List of districts of Himachal Pradesh

The northern Indian state of Himachal Pradesh is divided into 12 districts, the Revenue department of which is headed by a Deputy Commissioner or District Magistrate, an officer belonging to the Indian Administrative Service. The district magistrate or the deputy commissioner is assisted by a number of officers belonging to Himachal Administrative Service and other Himachal state services.

A District Judge serves as the head of the Judiciary of the district. Courts subordinate to him include those of the Civil Judges, Senior Civil Judges, and Judicial Magistrates.

A Superintendent of Police, an officer belonging to the Indian Police Service is entrusted with the responsibility of maintaining law and order and related issues of the district. He is assisted by the officers of the Himachal Police Service and other Himachal Police officials.

A Deputy Conservator of Forests, an officer belonging to the Indian Forest Service is responsible for managing the Forests, environment and wild-life related issues of the district. He is assisted by the officers of the Himachal Forest Service and other Himachal Forest officials and Himachal Wild-Life officials.

Sectoral development is looked after by the district head of each development department such as PWD, Health, Education, Agriculture, Animal husbandry, etc. These officers belong to the various State Services.

Districts

S. No.	District	Headquarters	Established	Area (km2)	Population (2011 census)	Population density (/km2)	Map
1	Bilaspur	Bilaspur	1954	1,167	381,956	327	Error creating thumbnail: File missing
2	Chamba	Chamba	1948	6,522	519,080	80	Error creating thumbnail: File missing
3	Hamirpur	Hamirpur	1972	1,118	454,768	407	Error creating thumbnail: File missing
4	Kangra	Dharamsala	1966	5,739	1,510,075	263	Error creating thumbnail: File missing
5	Kinnaur	Reckong Peo	1960	6,401	84,121	13	Error creating thumbnail: File missing
6	Kullu	Kullu	1963	5,503	437,903	80
7	Lahaul and Spiti	Kyelang	1960	13,835	31,564	2	Error creating thumbnail: File missing
8	Mandi	Mandi	1948	3,950	999,777	253
9	Shimla	Shimla	1972	5,131	814,010	159	Error creating thumbnail: File missing
10	Sirmaur	Nahan	1948	2,825	529,855	188	Error creating thumbnail: File missing
11	Solan	Solan	1972	1,936	580,320	300	Error creating thumbnail: File missing
12	Una	Una	1972	1,540	521,173	338	Error creating thumbnail: File missing
1	Mahasu	Proposed district in Shimla district.	Kotkhai
2	Sundernagar.	Proposed district in Mandi district	Sundernagar
3	Palampur	Proposed district in Kangra district	Palampur
4	Nurpur.	Proposed district in Kangra district.	Nurpur
5	Dehra.	Proposed district in Kangra district.	Dera Gopipur