Rudraprayag
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| State : | Uttarakhand | ||
| District : | Rudraprayag | ||
| Location : | 30 ° 17 ′ N , 78 ° 59 ′ E | ||
| Height : | 895 m | ||
| Residents : | 9,313 (2011) | ||
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Rudraprayag is a small town in the Indian state of Uttarakhand . The city lies at the confluence of the Alaknanda and Mandakini rivers and was damaged by floods in 2013.
The city is the capital of the Rudraprayag district . Rudraprayag has the status of a Nagar Palika Parishad . The city is divided into 9 wards . On the cut-off date of the 2011 census it had a total of 9,313 inhabitants, of which 5,240 were men and 4,073 were women. Hindus form the largest group of the city's population with a share of approx. 95%, followed by Muslims with approx. 4%. The literacy rate in 2011 was 93.43%.
The Rudraprayag leopard was a male, man-eating leopard that is believed to have killed more than 125 people. It was eventually killed by the hunter and author Jim Corbett . The story was filmed in 2005.
Individual evidence
- ↑ www.census2011.co.in
- ^ The Man-Eating Leopard of Rudraprayag. Retrieved October 19, 2019 .