Annual Plan 2001-2002 Uttaranchal

Abstract

Uttaranchal emerged as the 27th State of Republic of India on 9th November, 2000. It was carved out from the State of Uttar Pradesh by bifurcating the hill region and comprises of 13 districts. The State lies in the central zone of Himalayas and covers an area of 53483 sq. km. It is surrounded by Himachal Pradesh in the west, Uttar Pradesh in the south, Nepal in the east and Tibet (China) in the North. The state possesses strategic importance since it has an international boundary on two sides. The newly created Slate consists of 13 districts further splitted into 49 tehsils and 95 development blocks. These community development blocks comprise 673 Nyay Panchayats and 15669 villages.