Tehri Garhwal (District)
| Tehri Garhwal District टिहरी गढ़वाल |
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| State | Uttarakhand |
| Division : | Garhwal |
| Administrative headquarters : | New Tehri |
| Area : | 3642 km² |
| Residents : | 618,931 (2011) |
| Population density : | 170 people / km² |
| Website : | tehri.nic.in |
The district of Tehri Garhwal ( Hindi : टिहरी गढ़वाल ) has been a district in the newly founded Indian state of Uttarakhand since 2000 . The district administration is based in New Tehri .
geography
The Tehri Garhwal District is located in the Garhwal Division to the west of Uttarakhand in the Front Himalayas . Tehri Garhwal borders on Dehradun in the west, Pauri Garhwal in the south, Rudraprayag in the east and Uttarkashi in the north . The area of the district Tehri Garhwal is 3642 km². The district extends in the north to the Thalay Sagar (6904 m) in the southwest of the Gangotri group . The Bhilangna drains the northeastern part of the district. The lower reaches of the Bhagirathi flows through the south of the district. Bhagirathi and Bhilangna are dammed by the Tehri Dam . The southern district border forms the Alaknanda and below its confluence at Devprayag with the Bhagirathi the Ganges . In the southwest the Yamuna forms the border.
population
According to the 2011 census, the Tehri Garhwal district has 618,931 inhabitants.
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Individual evidence
Almora | Bageshwar | Chamoli | Champawat | Dehradun | Haridwar | Nainital | Pauri Garhwal | Pithoragarh | Rudraprayag | Tehri Garhwal | Udham Singh Nagar | Uttarkashi
Coordinates: 30 ° 22 ′ N , 78 ° 35 ′ E