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.

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, 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

Code District Headquarters[2] Population (As of 2011)[3] Area (km2)[4] Density (/km2) Division Map
ALAlmoraAlmora621,9723,083201Kumaon
BABageshwarBageshwar259,8402,302113Kumaon
CLChamoliGopeshwar391,1148,03049Garhwal
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

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 BJP plan for 5 new districts:

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

Proposed District Proposed Headquarters Current District Division
Didihat Didihat Pithoragarh Kumaon
Kotdwar Kotdwar Pauri Garhwal Garhwal
Roorkee Roorkee Haridwar Garhwal
Ranikhet Ranikhet Almora Kumaon
Yamunotri Yamunotri Uttarkashi Garhwal
  • 2016 INC plan for 10 new districts (including 4 districts from earlier 2011 BJP plan):[5]
  1. Kashipur, from Udham Singh Nagar district.
  2. Roorkee, from Haridwar district.
  3. Gairsain, from Chamoli district.
  4. Rishikesh, from Dehradun district, Tehri Garhwal district, and Pauri Garhwal district.
  5. Narendra Nagar or Pratapnagar, from Udham Singh Nagar district with headquarter at either of the two places.
  6. Ramnagar, from Nainital district.
  • 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

References

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  1. ↑ Uttarakhand CM announces four new districts
  2. ↑ "Uttarakhand - Districts of India: Know India". National Portal of India. Retrieved 4 April 2009.
  3. ↑ "District wise population in India as of 2011 census". Archived from the original on 28 June 2011.
  4. ↑ "National Portal of India".
  5. 1 2 3 4 उत्तराखंड का वो सपना जो 22 साल में कोई भी सरकार नहीं कर सकी पूरा.,Aaj Tak, 9 Nov 2022.
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