Key facts
- Country
- India
- State
- Uttarakhand
- Division
- Garhwal
- Headquarters
- Uttarkashi
- District collector
- Abhishek Ruhela IAS
- Total
- 8,016 km (3,095 sq mi)
- Density
- 41/km (110/sq mi)
- Official
- Hindi
- Native
- Garhwali Mahasu Pahari Bhotia
- Time zone
- UTC+5:30 ( IST )
- Vehicle registration
- UK-10
- Website
- uttarkashi .nic .in
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- district of India
- Country
- India
- Located in
- Uttar Pradesh
- Capital
- Uttarkashi
- Population
- 330086
- Area
- 8016
- Time zone
- UTC+05:30
- Shares border with
- Chamoli district
- Official website
- uttarkashi.nic.in
- Households
- 67602
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- short name
- UKS
- Commons category
- Uttarkashi district
- topic's main category
- Category:Uttarkashi district
- male population
- 168597
- female population
- 161489
- urban population
- 24305
- rural population
- 305781
- literate population
- 215126
- illiterate population
- 114960
Sources (2)
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Encyclopedic overview
Uttarkashi district is a district of Garhwal division of the Uttarakhand state in northern India, and has its headquarters at Uttarkashi city. It has 6 tehsil . Barkot, Dunda, Bhatwadi, Chinyalisaur, Purola and Mori. Uttarkashi district's south-western parts are cuturally part of the historical Mahasu region.
The district contains the source of the Bhagirathi River (traditionally considered the headstream of the Ganga) at Gangotri and the Yamuna River at Yamunotri, both of which are highly significant and popular pilgrimage sites. Uttarkashi town, which lies on the main road to Gangotri, is also considered an important Hindu pilgrimage centre, especially for Saivites. The district is bounded on the north by Kinnaur and Shimla districts of Himachal Pradesh, on the northeast by Tibet, China, on the east by Chamoli District, on the southeast by Rudraprayag district, on the south by Tehri Garhwal district, and on the west by Dehradun district.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Uttarkashi district” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.