List of districts of Uttarakhand
A district of Uttarakhand state is an administrative geographical unit, headed by a Deputy Commissioner (earlier called District Collector) or District Magistrate, an officer belonging to the Indian Administrative Service.
Four new districts are proposed in Uttarakhand: Ranikhet, Didihat, Kotdwar and Yamunotri.[1]
Alphabetical listing[change | change source]
| Code | District | Headquarters[2] | Population (As of 2011[update])[3] | Area (km²)[4] | Density (/km²) | Division | Map |
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| AL | Almora | Almora | 621,972 | 3,083 | 202 | Kumaon | .svg)
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| BA | Bageshwar | Bageshwar | 259,840 | 2,302 | 113 | Kumaon | .svg)
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| CL | Chamoli | Gopeshwar | 391,114 | 8,030 | 51 | Garhwal | .svg)
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| CP | Champawat | Champawat | 259,315 | 1,781 | 146 | Kumaon | .svg)
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| DD | Dehradun | Dehradun | 1,695,860 | 3,088 | 550 | Garhwal | .svg)
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| HA | Haridwar | Haridwar | 1,927,029 | 2,360 | 817 | Garhwal | .svg)
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| NA | Nainital | Nainital | 955,128 | 3,860 | 247 | Kumaon | .svg)
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| PG | Pauri Garhwal | Pauri | 686,572 | 5,399 | 127 | Garhwal | .svg)
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| PI | Pithoragarh | Pithoragarh | 485,993 | 7,100 | 68 | Kumaon | .svg)
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| RP | Rudraprayag | Rudraprayag | 236,857 | 1,890 | 125 | Garhwal | .svg)
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| TG | Tehri Garhwal | Tehri | 616,409 | 4,080 | 151 | Garhwal | .svg)
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| US | Udham Singh Nagar | Rudrapur | 1,648,367 | 2,908 | 567 | Kumaon | .svg)
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| UT | Uttarkashi | Uttarkashi | 329,686 | 8,016 | 41 | Garhwal | .svg)
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Proposed Districts[change | change source]
- Didihat, from Pithoragarh district
- Kashipur, from Udham Singh Nagar district
- Kotdwar, from Pauri Garhwal district
- Ramnagar, from Nainital district
- Ranikhet, from Almora district
- Rishikesh, from Dehradun district, Tehri Garhwal district, and Pauri Garhwal district
- Roorkee, from Haridwar district
- Yamunotri, from Uttarkashi district
- Government should make a joint city with kashipur and ramnagar with single municipal cooperation and bigger combined budget for two citys*
References[change | change source]
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Districts of Uttarakhand.
- ↑ "Uttarakhand CM announces four new districts". Zee News. 15 August 2011.
- ↑ "Uttarakhand - Districts of India: Know India". National Portal of India. Archived from the original on 2009-02-19. Retrieved 2009-04-04.
- ↑ "District wise population in India as of 2011 census - updateOX". Archived from the original on 2017-12-29. Retrieved 2019-02-15.
- ↑ "Uttarakhand - Districts of India - Know India: National Portal of India". Archived from the original on 2009-02-19. Retrieved 2017-09-26.
Other websites[change | change source]
- More about Uttarakhand at state Archived 2011-10-17 at the Wayback Machine