UTTARAKHAND

Uttarakhand, formerly Uttaranchal,  state of India, located in the northwestern part of the country. It is bordered to the northwest by the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh, to the northeast by the Tibet Autonomous Region of China, to the southeast by Nepal, to the south and southwest by the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, and to the west by a tiny segment of the Indian state of Haryana. Its capital is the northwestern city of Dehra Dun.

Country	India
Region	North India
Established	9 November 2000
History	Summary [show]
Capital	Dehradun †
Largest city	Dehradun
Districts	13
Government
• Governor	Aziz Qureshi
• Chief Minister	Harish Rawat (INC)
• Legislature	Unicameral (71 seats) ††
• Parliamentary constituency	Rajya Sabha 3 Lok Sabha 5
• High Court	Uttarakhand High Court
Area
• Total	53,484 km2 (20,650 sq mi)
Area rank	18th
Population (2011)
• Total	10,116,752 5,154,178 ♂ 4,962,574 ♀
• Rank	19th
• Density	189/km2 (490/sq mi)
Demonym	Uttarakhandi
Time zone	IST (UTC+05:30)
ISO 3166 code	IN-UT
Vehicle registration	UK 01—XX
HDI	0.515[1]
HDI rank	7th (2011)
Literacy	79.63% 88.33% ♂ 70.70% ♀
Sex ratio	963 ♀/1000 ♂
Languages spoken	Hindi Garhwali Kumaoni Jaunsari
OTHER IMPORTANT FEATURES State animal Alpine Musk Deer (Moschus chrysogaster) State bird Himalayan Monal (Lophophorus impejanus) State flower Brahma Kamal (Saussurea obvallata) State tree Burans (Rhododendron arboreum) Official languages Hindi Sanskrit