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, assistant district magistrate, sub-divisional magistrate, tehsildar, naib tehsildar belonging to the Uttarakhand Civil Service and other Uttarakhand state services.

Districts of Uttarakhand

A Superintendent 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 IFS, 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 PWD, Health, Education, Agriculture, Animal husbandry, etc. These officers belong to the various State Services.

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

Alphabetical listing
Code District Headquarters[2] Population (As of 2011)[3] Area (km²)[4] Density (/km²) Division Map
ALAlmoraAlmora621,9723,083202Kumaon
BABageshwarBageshwar259,8402,302113Kumaon
CLChamoliGopeshwar391,1148,03051Garhwal
CPChampawatChampawat259,3151,781146Kumaon
DDDehradunDehradun1,695,8603,088550Garhwal
HAHaridwarHaridwar1,927,0292,360817Garhwal
NANainitalNainital955,1283,860247Kumaon
PGPauri GarhwalPauri686,5725,399127Garhwal
PIPithoragarhPithoragarh485,9937,10068Kumaon
RPRudraprayagRudraprayag236,8571,890125Garhwal
TGTehri GarhwalTehri616,4094,080151Garhwal
USUdham Singh NagarRudrapur1,648,3672,908567Kumaon
UTUttarkashiUttarkashi329,6868,01641Garhwal

Proposed districts

See also

References
  1. Uttarakhand CM announces four new districts
  2. "Uttarakhand - Districts of India: Know India". National Portal of India. Retrieved 4 April 2009.
  3. http://updateox.com/india/district-wise-population-india-as-of-2011-census/
  4. http://india.gov.in/knowindia/districts/andhra1.php?stateid=UA
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