Tehri
Tehri
State  - District(s)	Uttaranchal  - Tehri Garhwal
Coordinates	30.3833° N 78.4833° E
Area
Time zone	IST (UTC+5:30)
Population (2001)  - Density	25,425  -

Tehri is a city and a municipal board in Tehri Garhwal District in the Indian state of Uttaranchal. It is the administrative seat of Tehri Garhwal District. The old town of Tehri lies at the confluence of the Bhagirathi and Bhilangna rivers, the site of the Tehri dam. The town of Tehri was emptied to make space for the Tehri dam, and the population has been shifted to the town of New Tehri. The town is famous as the site of protests against the dam by Sundarlal Bahuguna and his followers during the Chipko movement. Image File history File links India-locator-map-blank. ... Image File history File links Locator_Dot. ... India is subdivided into twenty-eight states and seven union territories; the states and territories are themselves further subdivided. ... The divisions of a district. ... Uttaranchal   (Hindi: उत्तरांचल) became the 27th state of the Republic of India on November 9, 2000. ... Tehri Garhwal District is a district of Uttaranchal state of northern India. ... Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ... Area is a physical quantity expressing the size of a part of a surface. ... A time zone is a region of the Earth that has adopted the same standard time, usually referred to as the local time. ... Indian Standard Time (IST) is the time zone for India. ... 2001 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and also: The International Year of the Volunteer The United Nations Year of Dialogue Among Civilizations Events January January 1 - A black monolith measuring approximately nine feet tall appears in Seattles Magnuson Park, placed by an anonymous... Population density by country, 2006 Population density is a measurement of population per unit area or unit volume. ... A municipality or general-purpose district (compare with: special-purpose district) is an administrative local area generally composed of a clearly defined territory and commonly referring to a city, town, or village government. ... Tehri Garhwal District is a district of Uttaranchal state of northern India. ... India is subdivided into twenty-eight states and seven union territories; the states and territories are themselves further subdivided. ... Uttaranchal   (Hindi: उत्तरांचल) became the 27th state of the Republic of India on November 9, 2000. ... The Bhagirathi is one of the two major tributaries of the Ganga. ... Tehri dam (November 2004) Tehri dam is the main dam of the Tehri Hydel Project, a major power project located near Tehri in the state of Uttaranchal in India. ... Tehri dam (November 2004) Tehri dam is the main dam of the Tehri Hydel Project, a major power project located near Tehri in the state of Uttaranchal in India. ... Sundarlal Bahuguna is a noted environmentalist who has fought for the preservation of the Himalayas. ... The Chipko movement was a group of villagers in the Uttarakhand region of India who opposed commercial logging. ...

Tehri was the capital of the princely state of Tehri Garhwal in British India, which had an area of 4180 square miles, and a population of 268,885 in 1901. It adjoined the district of Garhwal, and its topographical features are similar. It contained the sources of both the Ganges and the Yamuna, which are visited by thousands of Hindu pilgrims. A princely state is any state under the reign of a prince and is thus a principality taken in the broad sense. ... Tehri Garhwal District is a district of Uttaranchal state of northern India. ... British India (otherwise known as The British Raj) was a historical period during which most of the Indian subcontinent, or present-day India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Myanmar, were under the colonial authority of the British Empire (Undivided India). ... Garhwal District is a former district of British India and later of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. ... Early morning on the Ganges The River Ganges (Ganga in Indian languages) (Devanagiri गंगा) is a major river in northern India. ... The Triveni Sangam, or the intersection of Yamuna River and Ganges River. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ...

Demographics

People of Tehri were shifted/rehabilitated to New Tehri Town as the town was to be submerged in the water for the purposes of dam.

As of 2001 India census^GRIndia, Tehri had a population of 25,425. Males constitute 65% of the population and females 35%. Tehri has an average literacy rate of 78%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 81%, and female literacy is 71%. In Tehri, 10% of the population is under 6 years of age. 2001 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and also: The International Year of the Volunteer The United Nations Year of Dialogue Among Civilizations Events January January 1 - A black monolith measuring approximately nine feet tall appears in Seattles Magnuson Park, placed by an anonymous... 1870 US Census for New York City A census is the process of obtaining information about every member of a population (not necessarily a human population). ...

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Coordinates: 30°23′N 78°29′E Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ...