Fact Sheet –Uttarakhand
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Fact Sheet –Uttara khand Geogra phical Data Geographical Area 53483 km2 i. Hill i. 46035 ii. Plain ii. 7448 Latitude 28° 43' N to 31° 27 ' N Longitude 77° 34' E t o 81° 02' E Dem ography Popul ation [2011-Census] Total 100862 92 persons Males 5137773 Females 4948519 Rural 7036954 Urban 3049338 Femal es per 1000 Males [20 11] 963 Decadal Growth Rate [2001-2011] 1 8.81 Density (per km2) [2011] 1 89 Literacy Data [2011] Total 6880953 Male 3863708 Female 3 017245 Literacy Rate [2011] Total 78.80 Male 87.40 Female 70.00 Scheduled Casts [2011-Census] 1892 516 Male 9685 86 Female 923930 Rural 1496665 Urban 395851 Scheduled Tribes [2011-Census] 291903 Male 148669 Female 143234 Rural 264819 Urban 27084 iii ii Religious Population Hindus 8368636 Muslims 1406825 Sikh 236340 Buddhist 14926 Jain 9183 Christian 37781 Other Religions & Persuasions 993 Religion not Stated 11600 Birth Rate (per 1000) [2013] Total 18.2 Rural 18.9 Urban 15.7 Death Rate (per 1000) [2013] 6.1 Rural 6.4 Urban 4.8 Infant Mortality Rate (per 1000) [2013] 32 Rural 34 Urban 22 iv More Information about Uttarakhand Administrative Structure [2015] State Ca p ital Dehra dun No. of Divisions 2 No. of Districts 13 No. of Sub Districts 78 No. of Tehsils 100 No. of Blocks 95 No. of Nyaya Panchayats 670 No. of Districts Panchayats 13 No. of G ram Panchayats 7956 No. of Intermediate Panchayats 95 No. of Villages [Census 2011] 16793 Inhabited Villages (Including Forest 15745 Settlements Un-inhabited Villages 104 8 Town/Urban Agglomeration Municipal Corporation 6 Nagar Palika Parish ads 38 Nagar Pancha yats 46 Cantonment Boards 9 Census Towns 41 Industrial Townships 2 No. of Parliament Cons tituencies Lok Sabha : 5 Rajya Sabha : 3 No. of Assem bly Constituencies [Vidhan Sabha ] : 70 Development Indicators Per Capita Gross State Domestic Product at Current Prices Rs. 118798 [2013-14 ] : Per Capita Net State D omestic Product at Current Prices Rs. 1 03349 [2013-14] : Literacy [2011] : 78.82% Male : 87.4% Female : 70.01% Forest Data [2015 Assessment] 2 Forest Co ver Total : 24240 km Very Dense Forest (VDF) : 4754 km2 Moderate Dense Forest (MDF) : 13602 km2 v Open Forest 5884 km2 2 Recorded Forest Are a ( Total) 38000 km 2 Reserved Forests A rea 26547 km Protected Forests Area 9885 km2 Unclassed Forest Area 1568 km2 Protected Areas and Conservation Sites (in No.) Wild Life Sanctuar ies 7 National Parks 6 Biosphere Reserv es 1 Tiger Reserves 1 Others (2014) Average Rain Fall (2013) 1631 mm Actual Rain Fall (2013) 1471 mm Tempe rature Minimum (Mukteshwar) -3.90C 0 Maximum (Dehradun) 40.4 C State A n imal Himalayan Musk Deer (Moschus leucogaster) State Bird Himalayan Monal (Lophophorus impejanus) State Flower Brahma Kamal (Saussurea obvallata ) State Tree Burans (Rhododendron arboreum) State Language Hindi, Sanskrit and local Dialects Major Riv e rs Ganga, Yamuna, Alak nanda, Bhagirathi, R amganga, Kali, Tons, Pindari, Saryu, etc. Sources: http://des.uk.gov.in /; http://www.uk.gov.in/; http://www.censusindia.gov.in SRS Bulletin Sept., 2013, Volume 48 No-2, Office of the Registrar General of India, Ministry of Home Affairs Health Family Welfare Statistics in India 2013,D irectorate of Economics & Statistics ofr espective State/UT, Statistical Year Book, India 2015. vi.