Monday, September 2, 2013

List of districts of Uttarakhand














List of districts of Uttarakhand


From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Districts of Uttarakhand
A district of Uttarakhand state is an administrative geographical unit, headed by a Deputy Commissioner or District Magistrate, an officer belonging to the Indian Administrative Service. The district magistrate or the deputy commissioner is assisted by a number of officers belonging to Uttarakhand Civil Service and other Uttarakhand state services.
Superintendent of Police, an officer belonging to the Indian Police Service is entrusted with the responsibility of maintaining law and order and related issues of the district. He is assisted by the officers of the UttarakhandPolice Service and other Uttarakhand Police officials.
Deputy Conservator of Forests, an officer belonging to the Indian Forest Service is responsible for managing the Forests, environment and wild-life related issues of the district. He is assisted by the officers of the Uttarakhand Forest Service and other Uttarakhand Forest officials and Uttarakhand Wild-Life officials.
Sectoral development is looked after by the district head of each development department such as PWD, Health, Education, Agriculture, Animal husbandry, etc. These officers belong to the various State Services.
Four new districts are proposed in Uttrakhand: Ranikhet, Didihat, Kotdwara and Yumnotri.[citation needed]

Alphabetical listing[edit source | editbeta]


CodeDistrictHeadquarters[1]Population (As of 2011)[2]Area (km²)[3]Density (/km²)Map
ALAlmoraAlmora621,9723,083202Almora district.svg
BABageshwarBageshwar259,8402,302113Bageshwar district.svg
CLChamoliChamoli Gopeshwar391,1148,03251Chamoli district.svg
CPChampawatChampawat259,3151,781146Champawat district.svg
DDDehradunDehradun1,695,8603,088550Dehradun district.svg
HAHaridwarHaridwar1,927,0292,360817Haridwar district.svg
NANainitalNainital955,1283,860247Nainital district.svg
PGPauri GarhwalPauri686,5725,399127Pauri Garhwal district.svg
PIPithoragarhPithoragarh485,9937,10068Pithoragarh district.svg
RPRudra PrayagRudraprayag236,8571,890125Rudraprayag district.svg
TGTehri GarhwalNew Tehri616,4094,080151Tehri Garhwal district.svg
USUdham Singh NagarRudrapur1,648,3672,908567Udham Singh Nagar district.svg
UTUttarkashiUttarkashi329,6868,01641Uttarkashi district.svg

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