Table 1.

Socioeconomic characteristics of Solan and Bilaspur (figure in parenthesis represents percentage of the total) (Census of India 2011)

	Bilaspur	Solan
Population	381 956	580 320
Religion
Hindu	371 973 (97.39)	548 579 (94.53)
Muslim	6984 (1.83)	14 678 (2.53)
Other religions	2999 (0.79)	17 063 (2.94)
Occupation
Cultivators	127 169 (33.29)	141 267 (24.34)
Agricultural laborers	4138 (1.08)	10 283 (1.77)
Household industry	2561 (0.67)	4969 (0.86)
Other livelihoods (government employee/private industry employee/self-employed)	72 003 (18.85)	142 218 (24.51)