Shimla District Population, Himachal Pradesh - Census India 2011

Shimla is one of district of Himachal Pradesh in India. There are 17 Tehsils, 3,231 villages and 11 towns in Shimla district.

As per the Census India 2011, Shimla district has 184,362 households, population of 814,010 of which 425,039 are males and 388,971 are females. The population of children between age 0-6 is 81,564 which is 10.02% of total population.

The sex-ratio of Shimla district is around 915 compared to 972 which is average of Himachal Pradesh state. The literacy rate of Shimla district is 75.26% out of which 80.66% males are literate and 69.36% females are literate. The total area of Shimla is 5,131 sq.km with population density of 159 per sq.km.

Out of total population, 75.26% of population lives in Urban area and 24.74% lives in Rural area. There are 26.51% Scheduled Caste (SC) and 1.08% Scheduled Tribe (ST) of total population in Shimla district.

Shimla Religion Population

Description	Population	Percentage
Total	814,010	100%
Hindu	791,449	97.23%
Muslim	11,810	1.45%
Sikh	4,047	0.5%
Buddhist	3,262	0.4%
Christian	2,025	0.25%
Religion not stated	1,035	0.13%
Other religions and persuasions	197	0.02%
Jain	185	0.02%

Shimla Urban & Rural Population

Out of total population, 50% of population lives in Urban area and 60% lives in Rural area

Description	Urban	Rural
Area(sq.km)	55	5,076
Number of households	54,508	129,854
Total Population	201,351	612,659
Population (%)	55%	48.7%
Male Population	110,744	314,295
Female Population	90,607	298,364
Sex Ratio	818	949
Literacy (%)	85.39%	71.93%

List of Tehsils in Shimla

Check out complete list of all Tehsils of Shimla district, Himachal Pradesh

Shimla Population Facts

Number of Households	184,362
Population	814,010
Male Population	425,039 (52.22%)
Female Population	388,971 (47.78%)
Children Population	81,564
Area	5,131 km2
Population density/km2	159
Sex-ratio	915
Literacy	75.26%
Male Literacy	80.66%
Female Literacy	69.36%
Scheduled Tribes (ST) %	1.08%
Scheduled Caste (SC) %	26.51%