Himachal, explained.
With sources.
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It starts low.
Fields, the first ridges, the last of the plains. Everything above is about to rise.
Villages on slopes.
Deodar forest, apple orchards and homes stacked up the hillside. Keep climbing.
Then the air thins.
Past the tree line the land turns to rock, snow and cold desert. Then the ground opens out below you.
Twelve districts. One terrain.
Every explainer on this site belongs to a place on this map. Terrain is real elevation data.
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Chief ministers
Who has run Himachal, and for how long. Scroll from 1952 to today.
Scroll the yearsRain shadow atlas
Same state, very different rain. Drag a cloud from Dharamshala to Spiti.
Drag the cloudOne Drop
Follow one drop of snow from a ridge near Kunzum La down the Spiti and Sutlej to Nangal, 480 km.
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What is happening, and where the numbers come from.
- AS OF 9 Oct 2026
The apple that is shrinking
The 2026 crop is estimated at 4.36 lakh tonnes, down from 6.99.
Read the data → - AS OF 21 Mar 2026
Where each rupee goes
88% of revenue receipts are already committed.
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