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Himachal Pradesh districts

Himachal Pradesh

Solan

5,80,320
people at the 2011 Census · 3.09 L male, 2.72 L female

Population

Population
5.80 LIndia 121.09 Cr
Urban %
17.60%India 31.14%

Literacy

Literacy
83.68%India 72.98%
Male Lit.
89.56%India 80.88%
Female Lit.
76.97%India 64.63%
Lit. Gap
12.59 ppIndia 16.25 pp

Society

Sex Ratio
880 / 1000India 943 / 1000
Child Sex Ratio
899 / 1000India 918 / 1000
Under 7
11.74%India 13.59%
SC %
28.35%India 16.63%
ST %
4.42%India 8.63%
Household
4.74India 4.85

Work

Workers
51.48%India 39.80%
Female Work
40.04%India 25.52%
Main Workers
73.39%India 75.24%
Non-Workers
48.52%India 60.20%

Population density, land area and decadal growth are not published in the Primary Census Abstract and so are unavailable at district level. See Methodology.

Solan in context

With 5,80,320 people at the 2011 Census, Solan was the 531st most populous of India's 640 districts and the 4th most populous of Himachal Pradesh's 12. That is 8.5% of everyone living in Himachal Pradesh at the time.

Literacy stood at 83.68%, 10.7 points above the national 72.98% — 0.9 points above the Himachal Pradesh average. That ranked it 97th of 640 districts nationally. The gap between male and female literacy was 12.6 points, 3.7 points below the national gap of 16.3.

The sex ratio was 880 women per 1,000 men (92 below the Himachal Pradesh figure of 972). Among children aged 0–6 the ratio was 899, 19 below the national 918.

Solan contained 8 towns. The largest was Solan (M Cl), with 39,256 people. That put 17.6% of the district in urban areas, 7.6 points above the Himachal Pradesh share of 10.0%.

Towns in Solan

Solan has 8 census towns. The largest are listed below.

Largest towns in Solan by 2011 Census population.
TownPopulationLiteracySex ratio
Solan (M Cl)39,25693.02%853 / 1000
Baddi (M Cl)25,63988.94%519 / 1000
Nalagarh (M Cl)10,70890.03%866 / 1000
Parwanoo (M Cl)8,75888.43%703 / 1000
Kasauli (CB)3,88591.23%780 / 1000
Sabathu (CB)3,68593.56%754 / 1000
Arki (NP)3,04094.90%984 / 1000
Dagshai (CB)2,90492.66%609 / 1000