Wednesday, January 9, 2008

Districts of Uttarakhand


The present administrative set-up of Uttarakhand is inherited from state of Uttar Pradesh. There are 49 tehsils, 95 development blocks, 71 municipal areas, 676 Nyay Panchayats and 6805 Gram Panchayats. In total there are 15669 villages at Uttarakhand.

There are 13 districts in Uttarakhand. These districts are divided into two divisions. The two divisions are Garhwal division and Kumaon division. There are seven districts under Garhwal division and six districts under Kumaon division.

The seven districts under the Garhwal division are :

Chamoli
Dehradun
Haridwar
Pauri Garhwal
Rudraprayag
Tehri Garhwal
Uttarkashi

The six districts that come under Kumaon division are:

Almora
Bageshwar
Champawat
Nainital
Pithoragarh
Udham Singh Nagar

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