Tehri Garhwal district

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Tehri Garhwal district is an administrative region in the Indian state of Uttarakhand, known for its mountainous terrain, pilgrimage sites, and the Tehri Dam on the Bhagirathi River.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf administrative district
district
borders Chamoli district
Dehradun district
Pauri Garhwal district
Rudraprayag district
Uttarkashi district
contains Chamba town
Devprayag
Ghansali
Hindu temples
Kirtinagar
Narendranagar
New Tehri town
Tehri Dam
linked to: Tehri

Tehri Lake
linked to: Tehri

pilgrimage sites
villages displaced by Tehri Dam reservoir
country India
formedFrom territory of former Tehri Garhwal princely state
formerHeadquarters Old Tehri
linked to: Tehri
governedBy District Magistrate of Tehri Garhwal
hasClimate temperate mountain climate
hasEconomicActivity agriculture
horticulture
hydropower generation
tourism
hasFeature landslide-prone slopes
steep river valleys
hasHeadquarters New Tehri
linked to: Tehri
hasTerrain mountainous
historicalRegion former princely state of Tehri Garhwal
knownFor Tehri Dam
linked to: Tehri

Tehri Lake Festival
adventure tourism
mountainous landscape
pilgrimage tourism
locatedIn Garhwal region
linked to: Garhwal

Himalayas
Uttarakhand
majorSpokenLanguage Garhwali
namedAfter Tehri Garhwal
linked to: Tehri
officialLanguage Hindi
partOf Kumaon division and Garhwal division administrative structure of Uttarakhand
religionMajority Hinduism
state Uttarakhand
timeZone Indian Standard Time
traversedBy Alaknanda River
Bhagirathi River
Ganga River system
utcOffset +5:30

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Garhwal contains Tehri Garhwal district
Garhwali spokenIn Tehri Garhwal district
Bhagirathi River flowsThrough Tehri Garhwal district
Dhanaulti district Tehri Garhwal district
Kanatal district Tehri Garhwal district
Kempty Falls locatedIn Tehri Garhwal district
Kempty Falls administrativeDivision Tehri Garhwal district
Garhwal Kingdom successor Tehri Garhwal State
subject linked to: Garhwal Kingdom (historical)
linked to: Tehri Garhwal district
Pauri Garhwal district borders Tehri Garhwal district
Tehri partOf Tehri Garhwal district
Tehri administrativeDivisionOf Tehri Garhwal district
Tehri formerCapitalOf Tehri Garhwal princely state
linked to: Tehri Garhwal district
Panwar dynasty successorState Tehri Garhwal State
linked to: Tehri Garhwal district
Garhwal Himalaya contains Tehri Garhwal district
Rudraprayag district borderedByDistrict Tehri Garhwal district
Rudraprayag district formedFrom Tehri Garhwal district
Dehradun district bordersDistrict Tehri Garhwal district
Khatling Glacier locatedInDistrict Tehri Garhwal district
Dunda belongsToLokSabhaConstituency Tehri Garhwal (approximate association via Uttarkashi district)
linked to: Tehri Garhwal district
Devprayag district Tehri Garhwal district
Lakshman Jhula partOf Tehri Garhwal district
Bhilangna River flowsThrough Tehri Garhwal district
Bhilangna River locatedIn Tehri Garhwal region of Uttarakhand
linked to: Tehri Garhwal district