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Districts of Himachal Pradesh

Districts of Himachal Pradesh
The district of Himachal Pradesh is an administrative geographical unit that is headed by the Deputy Commissioner or District Magistrate. The district magistrate or the deputy commissioner is assisted by a number of officers belonging to Himachal Administrative Service and other Himachal state services. The Superintendent of Police is entrusted with the responsibility of maintaining law and order. Himachal Pradesh is divided into 12 districts. These are Kangra,Hamirpur,Mandi,Bilaspur,Una,Chamba,Lahul and Spiti,Sirmaur,Kinnaur,Kullu,Solan and Shimla.

Transport of Himachal Pradesh
Himachal Pradesh is connected to other parts of the state by means of Road, Rail and Air.

Road: The total length of the road is 21,935km. Himachal Pradesh has 8 national highways with a length of 1, 279km. During the winter and monsoon seasons some of the roads get closed. Bus services connect Shimla with Chandigarh, Kullu, Manali, Delhi, Mandi, Pathankot, Amble, Chail and Dehradun. Most of the important places of Himachal Pradesh are well connected with the roadways. Eight national highways (NH) pass through the state with a total length of 1235 km.
The major local transport available here are the local taxis. Hamirpur district has got the highest road density in the country.

Rail: Himachal Pradesh is not very well connected by railways. Himachal has two narrow gauge rail tracks. The Kalka-Shimla Railway track has a length of 96 kilometers. It passes through 102 tunnels and crosses 864 bridges The Pathankot-Jogindernagar line is the longest railway line connecting Punjab with Himachal Pradesh. The other railway tracks pass through Shimla, Solan and Una.

Air: The state has 3 airports at Bhuntar, Jubbarhatti and Gaggal. The air routes connect the state with Delhi and Chandigarh. There are no international airports in Himachal Pradesh.There are 35 helicopters that are available for operation in the State.

Flora and Fauna of Himachal Pradesh
68% of the land area of Himachal Pradesh is covered with forests. The southern areas are filled with flora as sal, sisham, chir pine. The temperate region are filled with oaks, deodar, blue pine, fir and spruce. The regional vegetation are alders, birches, rhododendrons and moist alpine scrubs. There are attractive meadows and pastures all over Himachal Pradesh. After the winter, the hill sides are filled with attractive wild flowers. The flowers that are cultivated here are gladiolas, carnations, marigolds, roses, chrysanthemums, tulips and lilies. With all the flowers Himachal Pradesh is blooming with heavenly beauty. The Government is trying to make Himachal Pradesh the flower basket of the world.

Himachal Pradesh abounds with animals. The animals found here are leopards, ghoral, musk deer and monal. The state animal is the musk deer and the state bird is monal. The important parks are the Great Himalayan National Park , Pin Valley National Park. The sanctuaries of Himachal are Simbalbara Sanctuary, Churdahar Sanctuary, Renuka Sanctuary, Maha Rana Pratap Sagar Sanctuary and the Chail Sanctuary.

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