Uttarakhand

History and Geography



Uttarakhand finds talk about in the traditional Hindu scriptures as Kedarkhand, Manaskhand and Himavant. The Kushanas, Kunindas, Kanishka, Samudra Gupta, the Pauravas, Katuris, Palas, the Chandras and Pawaras and the British have made the decision it in changes. It is often known as the Position of the Gods (Dev Bhoomi), because of its various holy places and several shrines. The hilly places of Uttarakhand offer unspoilt landscapes to the tourist-pilgrim.

The current Situation of Uttarakhand was formerly a element of the U. s. Position of Agra and Awadh, which came into way of life in 1902. In 1935, the name of the Situation was decreased to the U. s. Position. In Jan 1950, the U. s. Position was relabeled as Uttar Pradesh, and Uttarakhand remained a element of Uttar Pradeshbefore it came into being on 9 Nov, 2000, the 27th Situation of Native indian.

Located in the foothills of the Himalayas, the Situation has globally restrictions with China providers (Tibet) in the northern and Nepal in the southeast. On its north-west can be discovered Himachal Pradesh, while on the southeast is Uttar Pradesh.

Agriculture

About 90 % of the population of Uttarakhand depends on farming. The finish developed area in the Situation is 7,84,117 hectares. 

Industry and Minerals

The Situation is complete of nutrients like limestone, rock, rock phosphate, dolomite, magnesite, birdwatcher vitamin greyphyte, gypsum, etc. The wide range of smallscale places is 25,294 providing profession to 63,599 people. As many as 1802 huge and technique places with an economical dedication of Rs 20,000 crore apply 5 lakh people. Most of the places are forest-based. There is a finish of 54,047 hand crafted products designs in circumstances.

Irrigation and Energy

Agricultural area under irrigating is 5,91,418 hectares. The Situation has amazing potential for trend power growth. There are a wide range of hydro-electric projects on the rivers Yamuna, Bhagirathi, Bhilangana, Alaknanda, Mandakini, Saryu Gauri, Kosi and Kali generating useful power. Out of 15,667 places, 14,447 places have been electrified.

Transport

Roads: The finish length of metalled streets in Uttarakhand is 19,543 km. The length of PWD streets is 17,545 km, while the length of streets developed by local techniques is 1,998 km.

Railways: The main practice programs are Dehradun, Hardwar, Roorkee, Kotdwar, Kashipur, Udhamsingh Nagar, Haldwani, Ramnagar and Kathgodam.

Aviation: There are air products at Jolly Allow (Dehradun), and Pantnagar (Udham Singh Nagar). Air products at Naini-Seni (Pithoragarh), Gauchar (Chamoli) and Chinyalisaur (Uttarkashi) are under growth. From this interval Pawan Hendes Ltd., has started helicopter support from Rudraprayag to Kedarnath for pilgrims.

Festivals

The world-famous Kumbh Mela/Ardh Kumbh Mela is organized in Hardwar at an interval of every twelfth/sixth interval. Other well-known fairs/festivals are: Devidhura Mela (Champawat), Purnagiri Mela (Champawat), Nanda Devi Mela (Almora), Gauchar Mela (Chamoli), Baisakhi (Uttarkashi), Magha Mela (Uttarkashi), Uttaraini Mela (Bageshwar), Vishu Mela (Jaunsar Vavar), Peerane-Kaliyar (Roorkee), and Nanda Devi Raj Jat Yatra, organized every 12th interval.


Tourist Centres

Popular locations of pilgrimage/tourist passions are Gangotri, Yamunotri, Badrinath, Kedarnath, Hardwar, Rishikesh, Hemkund Sahib, Nanakmatta, etc. Kailash Mansarovar Yatra can be conducted through Kumaon area. The world-famous Area of Blossoms, Pindari Glacier, Roop Kund, Dayara Bugyal, Auli, and mountain channels like Mussoorie, Dehradun, Chakrata, Nainital, Ranikhet, Bageshwar, Bhimtal, Kausani are the essential locations of vacationer attention.