Amit Kumar Sanjay Kumar Uniyal Meenakshi Rakesh D. Singh Paramvir S. Ahuja CSIR-Institute of Himalayan Bioresource Technology (IHBT), Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), Palampur - 176 061, Himachal Pradesh, India Computational Ecology and Software ISSN 2220-721X http://www.iaees.org/publications/journals/ces/online-version.asp 2014 4 3 183 192 International Academy of Ecology and Environmental Sciences Hong Kong 12 May 2014 20 June 2014 1 September 2014 database Western Himalaya flora species richness cluster analysis map 'him-Padap-Sankalan' is a digital directory of floral resources of Himachal Pradesh H.P., a biologically rich state of the Himalayan Biodiversity hotspot. It provides information on nomenclature, taxonomic classification, local name(s), trade name(s) and uses of 3348 plant species along with maps showing their distribution in H.P. The information housed in 'Him-Padap-Sankalan' has been compiled from published sources, primarily the Flora of Himachal Pradesh: Analysis. The Graphic User Interface of the 'him-Padap-Sankalan' has been prepared using ASP.Net having MS-Access database in the back end. The 'scientific names', 'trade names', 'local names', 'synonyms', 'genus' and 'species' are the various search modules of 'him-Padap-Sankalan', which can be accessed using an internet browser connected through local area network. Analysis of information reveals that of the 201 families, Poaceae, Asteraceae, Papilionaceae, Scrophularariaceae, Rosaceae, Cyperaceae, Lamiaceae, Ranunculaceae, Brassicaceae and Apiaceae are the ten dominat families in the state. 24 families and 18 genera are common to all the 12 districts of H.P. The maximum number of families, genera and species are in Shimla district and the least in Bilaspur district of H.P. DOI 10.0000/issn-2220-721x-compuecol-2014-v4-0016 http://www.iaees.org/publications/journals/ces/articles/2014-4(3)/digitizing-information-for-wider-reach.pdf