List of cities in Himachal Pradesh by population

This is a list of urban agglomerations, cities and towns as per 2011 census and 2024 estimates in the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh. 2011 Rank2024 RankNameStatusDistrictPopulationCensusCensusCensusEstimate (including outgrowth)199120012011202411ShimlaMunicipal CorporationShimla102,186142,555169,578~2,60,00022Dharamsala Municipal CorporationKangra17,49319,12453,543~1,00,00033SolanMunicipal Corporation Solan21,75134,20647,418~60,00046MandiMunicipal Corporation Mandi23,20226,87341,348~50,00054PalampurMunicipal CorporationKangra3,638+ outgrowth4,006+ outgrowth40,385~45,00065BaddiMunicipal Corporation Solan22,60129,911~40,00077NahanMunicipal CouncilSirmaur21,87826,05328,899~40,00088Paonta SahibMunicipal CouncilSirmaur13,20719,09025,183~40,000910SundarnagarMunicipal CouncilMandi20,39723,98624,344~35,000109ChambaMunicipal CouncilChamba17,19420,32719,933~30,0001111UnaMunicipal CorporationUna12,00115,90018,722~30,0001212KulluMunicipal CouncilKullu14,56918,30618,536~30,0001313HamirpurMunicipal CorporationHamirpur12,54417,25217,604~30,0001414BilaspurMunicipal CouncilBilaspur10,60913,05813,654~30,0001525Yol CantonmentCantonment (Board)Kangra9,31010,77512,028~13,0001615NalagarhMunicipal CouncilSolan7,4489,44310,708~30,0001717NurpurMunicipal CouncilKangra7,9619,0669,807~20,0001818KangraMunicipal CouncilKangra9,0199,1569,528~20,0001919Baijnath PaprolaNagar PanchayatKangra~20,0002021SantokhgarhNagar PanchayatUna6,8488,3089,363~15,0002122Mehatpur BasdehraNagar PanchayatUna6,4178,6819,218~15,0002227ShamshiCensus TownKullu...8,0388,870~10,0002323ParwanooMunicipal CouncilSolan5,8568,6098,758~15,0002416ManaliMunicipal CouncilKullu2,4336,2658,096~30,0002526Tira SujanpurMunicipal Council Hamirpur5,4777,0777,943~12,0002628GhumarwinMunicipal CouncilBilaspur3,7085,7217,899~12,0002729DalhousieMunicipal CouncilChamba6,8557,4257,051~10,0002830RohruMunicipal CouncilShimla3,3666,6076,875~10,0002924Nagrota BagwanMunicipal CouncilKangra4,5035,6575,900~15,0003031RampurMunicipal CouncilShimla4,3425,6535,655~10,0003132JawalamukhiNagar PanchayatKangra4,0474,9315,361~10,0003220JogindernagarMunicipal CouncilMandi4,5135,0485,335~20,0003333Dera GopipurMunicipal CouncilKangra3,3784,3364,816~10,0003434SarkaghatNagar PanchayatMandi3,0933,7064,715~10,00035JhakhriCensus TownShimla......4,65536IndoraCensus TownKangra...4,2014,53437BhuntarNagar PanchayatKullu2,9724,2604,47538NadaunNagar PanchayatHamirpur3,3794,4054,43039TheogMunicipal CouncilShimla2,7573,7544,35340Kasauli CantonmentCantonment (Board)Solan4,3854,9903,88541GagretNagar PanchayatUna4,2583,1813,84742Chuari KhasNagar PanchayatChamba2,1073,0163,77043DaulatpurNagar PanchayatUna2,7483,3543,76344 Sabathu CantonmentCantonment (Board)Solan3,7005,7193,68545Dalhousie CantonmentCantonment (Board)Chamba1,7441,9643,54946RajgarhNagar PanchayatSirmaur1,7802,5273,08347ArkiNagar PanchayatSolan1,9762,8773,04048Dagshai CantonmentCantonment (Board)Solan2,1632,7502,90449SeoniNagar PanchayatShimla1,2711,5292,59150TalaiNagar PanchayatBilaspur1,5502,0112,37251Jutogh CantonmentCantonment (Board)Shimla5,8272,4202,06252ChaupalNagar PanchayatShimla1,0741,5071,85153RewalsarNagar PanchayatMandi1,0451,3691,82154Bakloh CantonmentCantonment (Board)Chamba1,9891,8101,80555JubbalNagar PanchayatShimla1,3791,3461,64056BhotaNagar PanchayatHamirpur1,2861,4721,45357BanjarNagar PanchayatKullu1,0371,2621,41458BharmourBig town Chamba 9721,2671,37659Naina devi Municipal Council Bilaspur 8961,1491,20460NarkandaNagar PanchayatShimla687713901 Most of the cities and towns appear to have larger population than the above-mentioned figures due to rapid outgrowth in the recent years. For example, Baddi has emerged as one of the largest cities considering rapid industrialisation and urbanisation in the past decade. While, its official figures state its population to be around 29,911 as per 2011; the actual urban agglomerations population is around 100,000 since official figure takes into account only the notified part of the city as urban population. Apparently, urban agglomerations have significantly more population than the official figure. This holds true for most of the cities and town listed here when population of suburbs of respective city or town is added.

Urban Agglomeration In the census of India 2011, an Urban Agglomeration has been defined as follows:

"An urban agglomeration is a continuous urban spread constituting a town and its adjoining outgrowths (OGs), or two or more physically contiguous towns together with or without outgrowths of such towns. An Urban Agglomeration must consist of at least a statutory town and its total population (i.e. all the constituents put together) should not be less than 20,000 as per the 2001 Census. In varying local conditions, there were similar other combinations which have been treated as urban agglomerations satisfying the basic condition of contiguity."

Constituents of Urban Agglomerations in the Himachal Pradesh The Urban Agglomerations and their constituents in the Himachal Pradesh, with a population of 1 lakh or above, are noted below:

Baddi-Barotiwala-Nalagarh (BBN) Shimla Dharamshala (Kangra) Una Mandi Kullu-Manali Palampur Solan Paonta Sahib

Urban Agglomeration constituents Urban Agglomerations constituents with a population above 100,000, and less as per 2026 estimates and 2011 census are shown in the table below.

2024 RankUrban Agglomeration Name of Constituent DistrictType*Area Estimate (Sq. km)Population 2026 (Estimate)Population 20111Baddi (BBN)Baddi, Barotiwala, NalagarhSolanM Corp.244≈4,30,2603,50,0002ShimlaShimla, Sanjauli, Summer Hill, Chotta Shimla, New Shimla, Tutikandi, Annadale, Panthaghati, Boileauganj, Bharari, Krishna Nagar, Mehli, Dudhli, Poabo, Kamyana, Chamyana, Malyana, Hiranagar, Khwara Chowki, Kuftadhar, Strawberry Hill, Talland, Kelston, Richmount, Jakhu, Housing Board Colony, Engine Ghar, Cemetry, US Club, Kachighati, Chakkar, Jathiya Devi, Vikasnagar, Taradevi, Chaura Maidan, Kanlog, Lower Bazaar, Kaithu, Dhalli, Bhattakufer, Kasumpti, Mashobra, Shoghi, KufriShimlaM Corp.336≈3,10,0002,70,0003KangraKangra, Dharamshala, Gaggal, Nagrota Bagwan, Shahpur KangraM Corp.310≈2,10,0001,70,0004UnaUna, Amb, Gagret, Haroli, Daulatpur, MehatpurUnaM Corp.682≈1,50,0001,30,0005MandiMandi, Sunder Nagar, NerchowkMandiM Corp.157≈1,40,0001,20,0006KulluKullu, Manali, Bhuntar, Bajaura, Patlikhuhal, NaggarKulluM Council140≈1,30,0001,10,0007PalampurPalampur, Baijnath, Paprola, Panchrukhi, Bhawarna, Sulah, Gopalpur, Kunsal, Mahakal, Bahi Khas, Uttrala, SansalKangraM Corp.301≈1,20,0001,00,0008SolanSolan, Kasauli,Dharampur, Subathu, Dagshai, Barog, Kandaghat, Waknaghat, Dadhog, Loharo, Sumti, DaghotaSolanM Corp.70≈1,10,00090,0009Paonta SahibPaonta Sahib, Misarwala, Shampur, Bhagani, Majra, GondpurSirmaurM Council204≈1,00,00080,00010HamirpurHamirpur, Dosarka, Dulehera, Ghanal, Muthwan, Jateri, Har Khalsa, Sasan, Himuda Colony, Neri, Tikkar, BhotaHamirpurM Corp.68≈90,00070,00011BilaspurBilaspur, Barmana, Ghagas, Ghumarwin, Bhager, Auhar, Bharari, Kothi, Kothipura, Manman, Dharasani, Bamta, Tihri, ChandpurBilaspurM Council175≈80,00060,00012Joginder NagarJoginder Nagar, Chauntra, Ahju, Bir, Sainthal, Harabagh, DohagMandiM Council60≈70,00050,00013ChambaChamba, Sarol, Parel, Karian, Sultanpur, Rajpura, UdaipurChambaM Council50≈50,00035,00014NurpurNurpur, Jassur, Chattroli Khas, Naga Bari, KandwalKangraM Council40≈40,00030,00015NahanNahan, Yashwant Vihar Colony, ChakredaSirmaurM Council15≈40,00030,000

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