This is a list of urban agglomerations, cities and towns as per 2011 census in the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh. Dharamshala, Solan, Palampur, and Mandi became municipal corporations after 2011 census hence their area has been expanded resulting in a change of population, which has been updated as recent one.[1]
| 2011 Rank | 2023 Rank | Name | Status | District | Population | |||
| Census | Census | Census | Estimate (including outgrowth) | |||||
| 1991 | 2001 | 2011 | 2024 | |||||
| 1 | 1 | Shimla | Municipal Corporation | Shimla | 102,186 | 142,555 | 169,578 | ≈2,60,000[2] |
| 2 | 2 | Dharamsala | Municipal Corporation | Kangra | 17,493 | 19,124 | 53,543 | ≈1,00,000 |
| 3 | 3 | Solan | Municipal Corporation | Solan | 21,751 | 34,206 | 47,418 | ≈77,000 |
| 4 | 6 | Mandi | Municipal Corporation | Mandi | 23,202 | 26,873 | 41,348 | ≈70,000 |
| 5 | 4 | Palampur | Municipal Corporation | Kangra | 3,638+ outgrowth | 4,006+ outgrowth | 40,385 | ≈75,000 |
| 6 | 5 | Baddi | Municipal Council | Solan | 22,601 | 29,911 | ≈72,000 | |
| 7 | 7 | Nahan | Municipal Council | Sirmaur | 21,878 | 26,053 | 28,899 | ≈40,000 |
| 8 | 8 | Paonta Sahib | Municipal Council | Sirmaur | 13,207 | 19,090 | 25,183 | ≈40,000 |
| 9 | 9 | Sundarnagar | Municipal Council | Mandi | 20,397 | 23,986 | 24,344 | ≈40,000 |
| 10 | 12 | Chamba | Municipal Council | Chamba | 17,194 | 20,327 | 19,933 | ≈30,000 |
| 11 | 10 | Una | Municipal Council | Una | 12,001 | 15,900 | 18,722 | ≈40,000 |
| 12 | 11 | Kullu | Municipal Council | Kullu | 14,569 | 18,306 | 18,536 | ≈40,000 |
| 13 | 13 | Hamirpur | Municipal Council | Hamirpur | 12,544 | 17,252 | 17,604 | ≈30,000 |
| 14 | 14 | Bilaspur | Municipal Council | Bilaspur | 10,609 | 13,058 | 13,654 | ≈30,000 |
| 15 | 25 | Yol Cantonment | Cantonment (Board) | Kangra | 9,310 | 10,775 | 12,028 | ≈13,000 |
| 16 | 15 | Nalagarh | Municipal Council | Solan | 7,448 | 9,443 | 10,708 | ≈30,000 |
| 17 | 17 | Nurpur | Municipal Council | Kangra | 7,961 | 9,066 | 9,807 | ≈20,000 |
| 18 | 18 | Kangra | Municipal Council | Kangra | 9,019 | 9,156 | 9,528 | ≈20,000 |
| 19 | 19 | Baijnath Paprola | Nagar Panchayat | Kangra | ≈20,000 | |||
| 20 | 21 | Santokhgarh | Nagar Panchayat | Una | 6,848 | 8,308 | 9,363 | ≈15,000 |
| 21 | 22 | Mehatpur Basdehra | Nagar Panchayat | Una | 6,417 | 8,681 | 9,218 | ≈15,000 |
| 22 | 27 | Shamshi | Census Town | Kullu | ... | 8,038 | 8,870 | ≈10,000 |
| 23 | 23 | Parwanoo | Municipal Council | Solan | 5,856 | 8,609 | 8,758 | ≈15,000 |
| 24 | 16 | Manali | Municipal Council | Kullu | 2,433 | 6,265 | 8,096 | ≈30,000 |
| 25 | 26 | Tira Sujanpur | Municipal Council | Hamirpur | 5,477 | 7,077 | 7,943 | ≈12,000 |
| 26 | 28 | Ghumarwin | Municipal Council | Bilaspur | 3,708 | 5,721 | 7,899 | ≈12,000 |
| 27 | 29 | Dalhousie | Municipal Council | Chamba | 6,855 | 7,425 | 7,051 | ≈10,000 |
| 28 | 30 | Rohru | Municipal Council | Shimla | 3,366 | 6,607 | 6,875 | ≈10,000 |
| 29 | 24 | Nagrota Bagwan | Municipal Council | Kangra | 4,503 | 5,657 | 5,900 | ≈15,000 |
| 30 | 31 | Rampur | Municipal Council | Shimla | 4,342 | 5,653 | 5,655 | ≈10,000 |
| 31 | 32 | Jawalamukhi | Nagar Panchayat | Kangra | 4,047 | 4,931 | 5,361 | ≈10,000 |
| 32 | 20 | Jogindernagar | Municipal Council | Mandi | 4,513 | 5,048 | 5,335 | ≈20,000 |
| 33 | 33 | Dera Gopipur | Municipal Council | Kangra | 3,378 | 4,336 | 4,816 | ≈10,000 |
| 34 | 34 | Sarkaghat | Nagar Panchayat | Mandi | 3,093 | 3,706 | 4,715 | ≈10,000 |
| 35 | Jhakhri | Census Town | Shimla... | ... | 4,655 | |||
| 36 | Indora | Census Town | Kangra | ... | 4,201 | 4,534 | ||
| 37 | Bhuntar | Nagar Panchayat | Kullu | 2,972 | 4,260 | 4,475 | ||
| 38 | Nadaun | Nagar Panchayat | Hamirpur | 3,379 | 4,405 | 4,430 | ||
| 39 | Theog | Municipal Council | Shimla | 2,757 | 3,754 | 4,353 | ||
| 40 | Kasauli Cantonment | Cantonment (Board) | Solan | 4,385 | 4,990 | 3,885 | ||
| 41 | Gagret | Nagar Panchayat | Una | 4,258 | 3,181 | 3,847 | ||
| 42 | Chuari Khas | Nagar Panchayat | Chamba | 2,107 | 3,016 | 3,770 | ||
| 43 | Daulatpur | Nagar Panchayat | Una | 2,748 | 3,354 | 3,763 | ||
| 44 | Sabathu Cantonment | Cantonment (Board) | Solan | 3,700 | 5,719 | 3,685 | ||
| 45 | Dalhousie Cantonment | Cantonment (Board) | Chamba | 1,744 | 1,964 | 3,549 | ||
| 46 | Rajgarh | Nagar Panchayat | Sirmaur | 1,780 | 2,527 | 3,083 | ||
| 47 | Arki | Nagar Panchayat | Solan | 1,976 | 2,877 | 3,040 | ||
| 48 | Dagshai Cantonment | Cantonment (Board) | Solan | 2,163 | 2,750 | 2,904 | ||
| 49 | Seoni | Nagar Panchayat | Shimla | 1,271 | 1,529 | 2,591 | ||
| 50 | Talai | Nagar Panchayat | Bilaspur | 1,550 | 2,011 | 2,372 | ||
| 51 | Jutogh Cantonment | Cantonment (Board) | Shimla | 5,827 | 2,420 | 2,062 | ||
| 52 | Chaupal | Nagar Panchayat | Shimla | 1,074 | 1,507 | 1,851 | ||
| 53 | Rewalsar | Nagar Panchayat | Mandi | 1,045 | 1,369 | 1,821 | ||
| 54 | Bakloh Cantonment | Cantonment (Board) | Chamba | 1,989 | 1,810 | 1,805 | ||
| 55 | Jubbal | Nagar Panchayat | Shimla | 1,379 | 1,346 | 1,640 | ||
| 56 | Bhota | Nagar Panchayat | Hamirpur | 1,286 | 1,472 | 1,453 | ||
| 57 | Banjar | Nagar Panchayat | Kullu | 1,037 | 1,262 | 1,414 | ||
| 58 | Naina Devi | Municipal Council | Bilaspur | 868 | 1,161 | 1,204 | ||
| 59 | Kotkhai | Nagar Panchayat | Shimla | 896 | 1,149 | 1,190 | ||
| 60 | Narkanda | Nagar Panchayat | Shimla | 687 | 713 | 901 | ||
Most of the cities and towns appear to have larger population than the above mentioned figures due to rapid outgrowth in the recent years. For example, Baddi has emerged as one of the largest cities considering rapid industrialisation and urbanisation in the past decade. While, its official figures state its population to be around 29,911 as per 2011; the actual urban agglomerations population is around 100,000 since official figure takes into account only the notified part of the city as urban population. Apparently, urban agglomerations have significantly more population than the official figure. This holds true for most of the cities and town listed here when population of suburbs of respective city or town is added.