Prarang: G2C

Prarang

Knowledge Webs

Solan AI Report

Date: May 17, 2025

Solan, located in Himachal Pradesh, has 5.3% of the state's population.

Solan is the 557^th ranked city in population, out of 768 District Capitals (DHQs) of India. It is the capital of Solan District in Himachal Pradesh State. Solan District is 604^th highest ranked in population and 590^th ranked in area, in India.

Solan is the 11^th highest ranked in Urban Internet Pop / State or UT Pop (%, TRAI September 2024) out of 768 city/districts of India. This indicates higher number of state urban internet users as reported in TRAI quarterly report vis a vis other state's urban internet users.

Solan is the 22^nd 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.

Solan is the 30^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.

Urban Internet Pop/City Pop (%, TRAI September 2024)

Urban Internet Pop/City Pop (%, TRAI September 2024)

No of Sub Divisional Hospital

No of Sub Divisional Hospital

Number of Panchayats (Number , Census 2011)

Number of Panchayats (Number , Census 2011)

Crime/1000 Pop (Ratio, NCRB 2022)

Crime/1000 Pop (Ratio, NCRB 2022)

Linkedin Audience Size(No, Linked in Jan, 2025)

Linkedin Audience Size(No, Linked in Jan, 2025)

Bank Deposit/Household (Lakhs, RBI SCB 2024)

Bank Deposit/Household (Lakhs, RBI SCB 2024)

# of Households that use Electricity as fuel for Cooking

# of Households that use Electricity as fuel for Cooking

The Average of Indian City (District Capitals)/Districts is 1. Solan is the 321^st 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 132859. Solan is the 667^th worst ranked City out of 768 City/Districts. This indicates lower Linkedin IDs in Linkedin Advertising module for this town vis a vis other towns.

Solan is the 655^th worst ranked in out of 768 city/districts of India. This implies that financial activities in this district are less compared to other districts.

Out of 768 District Capitals/Districts of India, Solan is the 600^th worst ranked in . This indicates that the people in this district have shown a lower focus on green energy compared to people in other districts.

Solan City/District Metrics

Culture

Nature

Internet

Solan Nature Highlights

	Nature Metrics	% of India	Rank Out of 768	City / Districts Data
Ab. Prod (000' tonnes) Banana Production	Ab. Prod (000' tonnes) Banana Production	0.02%	18^th	3265
Ab. Prod (Lakh tonnes) Chickpea Production	Ab. Prod (Lakh tonnes) Chickpea Production	0.05%	117^th	7695
Ab. Prod (000' tonnes ) Potatoes Production	Ab. Prod (000' tonnes ) Potatoes Production	0.01%	123^rd	5561
Ab. Prod (000' Tonnes) Onion Production	Ab. Prod (000' Tonnes) Onion Production	0.02%	176^th	4759

Solan Culture Highlights

Sr.No	Culture Metrics	Counts	Name
Princely State	Princely State	1	Hindur or Nalaghar
Famous Forts	Famous Forts	1	Arki Fort
Cantt	Cantt	1	Solan

Airports

	Name	City	IATA Code	Distance
Airport Name	Shimla Airport	Jubberhatti	SLV	13 Km

Population: 39,256 | Population Rank: 557^th

Area (KM²): 1,936 | Area Rank: 590^th

Better than India Average-

Sr.	Fields	India Average	Rank out of 768	City / District Data
1	No of Sub Divisional Hospital	2	22^nd	8974
2	No of District Hospital	1	162^nd	6995
3	No of Total Hospitals	61	236^th	9669
4	No of Community Health Centers	9	259^th	1604
5	No of Primary Health Centers	48	260^th	10460

Worse than India Average-

Sr.	Fields	India Average	Worst Rank out of 768	City / District Data
1	No of Doctors	1795	221^st	8397
2	No of Hospital Beds	1470	399^th	2787
3	No of Nurses	3392	459^th	7430

Population: 39,256 | Population Rank: 557^th

Area (KM²): 1,936 | Area Rank: 590^th

Better than India Average-

Sr.	Fields	India Average	Rank out of 768	City / District Data
1	No. of Banks/1000 Household (in 1000, RBI SCB 2024)	1	57^th	8671
2	% of Households with Cars (%, Census 2011)	4	58^th	3180
3	GDP per Capita ('000', RBI SCB 2023)	118	77^th	6842
4	Bank Loans/Household (Lakhs, RBI SCB 2024)	11	94^th	10063
5	Number of Banks (No, RBI SCB Q3 2024)	183	189^th	10536
6	% of Household with Mobiles (%, Census 2011)	51	211^th	10177

Worse than India Average-

Sr.	Fields	India Average	Worst Rank out of 768	City / District Data
1	House Ownership % of Households (%, Census 2011)	86	74^th	5540
2	Number of Households without TV, Internet, Radio, Computer, Mobile, Landline (No, Census 2011)	57099	145^th	10452
3	Number of Households with Owned houses (No, Census 2011)	280805	240^th	1713
4	Bank Credit - Bank Debit/No. of banks (Crore, RBI SCB 2024)	23	305^th	5800
5	Number of Households with Mobile only (No, Census 2011)	174173	314^th	3180
6	Number of Households with means of Transport as Scooter/ Motorcycle/Moped (No, Census 2011)	69577	330^th	3367
7	Number of Households without Internet (No, Census 2011)	20983	336^th	1895
8	Number of Households with Television (No, Census 2011)	157504	437^th	9352
9	Bank Deposit-Bank Loans (Crores, RBI SCB 2024)	5533	501^st	11241
10	Number of Households with TV, Computer/Laptop, Telephone/mobile phone and Scooter/ Car (No, Census 2011)	15680	505^th	10579
11	Number of Households with Internet (No, Census 2011)	10634	535^th	1692
12	GDP (Crores. RBI SCB 2023)	27789	543^rd	2138
13	Bank Credit (Crore, RBI SCB Q3 2024)	23154	565^th	3064
14	Bank Deposits (Crore, RBI SCB Q3 2024)	28688	568^th	3955
15	Number of Households with means of Transport as Car/ Jeep/Van (No, Census 2011)	15572	569^th	4521
16	Number of Households with rented houses (No, Census 2011)	37627	572^nd	6880
17	Bank Deposit/Household (Lakhs, RBI SCB 2024)	14	655^th	2637

Population: 39,256 | Population Rank: 557^th

Area (KM²): 1,936 | Area Rank: 590^th

Worse than India Average-

Sr.	Fields	India Average	Worst Rank out of 768	City / District Data
1	Sex-Ratio (1000) (%, Census 2011)	949	77^th	10826
2	Population per sq. km. (Km, Census 2011)	1023	309^th	1466
3	Decadal Growth Rate (2011) (%, Census 2011)	19	343^rd	1776

Population: 39,256 | Population Rank: 557^th

Area (KM²): 1,936 | Area Rank: 590^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	4439
2	# of Universities (No, AISHE 2021)	1	98^th	11122
3	# of Higher Education Enrolments % of Pop (No, UDISE 2023)	2	186^th	2470

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	191^st	8009
2	# of PG Enrolments - Arts (No, AISHE 2021)	1484	229^th	7102
3	# of UG Enrolments - Arts (No, AISHE 2021)	11775	232^nd	5566
4	# of UG Enrolments - Medical (No, AISHE 2021)	416	260^th	2337
5	Population (18-24) (Number, 2023)	208496	306^th	2129
6	# of Diploma (No, AISHE 2021)	3658	312^th	2429
7	# of UG Enrolments - Management (No, AISHE 2021)	759	334^th	7748
8	# of PG Enrolments - Management (No, AISHE 2021)	684	334^th	9078
9	# of UG Enrolments - Science (No, AISHE 2021)	6151	336^th	5562
10	# of PG Enrolments - Science (No, AISHE 2021)	1085	336^th	8727
11	# of Master's Enrolment (No, AISHE 2021)	6788	344^th	10594
12	# of Enrolment in Private and Government Colleges (No, AISHE 2021)	39460	353^rd	8718
13	# of PG Enrolments - Engg (No, AISHE 2021)	193	361^st	3971
14	# of No. of Schools (No, UDISE 2023)	1915	362^nd	3038
15	# of UG Enrolments - Engg (No, AISHE 2021)	3322	370^th	5497
16	# of Total Enrolments (No, AISHE 2021)	49523	376^th	3936
17	# of Bachelor's Enrolment (No, AISHE 2021)	44296	385^th	6332
18	# of UG Diploma Enrolments (No, AISHE 2021)	334	391^st	8341
19	# of Colleges (No, AISHE 2021)	57	395^th	6055
20	# of UG Enrolments - Law (No, AISHE 2021)	593	404^th	7580
21	# of Ph.D Enrolments (No, AISHE 2021)	258	471^st	4722
22	# of UG Enrolments - Teaching (No, AISHE 2021)	1920	471^st	7134
23	# of ITIS seats (No, AISHE 2021)	4319	504^th	7671

Population: 39,256 | Population Rank: 557^th

Area (KM²): 1,936 | Area Rank: 590^th

Better than India Average-

Sr.	Fields	India Average	Rank out of 768	City / District Data
1	Number of Panchayats (Number , Census 2011)	745	30^th	4319
2	Sanctioned Police Force Number (NO, IPC 2020)	1416	269^th	5881
3	Crime/1000 Pop (Ratio, NCRB 2022)	1	321^st	5902
4	Murder/Lakh Pop (Ratio, NCRB 2022)	1	362^nd	3928

Worse than India Average-

Sr.	Fields	India Average	Worst Rank out of 768	City / District Data
1	Number of Police Stations (NO, IPC 2020)	22	236^th	6708
2	Number of Murders (NO, NCRB 2022)	24	279^th	11082
3	Number of IPC Crimes (NO, NCRB 2022)	2654	321^st	3968
4	Number of Cyber Crimes (NO, NCRB 2022)	29	324^th	8455
5	Number of Missing Persons (NO, NCRB 2022)	285	486^th	6647

Population: 39,256 | Population Rank: 557^th

Area (KM²): 1,936 | Area Rank: 590^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	11^th	9678
2	City FB Users % of City Literate Population (%, FB 2025)	106	39^th	10476

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	315^th	7690
2	Number of Internet Connections (No, TRAI 2024)	413842	421^st	9692
3	Number of Facebook Users. (Estimated Maximum)(No,Feb. 2025)	171050	586^th	3168
4	Linkedin Audience Size(No, Linked in Jan, 2025)	132859	667^th	4041

Population: 39,256 | Population Rank: 557^th

Area (KM²): 1,936 | Area Rank: 590^th

Better than India Average-

Sr.	Fields	India Average	Rank out of 768	City / District Data
1	Literacy (%, Census 2023)Estd	78	107^th	8992
2	Script Pools # < 30, 000	1	243^rd	10308

Worse than India Average-

Sr.	Fields	India Average	Worst Rank out of 768	City / District Data
1	DHQ Mother Tongue Population (No, Census 2011)	254303	257^th	10604
2	Bengali Script	13153	257^th	3992
3	Malayalam Script	6112	259^th	5296
4	Marathi Script	27903	269^th	3717
5	English Multilingual Population	50193	272^nd	3127
6	Perso-Arabic Script (Urdu)	33190	277^th	10826
7	Latin Script (English)	2647	295^th	4507
8	Telugu Script	39429	327^th	4071
9	Odia Script	5442	329^th	8292
10	Kannada Script	23603	354^th	10704
11	Assamese Script	3229	377^th	2464
12	Gujarati Script	25953	418^th	3774
13	Tamil Script	23886	461^st	2118
14	Devnagri Script (Hindi)	137058	480^th	2628
15	Gurumukhi Script (Punjabi)	10774	651^st	9880

Population: 39,256 | Population Rank: 557^th

Area (KM²): 1,936 | Area Rank: 590^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	42^nd	11020
2	Number of Dailies or Magazines (No, RNI 2022)	240	183^rd	6628
3	Number of Theatres (No, BOC 2020)	22	435^th	4085

Population: 39,256 | Population Rank: 557^th

Area (KM²): 1,936 | Area Rank: 590^th

Better than India Average-

Sr.	Fields	India Average	Rank out of 768	City / District Data
1	# of Inhabited Villages	777	30^th	5718
2	# of Uninhabited Villages	64	68^th	6067

Worse than India Average-

Sr.	Fields	India Average	Worst Rank out of 768	City / District Data
1	# of Households with Main source of Lighting as Solar Energy	1508	177^th	4992
2	# of Households with 1 married couple	228663	254^th	2634
3	Number of households (Number , Census 2011)	326286	270^th	8446
4	Urban Population (Number , Census 2011)	531234	279^th	9944
5	# of Households with Location of drinking water source within premises	154278	386^th	5086
6	Urbanization (% , Census 2011)	26	398^th	5307
7	# of Households with Main source of Lighting as Electricity	222703	399^th	7138
8	Number of households having latrine facility within the premises	156908	427^th	6633
9	Number of towns (Number , Census 2011)	10	433^rd	1522
10	# of Households that use LPG/PNG as fuel for Cooking	96340	479^th	4232
11	# of Households that use Electricity as fuel for Cooking	566	600^th	3962

Population: 39,256 | Population Rank: 557^th

Area (KM²): 1,936 | Area Rank: 590^th

Worse than India Average-

Sr.	Fields	India Average	Worst Rank out of 768	City / District Data
1	Informal Jobs(DHQ),2023	56813	200^th	6312
2	Informal Jobs(Dist.),2023	626770	211^th	1450
3	# of Companies,2023	1876	291^st	3062
4	State Govt Jobs(Formal) Dist.,2023	23664	487^th	1739
5	Formal Jobs(Dist.),2023	25014	498^th	2882
6	State Govt Jobs(Formal) DHQ,2023	14249	517^th	2045
7	Formal Jobs(DHQ),2023	37084	525^th	11093

languages
City (district capitals)/DHQ

1. Hindi : 35,800
2. English Multilingual Population : 6,259
3. Punjabi : 1,717

Number Of Languages spoken by more then 30K Population : 1

Basic Details

City (District Capitals)/DHQ Population :	:	39,256
City(District Capitals)/DHQ Population (Rank)	:	557^th
District Area (km²)	:	1,936
District Area (Rank)	:	590^th
No.of Towns in District	:	8
No. of Villages in District	:	2,544

Q - Why is all Prarang India comparative analysis being done for 768 Districts & their respective D.H.Q. (District Head Quarter) towns?
A - The Indian geography has historically been measured by " Districts". Today, it is politically managed by States & U.T.s ( Union Territories) but the unit of measurement ( Census baseline) continues to focus on the District, for over 150 years now. " All India" thus is a sum of the district parts i.e. sum of 768 districts currently ( which were 640 districts only, when the last Census took place in 2011). Contrary to popular perception, most data being reported at a State & U.T. level, is not being aggregated from underlying data at an urban (towns) & rural(villages) level. India has approx. 9000 towns & 600000 villages, segregated into 768 districts, each with its respective DHQ (District Head Quarter) town. Except for the largest 20 towns ( Metropolitan agglomerations) where some detailed data is gathered by the Central Government census, only basic demographic details are available for India's cities. Detailed survey results of the District are the most important data points, used to model & estimate the City & State level information in India. The 768 DHQ ( District Head Quarter) towns & 8 Union Territories, are the important Urban metrics available in India, for comparative analysis. Big data of a big & diverse country.

Q - Does Prarang do surveys to collect data ? How does Prarang have such granular district level details which no private or public data source offers ?
A - Prarang does not do surveys to collect data. We mostly use Public sources of data - both government census, surveys, reports and private surveys whose results are available in news media & public websites. We follow a three-fold Indian logic ( Tarkashastra) method of information/data classification - We collect Pramana ( Evidence based i.e. Census, Reliable Surveys etc) data & then do Anumana ( Estimation modelling ) to Geo tag fill data in the residual Districts/DHQ (District HQ), to ensure data completion for "All India". We then do Upamana ( comparison) i.e. rank all districts/DHQs for a relative comparison. For each data field, the Samana ( Country Average) is calculated to again rank all districts/DHQs on Rank Above or Rank Below the Samana/Average. All our data sources, and our estimation modeling methods are transparently shared on each data field title , and can be accessed by clicking on the "i" icon.

Q - What data does Prarang offer for free & what do we have to pay for ? How do we pay & will an invoice with GST details be available on payment ?
A - All Upamana ( comparison ranks of India locations) is available for free. Currently, ranks for each of the 768 India districts/DHQs ,in over 350+ data fields , are available on Prarang Analytics. There are 3 India Analytic products ( India Market Planner, India Ad Planner & India Development Planner) with respective Standard data-field available for free comparison & free sharing, for a limited period of time. But one can optionally add any of the additional data fields ( absolute data) & juxtapose them for download against the standard data-fields, for a charge. Depending on how many Cities/Districts & how many optional data-fields are selected, your cart will reflect the total amount required to be paid. Payment can be done using the payment gateway, in the final step. An invoice with GST details will be auto-generated on successful payment.

Q - Does Prarang take responsibility for the absolute data fields which we buy from it, along with the calculation of the associated ranks ?
A - Prarang does not do any surveys. It does data modelling & estimations on the basis of the third- party census & surveys, already in the public domain. It also shares the source of the data it uses. Users need to make their own judgement of how, for what purpose & when they use the data which they download from this Prarang website.

Q - What is the frequency of data update on various data-fields of Prarang analytics ?
A - We are continuously on the lookout for market announcements of new surveys & new data. You can expect important government survey results to be live on our website, within 30 to 45 days after appearing in press/media. We model on spreadsheets & update our SQL databases, after data validation. Many government sources are following a regular frequency (Eg. RBI (Reserve Bank of India) data, TRAI (Telecom Regulatory Authority of India) etc) however, many other data-fields including GDP by State & Crime Rates by State, are not being reported at a regular frequency.