Himachal Pradesh, formally a Punjab Hill States, occurs as state in northwest India. Neighboring regions come Tibet (China) to the east, Jammu and Kashmir to the north & northwest, Punjab to the southwest, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh to the south and Uttaranchal to the southeast.

These are 55,658 sq klick (21,490 sq mi) & a people inside 1991 was 5,111,079. It was established as an administrative unit around 1948 by combining a select few 30 hill states & it was processed a Eighteenth state of India in January 25, 1971.

A state capital is Shimla, and it besides contains a towns of Dharamsala, Kangra, Mandi, Kullu, Chamba, Dalhousie and Manali. Great deal of a state is mountainous by owning the Himalaya in a north & east & the little Shiwalik (or Shivalik) home in the south. A Ghaggar River originates in the Shivalik range. A independent lakes come a Sutlej (home of the Bhakra Nangal Dam Project) and a Beas. A bridge on a Sutlej Flow of any stream at Kandraur, Bilaspur is one of the greatest bridges around Asia.

Districts
Kangra Hamirpur Mandi Bilaspur Una Chamba Lahul and Spiti Sirmaur Kinnaur Kullu Solan Shimla

Culture
A major spoken languages come Kangri, Pahari, Punjabi, Hindi and Mandiali. Hinduism, Buddhism and Sikhism are the independent religions. Dharmshala, in the western locality of the state is the front yard of the Dalai Lama and many Tibetan refugees.

Politics
View Likewise: List of political parties in the state

Around 2003 the state legislative assembly was won by the Indian National Congress. A independent opposition is the Bharatiya Janata Party.

Transportation and Communication
Roads come a independent mode of transportation. Transport may be slow & unsafe especially in the period of monsoon season due to the narrow & winding roads & to frequent landslides and washouts. a food and drug administration-owned Himachal Road Transportation Corporation diarrhethe a network of buses through the state. Virtually all areas own telephone & cellphone services.