Editing Himachal Pradesh (section)

=== Population ===
{{Historical populations
|title       = Population Growth
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|source      = [[Census of India]]<ref>{{cite web |publisher=Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India |title=A-2 Decadal Variation In Population Since 1901 |url=https://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/PCA/A2_Data_Table.html |access-date=13 February 2022 |archive-date=10 October 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211010234955/https://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/PCA/A2_Data_Table.html |url-status=dead}}</ref>
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|1901 | 1,920,294
|1911 | 1,896,944
|1921 | 1,928,206
|1931 | 2,029,113
|1941 | 2,263,245
|1951 | 2,385,981
|1961 | 2,812,463
|1971 | 3,460,434
|1981 | 4,280,818
|1991 | 5,170,877
|2001 | 6,077,900
|2011 | 6,864,602
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Himachal Pradesh has a total population of 6,864,602 including 3,481,873 males and 3,382,729 females according to the Census of India 2011. It has only 0.57 per cent of India's total population, recording a growth of 12.81 per cent.<ref name="HPOP">{{cite web |url=http://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/censusinfodashboard/stock/profiles/en/IND002_Himachal%20Pradesh.pdf |title=Himachal Pradesh Profile |publisher=[[Census of India]]|access-date=27 May 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160327080259/http://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/censusinfodashboard/stock/profiles/en/IND002_Himachal%20Pradesh.pdf|archive-date=27 March 2016|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="POPS">{{cite web |url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/PCA/PCA_Highlights/pca_highlights_file/India/Chapter-1.pdf |title=Census 2011:Population size and Decadal change |publisher=Census of India |access-date=27 May 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160624015117/http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/PCA/PCA_Highlights/pca_highlights_file/India/Chapter-1.pdf |archive-date=24 June 2016 |url-status=live}}</ref> The child sex ratio increased from 896 in 2001 to 909 in 2011.<ref name="HP profile 2011"/> The total fertility rate (TFR) per woman in 2015 stood at 1.7, one of the lowest in India.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://indianexpress.com/article/india/himachal-pradesh-youth-status-report-sex-ratio-up-but-total-fertility-rate-declining-5013052/ |title=Himachal Pradesh Youth status report: Sex ratio up but total fertility rate declining |agency=Express News Service |newspaper=[[The Indian Express]] |date=5 January 2018|access-date=17 April 2018 |place=Shimla |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180418092812/http://indianexpress.com/article/india/himachal-pradesh-youth-status-report-sex-ratio-up-but-total-fertility-rate-declining-5013052/|archive-date=18 April 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>

The [[scheduled caste]]s and [[scheduled tribe]]s account for 25.19 per cent and 5.71 per cent of the population, respectively.<ref name="statabs">{{cite web |url=http://admis.hp.nic.in/himachal/economics/REPORTS/StatisticalAbstract_2015_16.pdf |title=Statistical Abstract Of Himachal Pradesh 2015–16: I – Area And Population- Table 1.17 And 1.18, XIII – Education- Table 13.07 |pages=35, 36, 87, 88 |publisher=Official site of [[Government of Himachal Pradesh]]|access-date=23 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171024102658/http://admis.hp.nic.in/himachal/economics/REPORTS/StatisticalAbstract_2015_16.pdf|archive-date=24 October 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref> The sex ratio stood at 972 females per 1,000 males, recording a marginal increase from 968 in 2001.<ref name="HP profile 2011"/> The main caste groups in Himachal Pradesh are [[Brahmin]]s, [[Rajputs]], [[Kanet]]s, Kulindas, Girths, [[Gurjar|Gurjars]], Raos, [[Koli people|Kolis]], Hollis, [[Chamar]]s, Drains, Rehars, Chanals, Lohars, Baris, Julahas, Dhakhis, Turis, and Batwals<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Jl0qdJYU3LgC&q=Girth |title=Himachal Pradesh, Development Report |isbn=9788171884452 |last1=Planning Commission |first1=India |year=2005|publisher=Academic Foundation }}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Minhas|first=Poonam|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_52-WyPfLG0C&dq=Himachal+Koli+population&pg=PA59 |title=Traditional Trade & Trading Centres in Himachal Pradesh: With Trade-routes and Trading Communities |date=1998|publisher=Indus Publishing|isbn=978-81-7387-080-4|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=divyahimachal |date=25 September 2017 |title=हां…मैं गुज्जर हूं |url=https://www.divyahimachal.com/2017/09/%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%88%E0%A4%82-%E0%A4%97%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%9C%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%B0-%E0%A4%B9%E0%A5%82%E0%A4%82/amp/ |access-date=1 March 2025 |website=Divya Himachal |language=en-US}}</ref>

[[File:Ved Prakash - Solang Valley 2014-05-10 2547.JPG|upright|left|thumb|A man in [[Kullu district|Kullu]], wearing a traditional [[Himachali cap]].]]
{| class="wikitable" style="float: right; width: 100px; margin: 0 0 1em 1em;"
|+ Literacy rates<ref name="lit Ind"/>
|-
! Year !! %
|-
| 1971 || 31.96
|-
| 1981 || 42.48
|-
| 1991 || 63.86
|-
| 2001 || 76.48
|-
| 2011 || 83.78
|}
In the census, the state is placed 21st on the population chart, followed by [[Tripura]] at 22nd place.<ref name="census 2011" /> [[Kangra District]] was top-ranked with a population strength of 1,507,223 (21.98%), [[Mandi District]] 999,518 (14.58%), [[Shimla District]] 813,384 (11.86%), [[Solan District]] 576,670 (8.41%), [[Sirmaur District]] 530,164 (7.73%), [[Una District]] 521,057 (7.60%), [[Chamba District]] 518,844 (7.57%), [[Hamirpur district, Himachal Pradesh|Hamirpur district]] 454,293 (6.63%), [[Kullu District]] 437,474 (6.38%), [[Bilaspur district, Himachal Pradesh|Bilaspur district]] 382,056 (5.57%), [[Kinnaur District]] 84,298 (1.23%) and [[Lahaul and Spiti district|Lahaul Spiti]] 31,528 (0.46%).<ref name="Dist">{{cite web |url=https://www.census2011.co.in/district.php |title=Indian Districts by Population, Sex Ratio, Literacy 2011 Census |publisher=Census 2011|access-date=16 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180411024643/http://census2011.co.in/district.php|archive-date=11 April 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref>

The [[life expectancy]] at birth in Himachal Pradesh increased significantly from 52.6 years in the period from 1970 to 1975 (above the national average of 49.7 years) to 72.0 years for the period 2011–15 (above the national average of 68.3 years).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/Vital_Statistics/SRS_Life_Table/SRS_11-15/3.Analysis_2011-15.pdf |title=ABRIDGED LIFE TABLES- 2011–15 |publisher=[[Census of India]]|access-date=16 April 2018 |page=6|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180219005237/http://www.censusindia.gov.in/Vital_Statistics/SRS_Life_Table/SRS_11-15/3.Analysis_2011-15.pdf|archive-date=19 February 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> The [[infant mortality rate]] stood at 40 in 2010, and the crude [[birth rate]] has declined from 37.3 in 1971 to 16.9 in 2010, below the national average of 26.5 in 1998. The crude [[death rate]] was 6.9 in 2010.<ref name=demoHDR>{{cite web |url=http://www.undp.org.in/media/HDRC/shdr/Himachal%20Pradesh/Himachal%20Pradesh.pdf |title=Highlights of Himachal Pradesh HDR (2002) |access-date=26 May 2007 |publisher=Government of Himachal Pradesh (2002), Himachal Pradesh Human Development Report 2002, Government of Himachal Pradesh |page=40 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070615002344/http://www.undp.org.in/media/HDRC/shdr/Himachal%20Pradesh/Himachal%20Pradesh.pdf |archive-date=15 June 2007|url-status=dead}}</ref> Himachal Pradesh's literacy rate has almost doubled between 1981 and 2011 (see table to right). The state is one of the [[List of Indian states and union territories by literacy rate|most literate states of India]] with a literacy rate of 83.78% as of 2011.<ref name="lit Ind"/>{{rp|114}}