Administrative Structure
After independence what was then known as the Garhwal district was further divided into Pauri Garhwal and Chamoli districts in 1960. In 1997 an additional area was carved out of the Pauri Garhwal and merged with parts of Chamoli and Tehri Garhwal districts to form a new district named Rudraprayag. Ransi ground situated in pauri is the highest ground in Asia. Pauri Garhwal encompasses an area of 5230 km2 and situated between 29° 45’ to 30°15’ Latitude and 78° 24’ to 79° 23’ E Longitude.
The District is administratively divided into nine tehsils and fifteen developmental blocks.
TEHSILS
- Pauri
- Lansdown
- Kotdwar
- Thalisain
- Dhumakot
- Srinagar
- Satpuli
- Yamkeshwar
DEVELOPMENTAL BLOCKS
- Kot
- Kaljikhal(largest Block in Pauri Garhwal)
- Pauri
- Pabo
- Thalisain
- Bironkhal
- Dwarikhal
- Dugadda
- Jaihrikhal
- Ekeshwer
- Rikhnikhal
- Yamkeswar
- Nainidanda
- Pokhra
- Khirsu
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