GROUND WATER YEAR BOOK HIMACHAL PRADESH 2014-2015
Category |
Year Book |
State |
Himachal Pradesh
|
District |
Bilaspur Chamba Hamirpur Kangra Kinnaur Kullu Lahul And Spiti Mandi Shimla Sirmaur Solan Una |
Block |
Amb Anni Badoh Baijnath Balh Bali Chowki Bamson Bangana Banjar Basantpur Bathri Bharmour Bhattiyat Bhawarna Bhoranj Bhunter Bijhri Bilaspur Sadar Chamba Chauhara Chauntra Chaupal Churag Dadahu Dadasiba Darlaghat Dehra Gopipur Dhanotu Dharampur Dharamshala Dharmpur Drang Fatehpur Gagret Ghumarwin Gohar Gopalpur Hamirpur Haroli Indora Jhandutta Jubbal Jwali Kalpa Kandaghat Kangra Karsog Khundiya Koti Kotkhai Kullu Kunihar Kupvi Lahul Lambagaon Mandi Sadar Mashobra Mehla Nadaun Naggar Nagrota Bagwan Nagrota Surian Nahan Nalagarh Nankhari Narkanda Nichar Nihri Nirmand Nurpur Pachhad Palampur Panchrukhi Pangi Paonta Sahib Patta Pooh Pragpur Rait Rajgarh Ram Shahar Rampur Rohru Saluni Sangrah Seraj Shillai Shree Naina Devi Solan Spiti Sulah Sundarnagar Theog Tilordhar Tira Sujanpur Tisa Totu Udaipur Una |
Year of Issue |
2016 |
Number of Authors |
1 |
Name of Authors |
Rachna Bhatti |
Keywords |
CGWB, Year Book, Himachal Pradesh, Groundwater, Hydrogeology, Ground Water Scenario, Depth to Water Level, Fluctuation, Water Quality |
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Himachal Pradesh is located between the north latitude 30o
22’40” 33o
12’40” and east longitude
75o
47’55” 79o
04’20”. It falls in Survey of India topographic sheets Nos. 52D, 52H, 52L, 53A,
53B, 53F, 53E and 53I and covers an area of 55,673 sq km. It is one of the predominantly hilly states
in India, which lies in the western Himalayas. The length of Himachal Pradesh is about 355 km i.e.
from northwestern part of Chamba to southeastern part of Kinnaur. The breadth of the state is about
270 km i.e. from western part of Una to northeast part of Lahaul and Spiti disrtict. The state is
bounded by the state of Jammu Kashmir in north, Punjab state in west, Haryana state in south and
Uttrakhand state in southeast and shares an international border with China (Tibet) in northeast.
Administratively, the state is divided in 12 districts, 76 tehsils, 34 sub-tehsils and 75 blocks. There
are 20,118 villages, 3,037 Gram Panchayats, 57 towns, 28 Nagar Panchayats and 21 Nagar Parishads
including Municipal Corporations. Lahaul Spiti is the largest and Hamirpur is the smallest district
of the state with geographical area of 12,835 and 1,118 sq km respectively.