However, it was declared a fullfledged state on 25.1.71 with 12 districts. It is larger in area than Punjab, Haryana and Kerala. It is located in the north-west of India in the lap of Himalaya. In the east it has borders with Tibet. It has an elevation from 450 to 6800 mts.
Southern region is warm in summer and the northern is extremly cold with heavy snow.
It is located in the North West in India right in the lap of Great Himalayas Ranges. In the North border is Jammu and Kashmir, Punjab and Haryana in the South Utter Pradesh in the South East and East side is bordered by Tibet. Its highest point is Kinnuar and Lahaul Spiti. It can be divided into two parts Southern and Northern Himachal. The southern Himachal also known as lower Himachal IA as hot as plain areas where as upper is Northern Himachal less hot in Summer and extreme cold and heavy snow in Winter.