General info

Part of:
India
Entity:
Uttaranchal
Capital:
Dehra Dun
Population:
8,479,562 (2001-03-01)
Area:
53,483 sq.km.
ISO code:
in-05
Region:
South-central Asia

India : Uttaranchal

Administrative units

administrative units capital area (sq.km.) population
1991-03-01
census
population
2001-03-01
census
source: Census of India 2001.
note: in 1991 Uttaranchal was still part of Uttar Pradesh, it became a separate entity on Nov. 8, 2000.
Uttarkashi Uttarkashi 8,016 239,709 294,179
Chamoli Chamoli 7,614 454,871 369,198
Rudraprayag Rudraprayag 1,891 200,451 227,461
Tehri Garhwal New Tehri 4,080 580,153 604,608
Dehradun Dehradun 3,088 1,025,679 1,279,083
Garhwal Pauri 5,400 682,535 696,851
Pithoragarh Pithoragarh 7,100 566,408 462,149
Champawat Champawat 1,781 193,337 224,461
Almora Almora 3,083 836,617 630,446
Bageshwar Bageshwar 2,303 224,172 249,453
Nainital Nainital 3,860 1,540,174 762,912
Udhamsingh Nagar Rudrapur 2,908 914,861 1,234,548
Hardwar Hardwar 2,360 1,124,488 1,444,213
total   53,483 8,583,455 8,479,562

Main cities

name population
1991-03-01
census
population
2001-03-01
census
Dehradun 270,159 447,808
Hardwar 147,305 175,010
Haldwani-cum-Kathgodam 104,195 129,140
Roorkee .. 97,064
Kashipur .. 92,978
Rudrapur .. 88,720
source: Census of India 2001.