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Average Rainfall 1469 mm
State Animal Musk Deer
State Bird Monal
Area 560154 sq km
Altitude between 350  meter to 6975 meter
Latitude:30o 22' 40" N to 33o 12' 40" N
Himachal Pradesh has one of the highest literacy rates in India. Hamirpur District is among the top districts in the country for literacy. Education rates among women are quite encouraging in the state.
education label 77.13 % Male 86.03% Female 68.08 %
terrain: mostly mountain cultivated valley forested slopes.
climate: temperature very from region to region touching 40c in valley in the summer and dropping to below -20c in winter on the heights . the average annual rainfall is between 152cm and 172 cm the alpine zone remain under snow for five to six month.
location: between 30 degrees 22 minutes and 30degres 12minuts north latitude and between 75 degrees latitude Bordered by the Indian states of Jammu and kashmir (north) Haryana (south) Panjab (west) and international border with Tibet (east)option.The State is bordered by Jammu & Kashmir on North, Punjab on West and South-West, Haryana on South, Uttar Pradesh on South-East and China on the East.
Popuation:The population of Himachal in 2001 stood at 6,077,248 as per the provisional results of the Census of India 2001. million Agriculture and horticulture support 70 percent of the population the average density is 93 person per sq km 63 per cent are literate and working population is 34 percent
Religion: Hindu also Buddhist Shikh Christian and Muslin
language : Hindi , Phari Hindi and several dialects Also English (town) and Punjabi
Mountain Ranges : Siwalik. Dhouladhar, Pir Panjal great HIMALAYAN RANGES and the Zanskar. several high passes and valley.