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Important General Knowledge about Uttarakhand
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Uttarakhand State Emblems
State Flower: Brahm Kamal
State Bird: Monal
State Tree : Buransh
State Animal : Musk Deer (Kasturi Mrig)
Formation of Uttarakhand State
Uttarakhand was carved about of erstwhile Uttar Pradesh on 9 Nov 2000
First Chief Minister : Nityanand Swami (9 Nov 2000 - 29 Oct 2001)
First Governor : Surjeet Singh Barnala (9 Nov 2000 - 7 Jan 2003)
First Assembly Speaker : Prakash Pant
First Assembly Elections were held in year 2002 & Narayan Dutt Tiwari was the first elected chief minister of Uttarakhand
Uttarakhand Stats
Number of Districts : 13 (7 in Garhwal region and 6 in Kumaon region)
Geographical Area : 53483 sq kms
Hill Area : 46035 sq kms
Plains Area : 7448 sq kms
Forest Area : 38000 sq kms
Divisions : 02 (Garhwal & Kumaon)
Tehsils : 110
Sub-Tehsils: 18
Development Blocks: 95
Gram Panchayats : 7791
Nyay Panchayats : 670
No. of Villages : 16793 (as per 2011 census)
No. of inhabited villages: 15745 (as per 2011 census)
No. of Un-inhabited villages : 1048 (as per 2011 census)
No. of Assembly Seats : 70
No. of Lok Sabha Seats : 5
No. of Rajya Sabha Seats : 3
Population : 1,00,86000 (as per 2011 census)
Rural Population : 70.37 lakh (as per 2011 census)
Urban Population : 30.50 lakh (as per 2011 census)
Sex Ratio : 963 (as per 2011 census)
Literacy Rate : 78.82 % (as per 2011 census)
District with largest population: Haridwar (19,27,029 as per 2011 census)
District with lowest population: Rudraprayag (2,36,857 as per 2011 census)