List of hill stations in India


The hill stations are high-altitude towns for recreation, enjoyment and used as a place of refuge to escape the blistering heat in India during summer time. As India is a vast peninsular country with limited amounts of coastal area most of its towns and districts faces continental type of climate with summer being very hot so hill stations becomes an excellent spot to escape such hot and humid conditions as well as a place of enjoyment to spent quality time with your family and partner during summer break.
The Indian subcontinent has seven principal mountain ranges and the largest of all is the Himalayas that lies in the northern part of India. The famous peaks and ranges include the Kangchenjunga range in the Eastern Himalayas which frames the hill stations of Darjeeling and Gangtok as well as the Nanda Devi in Uttarakhand. The Shivalik range that also lies within the same region also has some famous hill stations that include Mussoorie, Drass, Dalhousie, Kullu, Shimla, Nainital and many more.
Most of the hill stations in India were developed by the British around a central mall to get respite from the oppressive summer heat. Many have picturesque lakes as their focal point, making them excellent places for boating activities.
Most of the hill stations in India are located in Jammu and Kashmir, Manipur, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Sikkim, West Bengal, Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland and Meghalaya in the Himalayas and in Gujarat, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Goa, Tamilnadu, and Kerala in Western ghats.

Some are located in Eastern ghat Tamilnadu, Andhra Pradesh, Odisha and West Bengal. Some of the hill stations in India are listed below by state.
Since a number of these hill stations attract large numbers of tourists in summer as well as other times of the year, they are well connected by rail, road and air services to major Indian cities.

History

Hill stations in India were established for a variety of reasons. After the revolt of 1857 the "British sought further distance from what they saw as a "disease-ridden" land by escape to the Himalayas in the north and Nilgiri Hills in the south", a pattern which started even before 1857. Other factors included anxieties about the dangers of life in India, among them "fear of degeneration brought on by too long residence in a debilitating land." The hill stations were meant to reproduce the home country, illustrated in Lord Lytton's statement about Ootacamund, in the 1870s, "such beautiful English rain, such delicious English mud." Shimla was officially made the "summer capital of India" in the 1860s and hill stations "served as vital centers of political and military power, especially after the 1857 revolt."
Dane Kennedy, following Monika Bührlein, identifies three stages in the evolution of hill stations in India: high refuge to hill station, and hill station to town. The first settlements started in the 1820s, primarily as sanitoria. In the 1840s and 1850s, there was a wave of new hill stations, with the main impetus being "places to rest and recuperate from the arduous life on the plains". In the second half of the 19th century, there was a period of consolidation with few new hill stations. In the final phase, "hill stations reached their zenith in the late nineteenth century. The political importance of the official stations was underscored by the inauguration of large and costly public-building projects."

Andhra Pradesh

PlaceDistrict
Araku ValleyVisakhapatnam
ChintapalleVisakhapatnam
Horsley HillsChittoor
LambasingiVisakhapatnam
PaderuVisakhapatnam
Papi HillsEast Godavari and West Godavari
Sri SailamKurnool
TirumalaChittoor
GuntaseemaVishakapatnam
SalurVizianagaram
MaredumilliEast Godavari
MothugudemKhammam and East Godavari
ChinturEast Godavari
RajavommangiEast Godavari
DoranalaPrakasam
GiddalurPrakasam
DonkarayiEast Godavari
SileruVishakapatnam
RampachodavaramEast Godavari
Cumbum hillsPrakasam
NekkantiPrakasam
ChinthalaPrakasam
ArdhaveeduPrakasam
PeddarutlaPrakasam
KilladaSrikakulam
SeedhiSrikakulam
GuddamVizianagaram
KuneruVizianagaram
ChaparaiEast Godavari
PolluruEast Godavari
PamuleruEast Godavari
MusuruEast Godavari
GurteduEast Godavari
KamavaramWest Godavari
KoruteruWest Godavari
KoidaWest Godavari
TekuruWest Godavari
DoramamidiWest Godavari
DengamVishakapatnam
DarakondaVishakapatnam
PaderuVishakapatnam
PanasaVishakapatnam
PitakotaVishakapatnam
KudumuluVishakapatnam
PeddavalasaVishakapatnam
BasulaVishakapatnam
TulamVishakapatnam
BakuruVishakapatnam
BorraVishakapatnam
GauthamVishakapatnam
VayyaVishakapatnam
SundipentaKurnool

Arunachal Pradesh

PlaceDistrict
AlongWest Siang
BomdilaWest Kameng
KhonsaTirap
RoingLower Dibang Valley
TawangTawang
ZiroLower Subansiri

Assam

PlaceDistrict
HaflongDima Hasao
HamrenWest Karbi Anglong
JatingaDima Hasao
MaibangDima Hasao
UmrangsoDima Hasao

Chhattisgarh

PlaceDistrict
Akash NagarDantewada
Amarkantak Lapha hillBilaspur
ChirmiriKoriya
MainpatSurguja

Gujarat

PlaceDistrict
AhwaDang
AwalaBanaskantha
BardipadaDang
ChikarDang
DediyapadaNarmada
GarviDang
GirnarJunagadh
JunarajNarmada
KapasiyaBanaskantha
KarazaBanaskantha
KhobaValsad
KoshmalDang
MahalDang
NilosiValsad
PalitanaBhavnagar
SaputaraDang
SubirDang
SutharpadaValsad
Wilson HillsValsad

Haryana

Himachal Pradesh

PlaceDistrict
BarogSolan
BarotMandi
ChailSolan
ChambaChamba
ChitkulKinnaur
DalhousieChamba
DharamshalaKangra
KalpaKinnaur
KasauliSolan
KhajjiarChamba
KufriShimla
KulluKullu
ManaliKullu
MashobraShimla
NarkandaShimla
PalampurKangra
Reckong PeoKinnaur
RohtangKullu
ShimlaShimla
TriundKangra
TattapaniMandi

Jammu and Kashmir

Kashmir regionJammu region
PlaceDistrictPlaceDistrict
AruAnantnagBhaderwahDoda
DoodhpathriBudgamLal DramanDoda
GulmargBaramullaPatnitopUdhampur
PahalgamAnantnagJantroon DharDoda
SonamargGanderbalLal DramanDoda
SrinagarSrinagarBhal PadriDoda
TosamaidanBudgamBimal NagKishtwar
YusmargBudgam

Jharkhand

PlaceDistrict
MeghahatuburuWest Singhbhum
NetarhatLatehar
PatratuRamgarh
McCluskieganjRanchi

Karnataka

PlaceDistrict
AgumbeShimoga
Baba BudangiriChikkamagaluru
Biligiriranga HillsChamarajanagar
ChikkamagaluruChikmagalur
CharmadiDakshina Kannada and Chikkamagaluru
DandeliUttara Kannada
DevimaneUttara Kannada
HulikalShimoga
JogShimoga
JogimattiChitradurga
JamalabadDakshina Kannada
KemmangundiChikkamagaluru
KodachadriShivamogga
KudremukhChikkamagaluru
KoppaChikkamagaluru
KushalnagarKodagu
MercaraKodagu
Male Mahadeshwara HillsChamarajanagara
MudigereChikkamagaluru
MullayanagiriChikkamagaluru
Nandi HillsChikkaballapur
PushpagiriDakshina Kannada, Hassan and Kodagu
SakleshpurHassan
SirsiUttara Kannada
SomwarpetKodagu
SkandagiriChikkaballapura
VirajpetKodagu

Kerala

PlaceDistrict
AchenkovilPathnamthitta
AgaliPalakkad
AgasthiyamalaiThiruvanathapuram
Ambanad HillsKollam
AmbalavayalWayanad
Arimbra Hills, MalappuramMalappuram
AnakkampoyilKozhikode
AnchuruliIdukki
AralamKannur
AnakkaraIdukki
AmbooriThiruvanathapuram
AryankavuKollam
AthirapallyThrissur
AyyampuzhaErnakulam
AyyankunnuWayanad
Banasura HillWayanad
Bison ValleyIdukki
BonacaudThiruvanathapuram
BrimoreThiruvanathapuram
ChadayamangalamKollam District
CharalkunnuPathanamthitta
ChathurangapparaIdukki
CheemeniKasargod
ChinnakanalIdukki
ChittarPathanamthitta
DevikulamIdukki
DharmathadkaKasargod
ElapeedikaKannur
ElapparaIdukki
EzhimalaKannur
GaviPathanamthitta
Ilaveezha PoonchiraIdukki
Illikkal KalluKotayam
IrittyKannur
KakkadampoyilKozhikode
KallarThiruvanathapuram
KalpettaWayanad
KambilikandamIdukki
KanthalloorIdukki
Karapuzha DamWayanad
KattappanaIdukki
KinnakoraiPalakkad
Kulamavu DamIdukki
KulathupuzhaKollam
KodanadErnakulam
KodencheriKozhikode
KodikuthimalaMalappuram
KonniPathnamthitta
KoorachunduKozhikode
Kottancheri HillsKasaragod
KottiyoorKannur District
KulathupuzhaKollam
KumilyIdukki
KuttampuzhaErnakulam
KuttikkanamIdukki
LakkidiWayanad
MadayiparaKannur
MalakkapparaThrissur
MalayatturErnakulam
MalomKasargod
MananthavadyWayanad
ManiyarPathanamthitta
MarayoorIdukki
MelukavuKotayam
MeppadiWayanad
MoolamattomIdukki
MundakayamKottayam
MunnarIdukki
MuthangaWayanad
NedumkandamIdukki District
NelliampathiPalakkad
PadavayalPalakkad
PainavuIdukki
Pakshi PathalamWayanad
PanchalimeduIdukki
ParambikulamPalakkad
ParunthumparaIdukki
PathanamthittaPathanamthitta
PeermadeIdukki
PeruvannamuzhiKozhikode
PonmudiThiruvananthapuram
PoomalaThrissur
PoonjarKottayam
RamakkalmeduIdukki
RanipuramKasaragod
RanniPathnamthitta
SanthanparaIdukki District
SeethathodePathanamthitta
Soordelu Hill StationKasargod
Sulthan BatheryWayanad
SuryanelliIdukki
TeekoyKotayam
ThamarasseryKozhikode
ThattekkadErnakulam
ThekkadyIdukki
ThenmalaKollam
ThiruvambadiKozhikode
ThodupuzhaIdukki District
TirunelliWayanad
UdumbancholaIdukki
VagamonIdukki
VaithalmalaKannur
VandiperiyarIdukki
VaduvanchalWayanad
VandanmeduIdukki
VattavadaIdukki
VazhachalThrissur
VazhichalThiruvanathapuram
VellarimalaKozhikode
VithuraThiruvananthapuram
VythiriWayanad

Ladakh

PlaceDistrict
DrassKargil
KargilKargil
LehLeh

Madhya Pradesh

PlaceDistrict
AmarkantakAnuppur
PachmarhiHoshangabad

Maharashtra

PlaceDistrict
AnturAurangabad
Amba ghatKolhapur
Ambenali hillsSatara and Raigad
AmboliSindhudurg
AmshiSatara
BambardeSindhudurg
BhandardaraAhmednagar
BhildariAurangabad
Bhor ghatsPune
BirmaniSatara
ChikhaldaraAmravati
DahelNandurbar
DandhariGondia
DarrekasaGondia
DeosurGadchiroli
FukeriSindhudurg
HatlotSatara
HirdoshiPune
HedriGadchiroli
HemalkasaGadchiroli
IgatpuriNashik
JamnyaJalgaon
JawharPalghar
JimalgattaGadchiroli
KaladgadAhmednagar
Kalavantin durgRaigad
KarjatRaigad
Karnala FortRaigad
KhandalaPune
KinjaleRatnagiri
KopelaGadchiroli
KuroshiSatara
LavasaPune
LonavalaPune
MahabaleshwarSatara
Malewada hillsGondia and Gadchiroli
Malshej GhatThane and Ahmednagar
MatheranRaigad
MhaismalAurangabad
NaneghatPune
NawajaSatara
PanchganiSatara
PofaliRatnagiri
PokurGadchiroli
RampurwadiAurangabad
RatangadAhmednagar
SaleghatNagpur
ShindiSatara
Tamhini GhatPune
TangalaChandrapur
ToranmalNandurbar
ThippaChandrapur
UchatSatara
Toranmal

Manipur

PlaceDistrict
ChandelChandel
ChurachandpurChurachandpur
KainaThoubal
KamjongKamjong
KangpokpiKangpokpi
NoneyNoney
PherzawlPherzawl
Sadar HillsKangpokpi
SenapatiSenapati
TamenglongTamenglong
TengnoupalTengnoupal
UkhrulUkhrul

Meghalaya

PlaceDistrict
CherrapunjeeEast Khasi Hills
DawkiWest Jaintia Hills
JowaiWest Jaintia Hills
MawlynnongEast Khasi Hills
MawsynramEast Khasi Hills
ShillongEast Khasi Hills

Mizoram

PlaceDistrict
ChamphaiChamphai
HmuifangAizawl District
LungleiLunglei
MamitMamit
ReiekAizawl District

Nagaland

PlaceDistrict
Dzüko Valley
KohimaKohima
PfutseroPhek

Odisha

PlaceDistrict
BanigochaNayagarh
Bolagarh hillsGajapati
BurakhatGajapati
DaringbadiKandhmal
DeomaliKoraput
DogandaMalkangiri
GopinathpurMayurbhanj
Gorumahisani hillsMayurbhanj
GumaRayagada
GurundiSundergarh
JakhamKalahandi
JirangaGajapati
JurundiMayurbhanj
KalimelaMalkangiri
Khairput hillsMalkangiri
KhajuraiGanjam
Khajurdihi RangeSundergarh
Khallikote hillsNayagarh
Khandapada hillsNayagarh
KiriburuKeonjhar
KoraputKoraput
LabangiAngul
LamberiRayagada
LulungMayurbhanj
MahulpatnaKalahandi
Parshuram KundaGanjam
PatelMalkangiri
PhulabaniKandhamal
Sukhuapata hillsBalasore
TensaSundergarh
MahendragiriGajapati
Malayagiri hillsAngul
NalaghatGajapati
NarayanpatnaKoraput
Niyamagiri hillsKalahandi and Rayagada
NuagadaGajapati
PampasarAngul
SagadaKalkandi
SerangaGajapati
SupaliMalkangiri
TikarpadaAngul

Rajasthan

PlaceDistrict
AkhiSirohi
GuradUdaipur
HundlaUdaipur
ManasiUdaipur
Mount AbuSirohi
NidhBaran
Seeta Mata hillsChittorgarh and Banswara
ShahabadBaran
TelniBaran

Sikkim

PlaceDistrict
DzulukEast Sikkim
GangtokEast Sikkim
GyalshingWest Sikkim
LachenNorth Sikkim
LachungNorth Sikkim
NamchiSouth Sikkim
PellingWest Sikkim
PhodongNorth Sikkim
RangpoEast Sikkim
RavanglaSouth Sikkim
SorengWest Sikkim
YuksomWest Sikkim
YumthangNorth Sikkim

Tamil Nadu

PlaceDistrict
AdukkamDindigul
AgastyamalaiTirunelveli
AgamalaiTheni
Aginda peakNilgiris
AlancholaiKannyakumari
AnaikattiCoimbatore
ArangamSalem
AravatlaVellore
Arasaradi hillsTheni
AttakattiCoimbatore
Azhwar MalaiVillupuram
BellikkalNilgiris
BargurErode
BikkettiNilgiris
BodimettuTheni
Chinna KallarCoimbatore
CinkonaCoimbatore
ChinnarTiruppur
ConnoorNilgiris
CumbummettuTheni
CherambadiNilgiris
DevalaNilgiris
DevarsholaNilgiris
DottabettaNilgiris
Elamanam hillsTiruchirappalli
ElavadiSalem
Elumalai hillsMadhurai
Gangavalli hillsSalem and Tiruchirappalli
Germalam hillsErode
GudalurNilgris
GundriErode
GurumalaiTiruppur
GuthiyalathurErode
HuligalNilgiris
HullathyNilgiris
IttaraiErode
JanglapalliVellore
JarugumalaiSalem
Javadi HillsTiruvannamalai and Vellore
KadamburErode
KadayalKannyakumari
MundanthuraiTirunelveli
KadanadNilgiris
Kadavur ValleyKarur
KambalaiDharmapuri
KanamalaiTiruvannamalai
KanjamalaiSalem
KariyalurVillupuram
KarumuttyTiruppur
KavunjiDindigul
KinnakoraiNilgiris
KodanadNilgiris
KolaribettaNilgiris
Koraiyar hillsPerambalur
KottagudiTheni
KottaimalaiTiruvannamalai
KunnurSalem
Manjampatti ValleyTiruppur
MannavanurDindigul
MavallamErode
MekkaraiTirunelveli
Mettur hillsSalem and Dharmapuri
Mukurthi hillsNilgiris
MulliNilgiris
MuthukuzivayalKannyakumari
Kallar hillsCoimbatore
Ketti ValleyNilgiris
Kalrayan HillsVillupuram and Salem
Kannamangalam hillsVellore
Kodayar hillsKanyakumari
KeeriparaiKannyakumari
KilavaraiDindigul
KilkundaNilgris
KodaikanalDindigul
PandrimalaiDindigul
PalliparaiNamakkal
PathukaniKannyakumari
PattipadiSalem
PeriyurDindigul
PerumalmalaiDindigul
PonmaniKannyakumari
PoombaraiDindigul
PuthuputhurDindigul
Kolli HillsNamakkal
KolukkumalaiTheni
KookalDindigul
KotagiriNilgiris
KuranganiTheni
KumburDindigul
MancodeKannyakumari
ManjolaiTirunelveli
HighwavysTheni
MasinagudiNilgiris
ManthalTheni
MelagiriKrishnagiri
ThaliKrishnagiri
NagalurSalem
Nagoor hillsTiruchirappalli and Perambalur
NavamalaiCoimbatore
Nayakkaneri hillsVellore
OosimalaiErode
Ooty, UdhagamandalamNilgiris
O'valleyNilgiris
PechiparaiKanyakumari
Pachaimalai HillsTiruchirappalli
PandalurNilgiris
PerunchilambuKannyakumari
PoondiDindigul
Puliancholai hillsTiruchirappalli
RamakkalmeduTheni
RangampettaiVellore
ReddiyurVellore
HasanurErode
SerapattuVillupuram
SholurNilgiris
SirukundraCoimbatore
SirumalaiDindigul
SitteriDharmapuri
Sittling hillsDharmapuri
SujalkaraiErode
Sathuragiri hillsMadhurai
ThaisholaNilgiris
Thirumoorthy hillsTiruppur
ThirparappuKannyakumari
ThengumarahadaErode
TopslipCoimbatore
ValparaiCoimbatore
WellingtonNilgiris
YelagiriVellore
YercaudSalem
VachathiDharmapuri
ValaikulamVirudhunagar
Varusanad hillsMadhurai and Theni

Telangana

Tripura

Uttarakhand

PlaceDistrict
AlmoraAlmora
AuliChamoli
Bedini BugyalChamoli
BerinagPithoragarh
BhimtalNainital
BinsarAlmora
ChakrataDehradun
ChambaTehri Garhwal
ChaukoriPithoragarh
ChoptaRudraprayag
DhanaultiTehri Garhwal
HarsilUttarkashi
KanatalTehri
KausaniBageshwar
KhirsuPauri Garhwal
LandourDehradun
LansdownePauri Garhwal
LohaghatChampawat
MukteshwarNainital
MunsiyariPithoragarh
MussoorieDehradun
NainitalNainital
PangotNainital
PauriPauri Garhwal
RamgarhNainital
RanikhetAlmora
TehriTehri Garhwal

Some lesser-known Hill Stations

PlaceDistrict
GwaldamChamoli
ShitlakhetAlmora
DeobanDehradun
Moriyana TopTehri Garhwal
AskotPithoragarh
KapkotBageshwar

West Bengal

PlaceDistrict
AlgarahKalimpong
Ajodhya HillsPurulia
BagrakoteKalimpong
BandwanPurulia
BelgeriaPurulia
BinduKalimpong
BijanbariDharjeeling
BuxaAlipurduar
ChalthaBankura
ChatakpurDharjeeling
DharjeelingDharjeeling
DhotreyDharjeeling
DudhiaJalpaiguri
GhoomDharjeeling
GorkheyDharjeeling
GorubathanKalimpong
GumbadaraDharjeeling
HasimaraAlipurduar
HattaDharjeeling
Icche GaonKalimpong
JorpokhriDarjeeling
JayantiAlipurduar
JaigaonAlipurduar
JhalongKalimpong
KalijhoraKalimpong
KalimpongKalimpong
KankiabongDharjeeling
KarmiDharjeeling
KarruPurulia
KolakhamKalimpong
KolbongDharjeeling
KumargramAlipurduar
KunchiaPurulia
KurseongDarjeeling
LabhaKalimpong
LavaKalimpong
LamagaonDharjeeling
Lepcha JagatDharjeeling
LepchakhaAlipurduar
LodhomaDharjeeling
LoleygaonKalimpong
MakhnuBankura
ManeDharjeeling
MangpuDharjeeling
MirikDharjeeling
MulkarkhaKalimpong
PankhabariDharjeeling
PedongKalimpong
PhalutDharjeeling
PulbazarDharjeeling
RammamDharjeeling
RanibandhBankura
RellingDharjeeling
RimbickDarjeeling
RishyapKalimpong
SamsingDarjeeling/Jalpaiguri
SandakphuDarjeeling/Ilam
SevokeDharjeeling
Sillery GaonKalimpong
SonadaDharjeeling
SoureniDharjeeling
TakdahDarjeeling
TongluDharjeeling
TotoparaAlipurduar
TurturiAlipurduar
YakrabongDharjeeling