List of districts of Uttarakhand

Districts of Uttarakhand

A district of Uttarakhand state is an administrative geographical unit, headed by a Deputy Commissioner or District Magistrate, an officer belonging to the Indian Administrative Service. The district magistrate or the deputy commissioner is assisted by a number of officers belonging to Uttarakhand Civil Service and other Uttarakhand state services.

A Superintendent of Police, an officer belonging to the Indian Police Service is entrusted with the responsibility of maintaining law and order and related issues of the district. He is assisted by the officers of the Uttarakhand Police Service and other Uttarakhand Police officials.

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 Wild-Life 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: Ranikhet, Didihat, Kotdwar and Yamunotri.

Alphabetical listing

Code	District	Headquarters	Population (As of 2011)	Area (km²)	Density (/km²)	Map
AL	Almora	Almora	621,972	3,083	202
BA	Bageshwar	Bageshwar	259,840	2,302	113
CL	Chamoli	Gopeshwar	391,114	7520	51
CP	Champawat	Champawat	259,315	1,781	146
DD	Dehradun	Dehradun	1,695,860	3,088	550
HA	Haridwar	Haridwar	1,927,029	2,360	817
NA	Nainital	Nainital	955,128	3,860	247
PG	Pauri Garhwal	Pauri	686,572	5,399	127
PI	Pithoragarh	Pithoragarh	485,993	7,100	68
RP	Rudraprayag	Rudraprayag	236,857	1,890	125
TG	Tehri Garhwal	New Tehri	616,409	4,080	151
US	Udham Singh Nagar	Rudrapur	1,648,367	2,908	567
UT	Uttarkashi	Uttarkashi	329,686	8,016	41

External links

• More about Uttarakhand at state