The Pakatikati mwa mapiri a Himalaya, Himachal Pradesh. Amatchedwanso "Dev Bhumi" kapena "Malo a Milungu ndi Amulungu", 'Boma la nyengo zonse', 'mbale ya Zipatso ku India', 'Apple State', 'Mountain State' ndi zina chifukwa chamitundu yambiri yomwe ikubwera komanso zapadera mtawuniyi. Shimla ndi likulu la Himachal Pradesh.
Ndilo dziko loyamba kumpoto malinga ndi malo, pambuyo pakusintha kwa Jammu ndi Kashmir kukhala gawo la Union. Boma liri ndi chikhalidwe cha kachisi, zojambulajambula za miyala, miyambo yolemera, kuyenda maulendo ndi zodabwitsa zachilengedwe, miyambo ndi machitidwe, ndi nsonga zodzaza ndi chipale chofewa za mapiri osiyanasiyana. Madera kapena mawonekedwe am'boma amakopa kwambiri pafupifupi mitundu yonse ya tsankho kuphatikiza zigwa, madzi oundana, mitsinje, mitsinje, mapiri, nkhalango, malo osungira nyama zakuthengo, malo achonde, zigwa. Zonsezi zimachititsa kuti m'derali mukhale zomera komanso zinyama zokongola kwambiri. Boma ndi amodzi mwa malo abwino kwambiri okaona alendo mdziko muno, omwe amapereka phindu la malo oyendera maulendo, aura yamtendere komanso masewera osangalatsa pamalo amodzi.
Boma makamaka latero 4 zigawo, Mandi, Chamba, Mahasu, and Sirmour. Kupanga gawo la boma kunali kosalekeza, ndikuphatikizana kosiyanasiyana ndikugawanikana ndi mayiko oyandikana nawo. Pomaliza, pa December 18, 1970, dziko latsopano la Himachal Pradesh linapangidwa.
Dera la boma liri pakati pa Shivalik, dera lamapiri. The wapamwamba kwambiri Pamwamba pa Himachal Pradesh ndi Reo Purgyil. Boma lili ndi mitsinje ingapo yosatha yokhala ndi chipale chofewa, komanso ndi magwero akuluakulu amadzi kapena njira zamoyo za boma. Mitsinje yofunikira ya boma ndi Sutlej, Chenab (Chandra-Bhaga), Ravi, ndi Beas. Masewera ena akuluakulu omwe amatha kuseweredwa m'derali ndi kukwera miyala, kukwera njinga zamapiri, paragliding, ice-skating, trekking, rafting, heli-skiing ndi ena. Boma limadziwika ndi kupanga maapulo abwino, abwino kwambiri ku India komanso akulu kwambiri. Minda ya zipatso ya maapulo imafalikira ku maekala osiyanasiyana a nthaka ndipo motero yakhalanso malo oyendera alendo. Boma lili ndi malo ambiri okwera mapiri motero amatchedwa malo a Himalayan.
Ena mwa malo okwerera mapiri odziwika padziko lonse lapansi ndi Shimla, Dharamshala, Dalhousie, Kullu, Manali, Chamba, etc. Mmodzi wa Byproducts kapena zapaderazi za dera ndi Pashmina Shawl ndizopadera za dera zomwe zimalola munthu kusangalala ndi nyengo yachisanu mosavuta. Amapangidwa ndi ubweya wa mbuzi ndipo amaphatikiza kutentha kosayerekezeka ndi mtundu uliwonse wa zovala kapena zovala zina.
Chilankhulo chachikulu chomwe chimalankhulidwa ndi Hindi and Pahari. Dharamshala ndi likulu lachisanu la boma. Zipembedzo za boma ndi Hinduism 95.19%, Muslim 2.18%, Christian 0.18, Sikh 1.16%, Buddhist 1.15%, Jainism 0.03%, Ena 0.13% malinga ndi kalembera wa 2011.