TEMPLES:
Uttarakhand is famous for its temples, natural beauty, mountains, snow clad peaks, food, culture, rivers, legends, epics, hospitality and simplicity.
Uttarakhand is regarded as Dev Bhoomi, the land of gods. Uttarakhand has lots of temples and tourists come from far and wide to visit these temples.
It is not that all are devotees who come to these temples. There are many people who come to view this as a tourist, picnicker, business, honeymoon and many more significant reasons.
There are many monuments in Uttarakhand as this state has seen many historical backgrounds.
The Uttarakhand monuments are related to legend or epic.
There are many monuments in Uttarakhand that are known as colonial monuments. The forest research institute in Dehradun, the assortments of flora and fauna specimens, Rock samples, semi precious fossils and stones, children’s lodge, Mussoorie. The Uttarakhand monument includes the famous church called as St. John’s church in Nainital.
There are more that 150 temples near Almora. Uttarakhand in not rich as far as the heritage of monuments is concerned, but some temples as well as colonial structures have the historical importance. This makes the tourists visit such places and hence you can see lots or rush in all the important places.
Demographics
According
to 2001 India census, Uttarakhand had a population of approximately
8.48 million. A population exceeding 10 million is expected by the next
census of 2011. The native people of Uttarakhand are generally called
either Kumaoni or Garhwali depending on their place of origin in either
the Garhwal or Kumaon region.
Another
well known category is Gujjar, they were the rulers of a kingdom with
capital at Landhaura and which covered the whole of today's Haridwar
District. Gujjars King Raja Ramdayal Singh Panwar had helped
the Tehri ruler against the Gorkhas and the
Present MLA from Laksar in Haridwar is Kunwar Pranav Singh Champion is
the descendant of that King. Gujjar is a dominant community of Haridwar
District.
Kumaoni and Garhwali dialects
of Central Pahari are spoken in Kumaon and Garhwal region
respectively. Jaunsari and Bhotiya dialects are also spoken by tribal
communities in the west and north respectively. The urban population
however converses mostly in Hindi. Sanskrit has also official status in
the state.
Hindus form
the majority of the population at 85.0%, Muslims form 10.5%, Sikhs 2.5%
andChristians, Buddhists, Jains and others about 0.5%. It has
male-female ratio of .964 and has aliteracy rate of 72%. The largest
cities in the state
include Dehradun (530,263), Haridwar(220,767), Haldwani (158,896), Roorkee (115,278)
and Rudrapur (88,720). The state government recognizes 15,620 villages
and 81 cities and urban areas.
Historians
of Kumaon and Garhwal say that in the beginning there were only
three castes: Rajput,Brahmin and Shilpkar. Main occupation of Rajput
were Zamindari and law enforcement. Occupation of Brahmins were to
perform religious rituals in temples and religious occasions. Shilpkar
were mainly working for rajputs, in their lands and were expert in
handcrafts. The famous
surnames Kalakoti, Chauhan, Bisht, Bhayera, Rawat, Dhapola, Rautela and Negi are
used by Rajputs. Bahuguna is a famous Brahmin surname, having a
university by the name of it in Pauri district of Garhwal. According to a
2007 study, Uttarakhand has the highest percentage of brahmins of any
community in India, with approximately 20% of the population
being brahmin.
Government and politics
Chief Ministers of Uttarakhand
Nityanand Swami
Bhagat Singh Koshiyari
Narayan Dutt Tiwari
B C Khanduri
Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank
B C Khanduri
Important cities
City | Population | District |
---|---|---|
Dehradun | 7,78,593 | Dehradun |
Haridwar | 3,24,372 | Haridwar |
Haldwani | 2,76,942 | Nainital |
Roorkee | 2,52,784 | Haridwar |
Kashipur | 1,81,208 | Udham Singh Nagar |
Kotdwara | 1,16,497 | Pauri Garhwal |
Rudrapur | 119281 | Udham Singh Nagar |
Rishikesh | 75,020 | Dehradun(Mainly in Dehradun)/(Partly in)Haridwar/Tehri/Pauri Grahwal |
Pithoragarh | 66378 | Pithoragrah |
Manglaur | 65267 | Haridwar |
Ramnagar | 47099 | Nainital |
Nainital | 38560 | Nainital |
Almora | 30613 | Almora |
Mussoorie | 26069 | Dehradun |
Kotdwara | 25400 | Pauri Garhwal |
Srinagar | 19861 | Pauri Garhwal |
Gopeshwar | 19855 | Chamoli |
Ranikhet | 19049 | Almora |
Uttarkashi | 16220 (2001) | Uttarkashi |
Tanakpur | 15810 | Champawat |
Khatima | 14378 | Udham Singh Nagar |
Vikasnagar | 12485 | Dehradun |
Bageshwar | 7803 | Bageshwar |
Banbasa | 7138 | Champawat District |
Karanprayag | 6976 | Chamoli |
Champawat | 3958 | Champawat Bhuwan |
Rudraprayag | 2242 | Rudraprayag |
Devprayag | 2144 | Pauri Garhwal |
Districts
There are 17 districts in Uttarakhand which are grouped into two divisions, Kumaonand Garhwal.
The Kumaon division includes Eight districts.
- Almora
- Ranikhet carved out from Almora district
- Bageshwar
- Champawat
- Nainital
- Pithoragarh
- Didihat carved out from Pithoragarh
- Udham Singh Nagar
The Garhwal division includes Nine districts.
- Dehradun
- Haridwar
- Tehri Garhwal
- Uttarkashi
- Yamunotri carved out from Uttarkashi
- Chamoli
- Pauri Garhwal (commonly known as Garhwal)
- Rudraprayag
- Kotdwar carved out from Pauri district
Four
new districts were announced to be formed by the Chief Minister in
his Independence Day speech,
namely Kotdwar, Yamunotri,Didihat and Ranikhet. The total number of
districts in the state will go up to 17. Bhuwan Chandra Khanduri is news
chief minister of Uttrakhand.Khanduri take a oath on 11 september 2011.
Ramesh pokhariyal resign from the post on the day 11 sept 2011. Now B.
C. Khanduri is th 6th Chief minister of Uttrakhanad.
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