The human population of Indian Himalaya is 3,04,68,612, which is the heights among all mountain regions in the world. The number was reached during the 1991 census. Although this is a global statistics, there are extreme variations in the distribution of

DISTRICT DATABASES

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The District Database covers 78 districts of 12 Himalayan states. The data for Jammu & Kashmir state is not available for 1991 census. So, far calculating the regional deviation of individual states for the situation in the Indian Himalaya with respect to the percentage population of SC, ST, Literacy rate, workers (main & marginal), and non-workers, the data excludes Jammu & Kashmir state. For district level data the literacy rate presented is crude literacy rate, which includes population below 7 years age, whereas the data for the state represents literacy rate of 7 years and above population. The population density and sex ratio presented in the district as well as state level data are rounded off to their nearest integer values. The figure showing Rural (%), SC (%), ST (%), Literacy rate (%), Workers (%), and Non-workers (%) are derived from the total population of the respective districts.

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Arunachal Pradesh Assam Hills Himachal Pradesh

Jammu & Kashmir Manipur Meghalaya

Mizoram Nagaland Sikkim

Tripura Uttar Pradesh Hills West Bengal Hills

This page is part of ENVIS Monograph No. 2. In case you have any questions contact: Scientist In-charge, ENVironmental Information System on Himalayan Ecology, G.B.Pant Institute of Himalayan Environment and Development, Kosi-Katarmal, Almora 263 643, Uttaranchal, India.

Arunachal Pradesh	Assam Hills	Himachal Pradesh
Jammu & Kashmir	Manipur	Meghalaya
Mizoram	Nagaland	Sikkim
Tripura	Uttar Pradesh Hills	West Bengal Hills