| Voice of Solan : Bhargawa
Solan District
Area, Population & Sex Ratio
Geographical Area : 1936.0 Km2
Population in Solan (Census 2011)
Total Population
Total : 5,76,670
Male : 3,06,162
Female : 2,70,508
Under 6 population
Total : 66349
Male : 34948
Female : 31401
Disabled population
Total disabled population : 11563
In seeing : 4372
In speech : 830
In hearing : 855
In movement : 4138
Mental : 1368
Rank ( VoiceOfBharat.org Analysis
)
Backwardness : Does not figure in list of 447 backward
districts
Sex Ratio Rank : 45
(Rank one is least sex ratio - Cenus 2001)
HIV Category District : D
(HIV Sentinel Surveillance 2004 -2006)
Disability : 499 (Census 2001)
Literacy Ratio : 95 (Census 2001)
Minority : Does not figure in MCD
Brief About Solan District
Blessed with a pleasant climate all the year round.
Solan has an old brewery and a sprawling horticulture and forestry
university. HPTDC hotel and restaurant are available.
GENERAL INFORMATION
| ALTITUDE |
1350 meters |
| POPULATION |
21,867 |
| TEMPERATURE |
Max. 35°C Min. - 2°C |
CLOTHING: Cotton clothes in Summer and light woolen to woolen
in winter.
LANGUAGE: Hindi, Punjabi, English are understood
and spoken by the people engaged in tourism trade.
APPROACH
RAIL: The nearest broad gauge railway station
is at Kalka and nearest narrow gauge railway station is at Solan,
which are connected by regular bus services.
ROAD: Solan is approachable by road from Shimla and Chandigarh.
WHAT TO SEE
1. KASAULI: 77 k.m. from Shimla and 35 k.m.
from Kalka, at 1927 metres is a quaint little town that seems to
exists in a time wrap in an era that reminds one of the 19th century.
Its colonial ambience is reinforced by cobbled paths, quaint shops,
gabled houses with charming facades and scores of neat little gardens
and orchards. Kasauli is surrounded by a mixed forest of chir-pine,
Himalyan oak and huge horse-chestnuts. Its narrow roadslither up
and down the hillsides and offer some magnificent vistas. You can
get vantage views from Monkey Point, 4 k.m. from the bus stand.
HPTDC hotel available.
2. BAROG: Barog once just a stop over on
the Kalka-Shimla highway, this town has grown to be a destination
in itself. Surrounded by pine forests, it presents a fascinating
view of the Churdhar Peak, which poetically translates into 'Mountain
of the Silver Bangle'. HPTDC runs hotel Pinewood here.
3. CHAIL: 43 k.m. from Shimla and with a
lush green setting, this was the former 'summer capital' of the
Patiala state. At 2250 metres it has the world's highest cricket
pitch and a polo ground, the old palace, now a hotel, and the possibility
of some angling are added attractions.
4. PARWANOO: This fast spreading town welcomes
the traveler to Himachal as one enters the state from Kalka. There
is an HPTDC tourist information office. Hotel Shivalik and restaurant
is located here.
5. KIARIGHAT: A little short of Shimla,
Kiarighat was once a Dak bunglow. Now HPTDC runs a Tourist inn here.
6. DARLAGHAT: Situated on the Shimla-Bilaspur-Manali
state highway. HPTDC runs Hotel Bhagal here.
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