Hamirpur is located in the Lower West Central Outer Himalayas at an average elevation of 790 M above sea level.

Hamirpur is famous for its high literacy rate, educational institutions and traditional festival of Hamir Utsav.

Monsoon season starts in late June and lasts till early September with fair amount of rainfall.

It lies beneath the irregular pattern hills Of Lower Western Himalayas and southern Shivalik Ranges.

Narinder Thakur (son of Jagdev Chand) contested unsuccessfully the bi-election in 1994, whom BJP had selected after his father's sudden demise.

Anita Verma of Congress became MLA of Hamirpur for the second time and remained on the post till December 2007.

Anurag Thakur won parliament bi-election for Hamirpur Lok Sabha seat with a huge margin 1.75 lacks in Aug 2008.

Prem Kumar Dhumal decided to contest from Hamirpur and won by 9300 votes against Congress candidate Narinder Thakur.

In 2017 elections Narinder Thakur contested from Hamirpur on BJP ticket and won by 5394 defeating the congress candidate Kuldeep Singh Pathania.

[8] In 2022 assembly election Mr Ashish Sharma an Independent candidate created history by becoming first independent candidate to win from Hamirpur assembly constituency, he won by a Margin of 12899 votes from Dr Pushpinder Verma (Son of Ramesh Verma) of Indian Nation Congress whereas Mr Narinder Thakur remained a distant third.

Shri Sidh Baba Balak Nath Temple, Deodsidh, is the biggest holy shrine in Barsar tehsil of the district.

The ancient Gasoteshwar Mahadev Temple built by Pandavas is situated at Gasota which is 7 km away from the district headquarter.