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Uttarakhand

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🌸Fun factUttarakhand's Valley of Flowers, famed for endemic alpine blooms, is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Factsheet

Capital: Dehradun
Language(s): Hindi, Sanskrit
Formed: 2000
Area: 53,483 km²
Districts: 13
Head (2025): Pushkar Singh Dhami
State animal: 🐾 Alpine musk deer
State bird: 🐦 Himalayan monal
State flower: 🌸 Brahma Kamal
State tree: 🌳 Burans (Rhododendron)

Report Card

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SDG India Index

79

#2 of 36India: 71

NITI Aayog· 2023-24

Economy

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Per-Capita NSDP

₹2.31 L

#14 of 33

MoSPI· 2022-23

Unemployment Rate

4.3%

#21 of 36India: 3.2%

Labour Force Participation

60.7%

#20 of 36India: 60.1%

Healthcare

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Infant Mortality Rate

24 per 1,000

#13 of 22India: 28 per 1,000

Life Expectancy at Birth

71.4 yrs

#9 of 21India: 70.0 yrs

Total Fertility Rate

1.9

#12 of 35India: 2.0

NFHS-5· 2019-21

Institutional Births

83.2%

#28 of 35India: 88.6%

NFHS-5· 2019-21

Child Stunting (under 5)

27.0%

#11 of 35India: 35.5%

NFHS-5· 2019-21

Full Immunisation (12-23 mo)

81.0%

#8 of 31India: 76.4%

NFHS-5· 2019-21

Education

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Literacy Rate

78.8%

#15 of 35India: 74.0%

Census 2011· 2011

Female Literacy Rate

70.0%

#19 of 34India: 65.5%

Census 2011· 2011

Higher Education GER

41.8%

#6 of 36India: 28.4%

AISHE· 2021-22

Law & Order

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IPC Crime Rate

146.8 per lakh

#11 of 36India: 258.1 per lakh

Crimes Against Women Rate

77.0 per lakh

#26 of 36India: 66.4 per lakh

Government Budget

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Debt-to-GSDP Ratio

25.9%

#7 of 31India: 28.1%

Demographics

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Population

1,00,86,292

#21 of 36India: 1,21,08,54,977

Census 2011· 2011

Sex Ratio

963 per 1,000 men

#14 of 36India: 943 per 1,000 men

Census 2011· 2011

Urban Population Share

30.6%

#20 of 35India: 31.2%

Census 2011· 2011

Decadal Population Growth

18.8%

#15 of 34India: 17.7%

Census 2011· 2011

Infrastructure

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Electricity Access

99.4%

#14 of 31India: 96.8%

NFHS-5· 2019-21

Improved Sanitation

90.0%

#10 of 31India: 70.2%

NFHS-5· 2019-21

Clean Cooking Fuel

78.0%

#14 of 31India: 58.6%

NFHS-5· 2019-21

Agriculture

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Agriculture Share of GSVA

10.5%

#28 of 33

MoSPI· 2022-23

Foodgrain Yield

2,367 kg/ha

#16 of 35India: 2,494 kg/ha

DA&FW· 2022-23

Net Irrigated Area

55.1%

#12 of 30India: 56.4%

DA&FW· 2022-23

Average Landholding Size

0.85 ha

#25 of 34India: 1.08 ha

Agri Census· 2015-16

Sports

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Khelo India Medals

11

#22 of 33

Khelo India· 2025

Tourism

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Domestic Tourist Visits

5,81,41,000

#12 of 36India: 2,50,96,27,000

Ministry of Tourism· 2023

Foreign Tourist Visits

1,43,000

#16 of 36India: 1,92,46,000

Ministry of Tourism· 2023