The present study was undertaken in the Himachal Pradesh state with the aim of studying the socio economic status of the apple growers. The multi stage random sampling technique was applied to select the ultimate study sample. The current inquiry was carried out in the Narkanda block of Shimla District, Himachal Pradesh. In total, 70 households from various elevations ranging from ?1500 m to (?3000 m) above mean sea level (amsl) were selected for this work. The analysis was carried out using tabular analysis, simple averages and percentages. At all the elevation ranges, the average family size of sampled orchardists comprised of 6.56 persons. Age composition analysis showed that maximum proportion of family members fall in the age group of 18-60. The workers in an orchardist's family in orchards were 69.66 per cent. On an average, the dependency ratio was 0.44. Literacy rate was 89.95 per cent and a minimum of 52.28% were graduates among them. Almost 70.31 per cent of work force practiced farming, followed by service sector (25%) and business sector (3.75 %). The average size of land holding worked out to be 1.27 hectares. An average orchardist owned 419 plants per farm, out of which nearly 21 per cent has come out to be non-bearing ones. Livestock population at overall sampled apple farms in Himachal Pradesh was 1.36. Cows form nearly 56.62 of the livestock population followed by young stock of 43.38 per cent. The analysis of gross income structure in the study area showed that, majority of sampled apple orchardists in the study area, fall in the income scale of INR. 2-5 lakhs (55.71 %). Nearly 24.29 per cent growers in study area fall in the income slab of 5-10 lakhs, 5.71 percent in 10-15 lakhs and the remaining 14.29 percent in the income slab of ? INR. 15 lakhs per annum. This outline may facilitate in understanding the socio-economic dimensions of the apple growers in Himachal Pradesh.