Shimla District
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Key facts
- Country
- India
- State
- Himachal Pradesh
- Headquarters
- Shimla
- Deputy commissioner
- Anupam Kashyap, IAS
- Superintendent of police
- Sanjay Gandhi, IPS
- Lok sabha constituencies
- Shimla
- Vidhan sabha constituencies
- Shimla Shimla Rural Rampur Kasumpti Theog Jubbal-Kotkhai Rohru Chopal
- Total
- 5,131 km (1,981 sq mi)
- Rank
- 3rd
- Density
- 158.6/km (410.9/sq mi)
- Official
- Hindi
- Regional
- Mahasu Pahari
- Time zone
- UTC+5:30 ( IST )
- Postal code
- 171xxx
- Area code
- 91 177 xxxxxxx
- Iso 3166 code
- IN-HP
- Largest city
- Shimla
- Climate
- ETh ( Köppen )
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Encyclopedic overview
Shimla district, known as Simla district until 1972, is one of the twelve districts of the state of Himachal Pradesh in northern India. Its headquarters is the state capital of Shimla. Neighbouring districts are Mandi and Kullu in the north, Kinnaur in the east, Uttarakhand in the southeast, Solan to the southwest and Sirmaur in the south. The elevation of the district ranges from 987 metres (3,238 ft) to 4,500 metres (14,764 ft). Shimla district culturally is part of the Mahasu region.
As of 2011, it is the third most populated district of Himachal Pradesh (out of 12), after Kangra and Mandi. It is the most urbanized district of Himachal Pradesh.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Shimla District” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.