District Sirmaur is located in outer Himalayas which is commonly known as Shivalik range.This district is bounded by district Shimla in North Uttar Pradesh in East, Haryana in South and Distt. Solan in North-West. Like other parts of Himachal Pradesh , it has beautiful landscapes, bracing climate, big and small game and legendry temples which hold abiding attraction for the tourists. To See detail of tourist places and temples click here.
The river Giri is the biggest river in the district which originates from Kotkhai/Jubbal Tehsil of Shimla district and flows down in the south-east direction. It ultimately joins the river Yamuna near Paonta Sahib. Lot of tributaries join this river in its long course, most important of them being Jalal river which originates from Dharthi range near Pachhad and joins the Giri River at Dadahu from the right side. The river Giri is very useful as it a big source of livelihood fishermen in this district. Another important river which forms the eastern border of the Sirmour district is the river Tons.
In this District, there are three Administrative Sub Divisions,six tehsils, four sub tehsils, six community development blocks, two municipal committees and one notified area committee. Out of 228 panchayats in this district, 26 are backward declared panchayats. Census villages are 984. The total number of patwar circle is 126. In this District there are one head post 15 sub post offices and 126 branch post offices. Commercial banks have 49 branches. The total number of Cooperative banks and Land dev. banks are 15 and 2 respectively. The total length of roads is 2146 kms.out of which 1605 kms is jeepable . The road density is 75.96 kms. per 100 sq. km. and 5.65 kms. per 1000 population. Presently,245 fair price shops are functioning in this district.
