List of districts of Himachal Pradesh

A district of Himachal Pradesh is an administrative geographical unit.

Administration

Revenue department is headed by a Deputy Commissioner or District Magistrate, an officer belonging to the Indian Administrative Service. The district magistrate or the deputy commissioner is assisted by officers belonging to Himachal Administrative Service and other state services.

Law

A District Judge serves as the head of the Judiciary of the district. Courts subordinate to him include those of the Civil Judges, Senior Civil Judges, and Judicial Magistrates.

A Superintendent of Police, an officer belonging to the Indian Police Service is entrusted with the responsibility of maintaining law and order and related issues. He/she is assisted by the local police officials.

Forests

A Deputy Conservator of Forests, an officer belonging to the Indian Forest Service is responsible for managing the Forests, environment and wild-life related issues of the district. He/she is assisted by the officers of the Himachal Forest Service, other Himachal Forest officials and Himachal Wild-Life officials.

Other areas

Sectoral development is looked after by the district head of each development department such as PWD, Health, Education, Agriculture, Animal husbandry, etc. These officers belong to the various State Services.

Districts

S. No.	District	Area in km²	Population (2011)	Headquarters
1	Bilaspur	1,167	3,82,056	Bilaspur
2	Chamba	6,528	5,15,844	Chamba
3	Hamirpur	1,118	4,54,293	Hamirpur
4	Kangra	5,739	15,07,223	Dharamsala
5	Kinnaur	6,401	84,298	Reckong Peo
6	Kullu	5,503	4,37,474	Kullu
7	Lahaul and Spiti	13,835	31,528	Keylong
8	Mandi	3,950	9,99,518	Mandi
9	Shimla	5,131	8,13,384	Shimla
10	Sirmaur	2,825	5,30,164	Nahan
11	Solan	1,936	5,76,670	Solan
12	Una	1,540	5,21,057	Una