Baddi
Baddi is an industrial town and Nagar parishad in the southwestern Solan district of Himachal Pradesh, India. The town lies on the border of Himachal Pradesh and Haryana states in the Shivalik Hills, around 35 kilometres west of Solan town. Languages spoken in this area are Hindi,Punjabi. Geography. Baddi's geographic coordinates are . The town is situated at an average elevation of 426 metres (1397 ft). Demographics. According to the 2011 Census of India, Baddi town had a population of 29,911 with 19,332 males and 10,579 females. There were 3,883 children below the age of six years. The  sex ratio and child sex ratio of the town stood at 547 and 831 respectively. The literacy rate was 86.33%, higher than the state average of 82.80%. Economy. Baddi is home to many pharmaceutical companies, with manufacturing plants and R&D hubs. Baddi is Asia's biggest pharmaceuticals hub, home to some of the largest pharmaceutical companies, including Cipla, Dr. Reddy's Laboratories, Cadila Healthcare, Torrent Pharmaceuticals, Abbott Laboratories, Ranbaxy Laboratories, and Manjushree Technopack. Baddi houses a total of 3,120 manufacturing plants belonging to leading pharma, FMCG and textile companies among others, which generate an annual turnover of INR 600 billion . Baddi employs one-third of all the persons engaged in Himachal's medium and large industries. In terms of revenue, the town contributes half of the state's total revenues generated from industries. In April 2019, the Department of Commerce undertook inauguration of Engineering Exports Promotion Council office in Nalagarh, inaugurated by Mr. Prashant Deshta, Sub Divisional Magistrate (SDM), Nalagarh, to promote International Export from the region. Education. Educational institutes in and nearby Baddi are: Transportation Baddi Nalagarh Brotiwala tuck union is India's largest union of trucks and Asia's largest unions .there are more than four thousand trucks . There is still no railway line in this area so it boust it truck unions more