About Uttarakhand

Uttarakhand, a state in northern India crossed by the Himalayas, is known for its Hindu pilgrimage sites. Uttarakhand formerly known as Uttaranchal is a state in the northern part of India. It is often referred to as the "Devabhumi" (literally "Land of the Gods") because of the presence of a multitude of Hindu pilgrimage spots..

On November 9, 2000, the state of Uttaranchal—the 27th state of India—was carved out of Uttar Pradesh, and in January 2007 the new state changed its name to Uttarakhand, meaning “northern region,” which was the traditional name for the area.

According to Pt. Harikrishna Raturi king Bhanu pratap was the first ruler of Panwar dynasty in garhwal who founded chanpur-Garhi as his capital. This was is strongest Garh for the fifty- two garhs of garhwal.

Manabendra (Manavendra) Shah was the last Maharajah of Tehri Garhwal before the princely state joined the newly independent India in 1947. He succeeded to the throne when his father Narendra Shah abdicated throne (on health grounds) on 26 May 1946.

King Sudarshan Shah established his capital at Tehri town and afterwards his successors Pratap Shah, Kirti Shah and Narendra Shah established their capital at Pratap Nagar, Kirtinagar and Narendra Nagar, respectively. Their dynasty ruled over this region from 1815 to 1949.

The East India Company entered Uttarakhand in the year 1814 A.D. They defeated the Gorkhas of Nepal in Almora , the seat of Kumaon in 1814.

Uttarkashi, Tehri Garhwal and Pauri Garhwal have the highest percentage forest cover in the state. These are also amongst the most remote and disadvantaged districts where human pressure on forests is also the maximum.

CHAMPAWAT is the smallest district in uttarakhand with an area of 1781 square km followed by RUDRAPRAYAG and BAGESHWAR with an area 1890 and 2302 square km respectively.

District-wise Forest Cover Assessment (2011)-Uttarakhand

District	Geographic Area (sq. km.)	Forest Cover Assessment (in sq. km.) 2011 (Revised) (State of Forest Report - 2011)				Proportion of Forest Cover to District Geographic Area (%)	Proportion of Forest Cover to State Geographic Area (%)	Proportion of Forest Cover to Sate Total Forest Cover (%)
		Very Dense Forest	Mod. Dense Forest	Open Forest	Total
Almora	3139	222	928	427	1577	50.24	2.95	6.44
Bageshwar	2246	194	883	304	1381	61.49	2.58	5.64
Chamoli	8030	427	1586	682	2695	33.56	5.04	11.00
Champawat	1766	336	571	274	1181	66.87	2.21	4.82
Dehradun	3088	584	695	328	1607	52.04	3.00	6.56
Garhwal	5329	523	2094	672	3289	61.72	6.15	13.43
Hardwar	2360	26	353	240	619	26.23	1.16	2.53
Nainital	4251	601	1923	566	3090	72.69	5.78	12.61
Pithoragarh	7090	567	1115	412	2094	29.53	3.92	8.55
Rudraprayag	1984	246	581	298	1125	56.70	2.10	4.59
Tehri Garhwal	3642	298	1232	617	2147	58.95	4.01	8.76
U.S. Nagar	2542	171	247	128	546	21.48	1.02	2.23
Uttarkashi	8016	567	1959	619	3145	39.23	5.88	12.84
Total	53483	4762	14167	5567	24496	45.80	45.80

    










 Dehradun is the most expensive place in Uttarakhand. If you want to live at a place surrounded by snow covered mounains/normal mountains then you can proceed to Pithoragarh,almora,nainital.

Uttarakhand has a diverse geography that includes both high snow-capped mountains and dense tropical forests at lower elevations. The mountains found in the northern region of Uttarakhand are part of the Himalayan Range.

Uttarakhand has abundant natural resources due to hills and forests. ... Uttarakhand is being developed as an 'energy state' to tap the hydropower electric potential of over 25,000 MW. As of November 2019, the state had total installed power generation capacity of 3487.97 MW.

Simply Heaven Uttarakhand or Uttaranchal is known for its natural beauty of the Himalayas, the Bhabhar and the Terai grasslands and savannas. The Simply Heaven on earth, Uttarakhand is often referred to as the Devbhumi or Land of the Gods due to the many Hindu temples and pilgrimage centre.