Uttarakhand
State in northern India
Also known as Uttaranchal · IN-UK · State of Uttarakhand · Devbhoomi · UK · Dev Bhoomi
- Country
- Located in
- Population
- 10.1M(2011)
- Area
- 53,566 km²
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- 53,566 km²
- Head of government
- Pushkar Singh Dhami(since 2021)
- , Trivendra Singh Rawat(2017–2021)
- Founded
- November 9, 2000
- Time zone
- Postal code
- 246000–246999
- , 248000–248999
- , 249000–249999
- +2 more
Overview
All data
189 statements · 39% with external sources · numbers in brackets are citations
- Capital
- Dehradun
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Sources- 1.““Dehradun - capital city of Uttrakhand””tripadvisor.in/ShowUserReviews-g297687-r24553282-Dehradun_Dehradun_District_Uttarakhand.htmlRetrieved 2018-02-26
- 2.uk.gov.in/Retrieved 2026-09-12
- Gairsain(since 2020)
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Sources- 1.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/gairsain-named-uttarakhands-summer-capital/article31780447.eceRetrieved 2026-09-12
- 2.uk.gov.in/Retrieved 2026-09-12
- Dehradun
- Head of state
- Krishan Kant Paul(2015–2018) positions held: governor of Uttarakhand
- Gurmit Singh(since 2021) positions held: governor of Uttarakhand
- Baby Rani Maurya(2018–2021) positions held: governor of Uttarakhand
- Highest point
- Nanda Devi
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Sources- 1.“Nanda Devi MOUNTAIN, INDIA”britannica.com/place/Nanda-DeviRetrieved 2018-02-26
- Nanda Devi
- Official name
- Uttarakhand(since 2007)
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Sources- 1.“Uttarakhand STATE, INDIA”britannica.com/place/UttarakhandRetrieved 2018-02-26
- उत्तराखण्ड(since 2007)
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- उत्तराखण्डराज्यम्
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- Uttaranchal(until 2007)
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- उत्तरांचल(until 2007)
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- Uttarakhand(since 2007)
- Male population
- 5,137,773(2011)
- Female population
- 4,948,519(2011)
- Urban population
- 3,049,338(2011) male population: 1,618,731 · female population: 1,430,607 · number of households: 631,889
- Rural population
- 7,036,954(2011) male population: 3,519,042 · female population: 3,517,912 · number of households: 1,425,086
- Native label
- उत्तराखंड
- Uttarakhand
- اتراکھنڈ
- उत्तराखण्डराज्यम्
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- उत्तराखण्ड
- Literate population
- 6,880,953(2011) male population: 3,863,708 · female population: 3,017,245
- Illiterate population
- 3,205,339(2011) male population: 1,274,065 · female population: 1,931,274
- Geoshape
- Data:India/Uttarakhand.map
- Demonym
- Uttarakhandi
- Official symbol
- Alpine musk deer
- Himalayan Monal
- Lotus
- Rhododendron arboreum
- Papilio bianor
- Saussurea obvallata
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- Tor putitora
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- Myrica esculenta
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- dhol
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- Bal Mithai
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- association football
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- Uttarakhand Devabhumi Matribhumi(since 2016)
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- Seal of Uttarakhand
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- Part of
- North India
- North-Central Zonal Council
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Sources- 1.“Zonal Council | Ministry of Home Affairs”mha.gov.in/zonal-councilRetrieved 2026-09-12
- Follows
- Uttar Pradesh(since 2000)
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Sources- 1.legislative.gov.in/actsofparliamentfromtheyear/uttar-pradesh-reorganisation-act-2000Retrieved 2026-09-12
- Uttar Pradesh(since 2000)
- Replaces
- Uttar Pradesh(since 2000)
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Sources- 1.legislative.gov.in/actsofparliamentfromtheyear/uttar-pradesh-reorganisation-act-2000Retrieved 2026-09-12
- Uttar Pradesh(since 2000)
- Vehicle registration plate code
- UK
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- UA(until 2007)
- UK
- Anthem
- Uttarakhand Devabhumi Matribhumi(since 2016)
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- Uttarakhand Devabhumi Matribhumi(since 2016)
- Literacy rate
- 78.82%(2011)
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- 78.82%(2011)
- Motto text
- सत्यमेव जयते
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- सत्यमेव जयते
- Short name
- UK
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- UT
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- UK
- Nickname
- Devabhumi
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- देवभूमि
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- Land of the Gods
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- Devabhumi
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On other databases
45 identifiers linking Uttarakhand across the web's reference databases
- Australian War Memorial IDPL552825
- BBC Things ID62a9e313-a4a3-404d-8e69-4c72f78ae23b
- Curlie IDRegional/Asia/India/Uttarakhand/
- Data Commons IDwikidataId/Q1499
- Dewey Decimal Classification2--5451
- Encyclopædia Britannica Online IDplace/Uttarakhand
- Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) ID (2026)3hNJ6I
- Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) old ID (2021)580263
- FAST ID1892340
- FIPS 10-4 (countries and regions)IN39
- Freebase ID/m/050tt8
- GeoNames ID1444366
- Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names ID7031786
- GND ID4757373-9
- Great Norwegian Encyclopedia IDUttarakhand
- HASCIN.UT
- Hrvatska enciklopedija ID69854
- INaturalist place ID96903
- Indian census area code (2001)05
- Indian census area code (2011)05
- ISO 3166-2 codeIN-UT
- J9U entity ID987007489409105171
- KBpedia IDUttarakhand
- Lex IDUttarakhand
- LGD State or UT Code5
- Library of Congress Authorities IDn2010001342
- MDWS place ID035
- Mindat locality ID24758
- Museum-digital place ID69124
- MusicBrainz area IDb9b5b779-2343-4e72-a1d2-e050391fac28
- Namuwiki ID우타라칸드
- NE.se IDuttaranchal
- NL CR AUT IDge453684
- Online PWN Encyclopedia ID3991970
- OpenStreetMap relation ID9987086
- Quora topic IDUttarakhand-India
- SNARC IDQ45233
- Subreddituttarakhand
- VIAF cluster ID239215711
- Wellcome Collection concept IDb49cwq69
- Who's on First ID85672209
- Wolfram Language entity codeEntity["AdministrativeDivision", {"Uttaranchal", "India"}]
- World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions IDWHM-UT
- X (Twitter) topic ID1333794357904719874
- Yale LUX IDplace/b4279f20-4385-4a52-ba03-ae09675d78a7