Sirmaur is the southernmost district of

Himachal Pradesh Himachal Pradesh (; ; "Snow-laden Mountain Province") is a state in the northern part of India. Situated in the Western Himalayas, it is one of the thirteen mountain states and is characterized by an extreme landscape featuring several peaks ...

, northern India. It is largely mountainous and rural, with 90% of its population living in villages. Some of its towns include the capital

Nahan Nahan is a town in Himachal Pradesh in India and is the headquarters of the Sirmaur District It was the capital of the former Sirmur princely state.Nahan is also known as the Town of ponds. Geography Nahan is located at . It has a ...

, Tuheri, Bhawan, Shamra, UchaTikker and Suketi, the latter known for Shivalik Fossil Park.

Geography

There are seven

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s in this district:

, Renuka, Kamrau,

Shillai Shillai is a town in the Sirmaur District of Himachal Pradesh in Northern India. Shillai is located on a south east-facing hill at an elevation of 1,900 metres. The hill is called ''shillai dhar'', and is 2,100 meters high. Geography Shilla ...

, Rajgarh, Pachhad, and

Paonta Sahib Paonta Sahib is an industrial town of Himachal Pradesh in India. It is located in the south of Sirmaur district, on National Highway 72 ( New NH 7). Paonta Sahib is an important place of worship for Sikhs, hosting a large Gurdwara named Gurudw ...

. The

Giri River Giri River is a tributary of the Yamuna river that flows in the state of Himachal Pradesh in India.2011 Census of India The 2011 Census of India or the 15th Indian Census was conducted in two phases, house listing and population enumeration. The House listing phase began on 1 April 2010 and involved the collection of information about all buildings. Information ...

, Sirmaur district has a

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of 529,855, which placed it 542nd in India (out of a total of 640). The district had a population density of . Its population growth rate over the decade 2001–2011 was 15.61%. Sirmaur had a

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of 915

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for every 1000 males, and a

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of 79.98%. 39% of the population of the district identified their first language as

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, 34% as Pahari, and 20% as Sirmauri. There were also speakers of Punjabi (3.9%), Nepali (0.94%),

Haryanvi Haryanvi ( ' or '), also known as Bangru, is an Indo-Aryan language spoken in the state of Haryana in India, and to a lesser extent in Delhi. Haryanvi is considered to be part of the dialect group of Western Hindi, which also includes Kharib ...

, (0.43%), and Tibetan (0.42%).

History

Politics

Notable people

* Yashwant Singh Parmar *

Mohit Chauhan Mohit Chauhan (born 11 March 1966) is an Indian playback singer, known for his work in Hindi films. He was a part of the Silk Route band. Chauhan has received two Filmfare Award for Best Male Playback Singer and three Zee Cine Award For Bes ...

* Rahul Verma Rajput * Siddharth Chauhan * The Great Khali * Rakesh Pandey

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