Monday, 4 May 2015

List of districts of Himachal Pradesh

Himachal Pradesh is divided into 12 districts namely,
Kangra,
Hamirpur,
Mandi,
Bilaspur,
Una,
Chamba,
Lahaul and Spiti,
Sirmaur,
Kinnaur,
Kullu,
Solan
Shimla.
The state capital is Shimla, which was formerly British India's summer capital under the name Simla.

A district of Himachal Pradesh is an administrative geographical unit, 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 a number of officers belonging to Himachal Administrative Service and other Himachal state services. Each district is subdivided into Sub-Divisions, governed by a sub-divisional magistrate, and again into Blocks. Blocks consists of panchayats (village councils) and town municipalities. 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 of the district. He is assisted by the officers of the Himachal Police Service and other Himachal Police officials.

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