The town lies in the Dun Valley, on the watershed of the Ganga and Yamuna rivers. It has almost all major climatic zones, making it amenable to a variety of commercial opportunities in horticulture, floriculture and agriculture. It has a vast tourism potential in adventure, leisure, and eco-tourism. The State is rich in mineral deposits like limestone, marble, rock phosphate, dolomite, magnesite, copper, gypsum, etc. The number of small scale industries is 25, providing employment to 63, persons.
As many as heavy and medium industries with an investment of Rs 20, crore employ 5 lakh persons. Most of the industries are forest-based. There is a total of 54, handicraft units in the state. With levels of literacy higher than the national average, the State has abundant availability of quality human resources.
Within a short span of its existence, Uttarakhand has emerged as a significant destination for investments in manufacturing industry, tourism and infrastructure.
To use standard view, enable JavaScript by changing your browser options, then try again. It was carved out of UP on 9 th November The geographical area of the state is sq. Uttarakhand State comprises of 02 regions 13 districts, 78 Tehsils and 95 community development blocks. The human population of the State is 1. Uttarkashi and Dehradun share inter-state boundaries with Himachal Pradesh in the north-west, while Dehradun, Haridwar, part of Nainital and Udham Singh Nagar touches the boundary of Uttar Pradesh in the south.
The Garhwal Himalayas along with Kumaon and a part of Himachal Pradesh has unique characteristics as it has Tibet in the north, Upper Gangetic Plain in the south and Eastern Himalayan provinces in the east. Between the Himalaya in the north and the hills and the plateau in the south lies a vast Gangetic Plains which is one of the largest homogenous alluvial plains in the world. In Uttarakhand, the Bhabar skirts the Shiwaliks mainly in Garhwal and Nainital- Pilibhit while the Terai extends from River Yamuna on the west and a large portion of it lies in the Nepal.
The Terai in Uttarakhand covers lower portion of district Nainital. Major portion of the state is mountainous and these mountains Himalayas are one of the youngest mountain systems of the world 40 million years in age compared to peninsular mountains of million years old and hence ecologically very fragile and relatively much more susceptible to earthquakes and landslides.
Shiwalik formations are one of the most important eco-region due to their endemicity and past geological history. It is the filtering zone for migration of fauna and flora from highlands to lowlands and vice-versa. Corbett Riverside Resort. Corbett Tiger Den Resort. Country Inn Tree Tops. Infinity Resort. Jim's Jungle Retreat.
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