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List of districts of Uttarakhand

A district of Uttarakhand state is an administrative geographical unit, headed by a District Magistrate (earlier called District Collector), an officer belonging to the Indian Administrative Service. The district magistrates are assisted by a number of officers (such as deputy collector, assistant collector, additional district magistrate, sub-divisional magistrate, tehsildar, naib tehsildar belonging to the Uttarakhand Civil Service and other Uttarakhand state services.

ASuperintendent of Police, an officer belonging to the Indian Police Service, heads the police in the district and is entrusted with the responsibility of maintaining law and order and related issues. He is assisted by the officers of the Uttarakhand Police Service.

A 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 wildlife officials.

Sectoral development is looked after by the district head of each development department such as Public works, Health, Education, Agriculture, Animal husbandry, etc. These officers belong to the various Uttarakhand state services.

Four new districts are proposed in Uttarakhand: Didihat, Kotdwar, Ranikhet and Yamunotri.^[1]

List of districts[edit]

Code	District	Headquarters[2]	Population (As of 2011)[3]	Area (km2)[4]	Density (/km2)	Division	Map
AL	Almora	Almora	621,972	3,083	201	Kumaon
BA	Bageshwar	Bageshwar	259,840	2,302	113	Kumaon
CL	Chamoli	Gopeshwar	391,114	8,030	49	Garhwal
CP	Champawat	Champawat	259,315	1,781	146	Kumaon
DD	Dehradun	Dehradun	1,695,860	3,088	550	Garhwal
HA	Haridwar	Haridwar	1,927,029	2,360	817	Garhwal
NA	Nainital	Nainital	955,128	3,860	247	Kumaon
PG	Pauri Garhwal	Pauri	686,572	5,399	127	Garhwal
PI	Pithoragarh	Pithoragarh	485,993	7,100	68	Kumaon
RP	Rudraprayag	Rudraprayag	236,857	1,890	125	Garhwal
TG	Tehri Garhwal	Tehri	616,409	4,080	151	Garhwal
US	Udham Singh Nagar	Rudrapur	1,648,367	2,908	567	Kumaon
UT	Uttarkashi	Uttarkashi	329,686	8,016	41	Garhwal

Proposed districts[edit]

In November 2000 when uttarakhand was created as a new state it had inherited 13 districts. As of november 2022, since then no new districts have been created even though other newly created states have almost doubled the number of new districts for rapid development.^[5]

• 2011 Indian National Congress plan for 4 new districts:

Indian National Congress had planned the following for districts which did not matter last due to the change in the government.^[5]

• 2016 INC plan for 09 new districts (including 4 districts from earlier 2011 BJP plan):^[5]

1. Ramnagar, from Nainital district (Ramnagar teshsil), Almora district (Molekhal teshsil) and Pauri Garhwal district (Dhoomakot teshsil).
2. Kashipur, from Udham Singh Nagar district (Jaspur, Kashipur & Bajpur teshsils).
3. Roorkee, from Haridwar district (Roorkee teshsil).
4. Rishikesh, from Dehradun district (Rishikesh teshsil), Tehri Garhwal district (Narendra Nagar teshsil), and Pauri Garhwal district (Yamkeshwar teshsil).
5. Khatima, from Udham Singh Nagar district (Khatima & Sitarganj teshsils).

• Additional demands for new districts:

From time to time, several chief ministers and elected representatives, such as MLAs and MPs, have proposed the following new districts:^[5]

1. Chakrata, from Dehradun district.
2. Dharchula, from Pithoragarh district.
3. Gangotri and Purola, from Uttarkashi district.
4. Haldwani, from Nainital district.
5. Karnaprayag and Tharali, from Chamoli district.
6. other proposed are Ghastoli, Meelam (Milam), Dugtu, Gunji, Munsiari (Munsyari), Niti, Tyuni, Thalisain, Syaldey/Ataliya, etc

See also[edit]

• Administrative divisions of Uttarakhand
• List of parganas of Uttarakhand
• List of tehsils of Uttarakhand
• List of community development blocks of Uttarakhand
• List of districts in India

References[edit]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Districts of Uttarakhand.

External links[edit]

• More about Uttarakhand at state