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Tehri Garhwal is on of the sacred hilly districts of Uttarakhand
State.. Tehri and Garhwal are the two words combined for naming
the district as Tehri Garhwal. While the prefix Tehri is the
corrupted form of the word `Trihari`
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Narendra Nagar
14 kms. away from Muni-ki-Reti at an altitude of 1,129 m lies
this capital of the former king of Garhwal. Until a few years
ago it was the...
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Chamba
On the road to Gangotri. Chamba is a township lying high at an
altitude of 1676 m, offering a splendid view of the snow-capped
Himalayas
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Uttarakhand is the 27th state of India, founded on
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Capital |
Dehradun |
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High Court |
Nainital |
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Total Districts |
Thirteen |
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Area |
53483 Sq kms (In
2005) |
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Forest Land |
34651 Sq kms (In
2004) |
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Population |
84,79,562 |
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Temp.
(Min) |
-2.7
°C (Mukteshwar in 2004) |
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Temp.
(Max) |
41.5° C (Dehradun
in 2004) |
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Division |
02 (Kumaun,
Garhwal) |
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Total Districts |
13 |
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Tehsils |
78 |
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Development
Blocks |
95 |
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Nyay Panchayat |
670 |
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Gram Panchayat |
7227 |
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Municipal Corp. |
01 |
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Nagar Palika
Prarishad |
31 |
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Nagar Panchayat |
31 |
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Cantonment
boards |
09 |
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Lok Sabha
Constituency |
05 |
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Rajya Sabha
Constituency |
03 |
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Vidhan Sabha Constituency |
70 |
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Source of Income |
Forest, Water, Tourism, Minerals |
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Minerals |
Lime, Stone, Megnasite etc |
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Harvest |
Wheat, Maize |
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Fruits |
Apple, Leche, Plum, Orange |
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Rivers |
Bhagirahti,
Alaknanda (Ganga), Mandakini, Pindari, Kali, Saryu, Ramganga |
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State flower |
Braham Kamal (Saussurea
Obvallata) |
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State animal |
Kastoori Mriga (Moschus
Chrysogaster) |
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State tree |
Buransh (Rhododendron Arboreum) |
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