Social development in tribal area of Himachal Pradesh brings out an assessment of the program made during 1980–81 to 2010–11. In this paper, main component of development, viz. the social development has been analysed at regional level in state of Himachal Pradesh. It is a factorial analysis based on 18 indicators and helps to identify the lagging regions based on this evaluation, plan formulation could be made for the different physiographic region of development, based on their resource potentials, levels of development, and the objectives of socio economic equity and regional balance. Strategies have been suggested under decentralised multilevel planning process with stress on spatial organization and corporate management. Social development strategies focus attention on regional potentialities and maximization of production. These strategies would pave the way for a more balanced regional development of Himachal Pradesh, if and when properly implemented.
Social development, factorial analysis, regional development
