999 29615 10301 5152 5149 82 52 30
Rural* 1271979 625929 646050 269484 134652 134832 1431 772 659
Urban** 67051 35325 31726 10056 5206 4850 166 97 69
Total - 1339030 661254 677776 279540 139858 139682 1597 869 728
* Excluding Census town Mant.
** Including Census town Mant.
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