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Dharamshala AI Report

Date: May 17, 2025

Dharamshala, situated in Himachal Pradesh, has 4.2% of the state's population.

Dharamshala is the 598^th ranked city in population, out of 768 District Capitals (DHQs) of India. It is the capital of Kangra District in Himachal Pradesh State. Kangra District is 365^th highest ranked in population and 168^th ranked in area, in India.

Dharamshala is the 3^rd highest ranked in out of 768 city/districts of India. This indicates that the government has paid more attention to healthcare in this district compared to other districts.

Dharamshala is the 4^th highest ranked in out of 768 city/districts of India. This indicates that this district has more decentralized governance as compare to other districts.

Dharamshala is the 4^th highest ranked in out of 768 city/districts of India. This indicates that the government has paid more attention to development in this district compare to other districts.

Dharamshala is the 456^th highest ranked in out of 768 city/districts of India. This indicates a safer district as compared to other districts.

No of Sub Divisional Hospital

No of Sub Divisional Hospital

Number of Panchayats (Number , Census 2011)

Number of Panchayats (Number , Census 2011)

# of Inhabited Villages

# of Inhabited Villages

Number of IPC Crimes (NO, NCRB 2022)

Number of IPC Crimes (NO, NCRB 2022)

Number of Missing Persons (NO, NCRB 2022)

Number of Missing Persons (NO, NCRB 2022)

Formal Jobs(Dist.),2023

Formal Jobs(Dist.),2023

Bank Deposit/Household (Lakhs, RBI SCB 2024)

Bank Deposit/Household (Lakhs, RBI SCB 2024)

Number of Theatres (No, BOC 2020)

Number of Theatres (No, BOC 2020)

The Average of Indian City (District Capitals)/Districts is 285. Dharamshala is the 177^th worst ranked City out of 768 City/Districts. This implies lesser effectiveness of law and order in this district compared to other districts.

The Average of Indian City (District Capitals)/Districts is 25014. Dharamshala is the 686^th worst ranked City out of 768 City/Districts. This implies low private sector growth.

Out of 768 District Capitals/Districts of India, Dharamshala is the 611^th worst ranked in . This implies that financial activities in this district are less compared to other districts.

Out of 768 District Capitals/Districts of India, Dharamshala is the 565^th worst ranked in . This implies that this district is less urbanised compared to other districts

Dharamshala City/District Metrics

Culture

Nature

Internet

Dharamshala Nature Highlights

	Nature Metrics	% of India	Rank Out of 768	City / Districts Data

Dharamshala Culture Highlights

Sr.No	Culture Metrics	Counts	Name
Princely State	Princely State	1	Kangra
Famous Hindu Temples	Famous Hindu Temples	1	Aadi Himani Chamunda
Famous Museum Name	Famous Museum Name	1	Library of Tibetan Works and Archives
Cantt	Cantt	1	Kangra
Famous Buddhist Temple Name	Famous Buddhist Temple Name	1	Namgyal Monastery

Airports

	Name	City	IATA Code	Distance
Airport Name	Kangra Airport	Gaggal	DHM	6 Km

Population: 30,764 | Population Rank: 598^th

Area (KM²): 5,739 | Area Rank: 168^th

Better than India Average-

Sr.	Fields	India Average	Rank out of 768	City / District Data
1	No of Sub Divisional Hospital	2	3^rd	7815
2	No of Primary Health Centers	48	14^th	4823
3	No of Total Hospitals	61	14^th	5685
4	No of Community Health Centers	9	29^th	9953
5	No of District Hospital	1	52^nd	2773
6	No of Hospital Beds	1470	76^th	3692
7	No of Nurses	3392	132^nd	9945

Worse than India Average-

Sr.	Fields	India Average	Worst Rank out of 768	City / District Data
1	No of Doctors	1795	426^th	2399

Population: 30,764 | Population Rank: 598^th

Area (KM²): 5,739 | Area Rank: 168^th

Better than India Average-

Sr.	Fields	India Average	Rank out of 768	City / District Data
1	Bank Credit - Bank Debit/No. of banks (Crore, RBI SCB 2024)	23	30^th	6731
2	Bank Deposit-Bank Loans (Crores, RBI SCB 2024)	5533	44^th	10365
3	GDP per Capita ('000', RBI SCB 2023)	118	100^th	2895
4	No. of Banks/1000 Household (in 1000, RBI SCB 2024)	1	101^st	5554
5	Bank Deposits (Crore, RBI SCB Q3 2024)	28688	106^th	1977
6	GDP (Crores. RBI SCB 2023)	27789	117^th	3587
7	Number of Households with means of Transport as Car/ Jeep/Van (No, Census 2011)	15572	121^st	6355
8	Number of Households with Television (No, Census 2011)	157504	128^th	1977
9	Number of Banks (No, RBI SCB Q3 2024)	183	139^th	9424
10	% of Households with Cars (%, Census 2011)	4	161^st	10257
11	House Ownership % of Households (%, Census 2011)	86	229^th	5974
12	Number of Households with means of Transport as Scooter/ Motorcycle/Moped (No, Census 2011)	69577	234^th	7901
13	Number of Households with Mobile only (No, Census 2011)	174173	234^th	2053
14	% of Household with Mobiles (%, Census 2011)	51	242^nd	3842
15	Number of Households with Owned houses (No, Census 2011)	280805	259^th	3022

Worse than India Average-

Sr.	Fields	India Average	Worst Rank out of 768	City / District Data
1	Bank Loans/Household (Lakhs, RBI SCB 2024)	11	303^rd	3907
2	Number of Households without TV, Internet, Radio, Computer, Mobile, Landline (No, Census 2011)	57099	347^th	9244
3	Number of Households without Internet (No, Census 2011)	20983	447^th	6268
4	Number of Households with rented houses (No, Census 2011)	37627	476^th	5608
5	Bank Credit (Crore, RBI SCB Q3 2024)	23154	492^nd	4038
6	Number of Households with TV, Computer/Laptop, Telephone/mobile phone and Scooter/ Car (No, Census 2011)	15680	582^nd	10558
7	Number of Households with Internet (No, Census 2011)	10634	594^th	8454
8	Bank Deposit/Household (Lakhs, RBI SCB 2024)	14	611^th	10139

Population: 30,764 | Population Rank: 598^th

Area (KM²): 5,739 | Area Rank: 168^th

Better than India Average-

Sr.	Fields	India Average	Rank out of 768	City / District Data
1	Sex-Ratio (1000) (%, Census 2011)	949	83^rd	10443

Worse than India Average-

Sr.	Fields	India Average	Worst Rank out of 768	City / District Data
1	Decadal Growth Rate (2011) (%, Census 2011)	19	225^th	5146
2	Population per sq. km. (Km, Census 2011)	1023	271^st	6138

Population: 30,764 | Population Rank: 598^th

Area (KM²): 5,739 | Area Rank: 168^th

Better than India Average-

Sr.	Fields	India Average	Rank out of 768	City / District Data
1	Gross Enrolment Ratio (GER) in Higher Education (18-23 Years) (No, AISHE 2021)	29	55^th	2357
2	# of No. of Schools (No, UDISE 2023)	1915	80^th	7718
3	# of Universities (No, AISHE 2021)	1	159^th	8697

Worse than India Average-

Sr.	Fields	India Average	Worst Rank out of 768	City / District Data
1	# of Population (0-18) (No, Census 2011)	136937	152^nd	9258
2	# of Higher Education Enrolments % of Pop (No, UDISE 2023)	2	178^th	2691
3	# of PG Enrolments - Arts (No, AISHE 2021)	1484	203^rd	3623
4	# of UG Enrolments - Arts (No, AISHE 2021)	11775	204^th	3684
5	# of UG Enrolments - Medical (No, AISHE 2021)	416	207^th	10291
6	Population (18-24) (Number, 2023)	208496	261^st	10879
7	# of Diploma (No, AISHE 2021)	3658	278^th	7840
8	# of Master's Enrolment (No, AISHE 2021)	6788	292^nd	7102
9	# of Enrolment in Private and Government Colleges (No, AISHE 2021)	39460	293^rd	1160
10	# of UG Enrolments - Management (No, AISHE 2021)	759	296^th	5328
11	# of PG Enrolments - Management (No, AISHE 2021)	684	296^th	8138
12	# of PG Enrolments - Science (No, AISHE 2021)	1085	299^th	4985
13	# of UG Enrolments - Science (No, AISHE 2021)	6151	300^th	9575
14	# of UG Enrolments - Engg (No, AISHE 2021)	3322	311^th	9900
15	# of PG Enrolments - Engg (No, AISHE 2021)	193	311^th	9221
16	# of Total Enrolments (No, AISHE 2021)	49523	316^th	8053
17	# of Bachelor's Enrolment (No, AISHE 2021)	44296	324^th	3105
18	# of UG Diploma Enrolments (No, AISHE 2021)	334	337^th	10890
19	# of Colleges (No, AISHE 2021)	57	340^th	4414
20	# of UG Enrolments - Law (No, AISHE 2021)	593	363^rd	7650
21	# of Ph.D Enrolments (No, AISHE 2021)	258	414^th	3911
22	# of UG Enrolments - Teaching (No, AISHE 2021)	1920	416^th	2986
23	# of ITIS seats (No, AISHE 2021)	4319	466^th	10766

Population: 30,764 | Population Rank: 598^th

Area (KM²): 5,739 | Area Rank: 168^th

Better than India Average-

Sr.	Fields	India Average	Rank out of 768	City / District Data
1	Number of Panchayats (Number , Census 2011)	745	4^th	3716
2	Sanctioned Police Force Number (NO, IPC 2020)	1416	68^th	1892
3	Number of Police Stations (NO, IPC 2020)	22	162^nd	5693
4	Number of Missing Persons (NO, NCRB 2022)	285	177^th	7257
5	Crime/1000 Pop (Ratio, NCRB 2022)	1	321^st	8971
6	Murder/Lakh Pop (Ratio, NCRB 2022)	1	362^nd	10271

Worse than India Average-

Sr.	Fields	India Average	Worst Rank out of 768	City / District Data
1	Number of Murders (NO, NCRB 2022)	24	359^th	1700
2	Number of Cyber Crimes (NO, NCRB 2022)	29	362^nd	11070
3	Number of IPC Crimes (NO, NCRB 2022)	2654	456^th	7876

Population: 30,764 | Population Rank: 598^th

Area (KM²): 5,739 | Area Rank: 168^th

Better than India Average-

Sr.	Fields	India Average	Rank out of 768	City / District Data
1	Urban Internet Pop/City Pop (%, TRAI September 2024)	123	6^th	7020
2	City FB Users % of City Literate Population (%, FB 2025)	106	73^rd	5604

Worse than India Average-

Sr.	Fields	India Average	Worst Rank out of 768	City / District Data
1	English Speakers (Second Language + Third Language (No, Census 2011)	162759	272^nd	6861
2	Linkedin Audience Size(No, Linked in Jan, 2025)	132859	344^th	1748
3	Number of Internet Connections (No, TRAI 2024)	413842	365^th	10511
4	Number of Facebook Users. (Estimated Maximum)(No,Feb. 2025)	171050	425^th	7042

Population: 30,764 | Population Rank: 598^th

Area (KM²): 5,739 | Area Rank: 168^th

Better than India Average-

Sr.	Fields	India Average	Rank out of 768	City / District Data
1	Literacy (%, Census 2023)Estd	78	75^th	10179

Worse than India Average-

Sr.	Fields	India Average	Worst Rank out of 768	City / District Data
1	Perso-Arabic Script (Urdu)	33190	156^th	4453
2	DHQ Mother Tongue Population (No, Census 2011)	254303	162^nd	6114
3	Tamil Script	23886	166^th	5593
4	Bengali Script	13153	221^st	10160
5	Kannada Script	23603	223^rd	4895
6	Odia Script	5442	226^th	10958
7	English Multilingual Population	50193	228^th	11200
8	Malayalam Script	6112	243^rd	7075
9	Assamese Script	3229	255^th	5066
10	Gujarati Script	25953	315^th	4735
11	Telugu Script	39429	335^th	2779
12	Devnagri Script (Hindi)	137058	426^th	4431
13	Latin Script (English)	2647	506^th	2830
14	Marathi Script	27903	523^rd	3792
15	Gurumukhi Script (Punjabi)	10774	622^nd	10394

Population: 30,764 | Population Rank: 598^th

Area (KM²): 5,739 | Area Rank: 168^th

Worse than India Average-

Sr.	Fields	India Average	Worst Rank out of 768	City / District Data
1	Total Annual Newspaper Circulation (No, RNI 2022)	656764	82^nd	2808
2	Number of Dailies or Magazines (No, RNI 2022)	240	326^th	10765
3	Number of Theatres (No, BOC 2020)	22	565^th	7190

Population: 30,764 | Population Rank: 598^th

Area (KM²): 5,739 | Area Rank: 168^th

Better than India Average-

Sr.	Fields	India Average	Rank out of 768	City / District Data
1	# of Inhabited Villages	777	4^th	3991
2	# of Uninhabited Villages	64	30^th	5462
3	# of Households that use LPG/PNG as fuel for Cooking	96340	124^th	3872
4	Number of households having latrine facility within the premises	156908	147^th	2885
5	# of Households with Main source of Lighting as Electricity	222703	160^th	8033
6	# of Households with Location of drinking water source within premises	154278	196^th	8111
7	Number of households (Number , Census 2011)	326286	268^th	8351

Worse than India Average-

Sr.	Fields	India Average	Worst Rank out of 768	City / District Data
1	Urbanization (% , Census 2011)	26	127^th	8383
2	Urban Population (Number , Census 2011)	531234	255^th	2588
3	# of Households with Main source of Lighting as Solar Energy	1508	301^st	3350
4	Number of towns (Number , Census 2011)	10	469^th	9090
5	# of Households with 1 married couple	228663	478^th	10965

Population: 30,764 | Population Rank: 598^th

Area (KM²): 5,739 | Area Rank: 168^th

Better than India Average-

Sr.	Fields	India Average	Rank out of 768	City / District Data
1	Informal Jobs(Dist.),2023	626770	243^rd	4457

Worse than India Average-

Sr.	Fields	India Average	Worst Rank out of 768	City / District Data
1	Informal Jobs(DHQ),2023	56813	175^th	2049
2	# of Companies,2023	1876	255^th	1967
3	State Govt Jobs(Formal) DHQ,2023	14249	446^th	5626
4	Formal Jobs(DHQ),2023	37084	454^th	8684
5	State Govt Jobs(Formal) Dist.,2023	23664	675^th	6937
6	Formal Jobs(Dist.),2023	25014	686^th	8453

languages
City (district capitals)/DHQ

1. Hindi : 19,482
2. Tibetan : 8,351
3. English Multilingual Population : 4,905

Number Of Languages spoken by more then 30K Population : 0

Basic Details

City (District Capitals)/DHQ Population :	:	30,764
City(District Capitals)/DHQ Population (Rank)	:	598^th
District Area (km²)	:	5,739
District Area (Rank)	:	168^th
No.of Towns in District	:	9
No. of Villages in District	:	3,869

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