Srinagar, Uttarakhand

Coordinates: 30°13′N 78°47′E / 30.22°N 78.78°E / 30.22; 78.78
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Not to be confused with Srinagar, the summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir.

Srinagar
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Telephone code01346-2
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Websitepauri.nic.in

Srinagar is a

state of Uttarakhand. It is located about 33 km from Pauri town, the administrative headquarters of Pauri Garhwal district, Uttarakhand, India
.

Geography

Srinagar is located at 30°13′N 78°47′E / 30.22°N 78.78°E / 30.22; 78.78.

Kotdwara it takes maximum 5 hours to reach there.It is a municipal board in the Pauri district of uttarakhand which is now upgraded to Municipal Corporation recently.

Srinagar from southern hill

Demographics

As per the 2011 census, Srinagar had a population of 20,115. Males constituted 52% of the population and females 48%. Srinagar is the largest city in the Garhwal hills.

Geology

Srinagar city mainly rests over the Quaternary fluvial terraces of boulders and sand deposited by Alaknanda river. The hard rock under these boulder-sand terraces is the Proterozoic phyllite called Pauri Phyllite. This highly fractured Pauri Phyllite of Chandpur Formation (Jaunsar Group) is separated from the quartzite and limestone of Rudraprayag Formation by the North Almora Thrust (NAT), sometimes also called Srinagar Thrust.

Fractured phyllite rock of Srinagar

History

Rope bridge across Alaknanda River, Srinagar, in the times of Garhwal Kingdom, 1784–94

Srinagar came into limelight after becoming the capital of Garhwal Kingdom. King Ajay Pal with unifying the various chiefdoms and garhis[what language is this?] (small counties) of this region during 1506–1512 CE founded the Garhwal kingdom and shifted the capital to Srinagar place from Chandpur Garhi.

The Gorkhas defeated the Nepali king and occupied

Srinagar became a part of British Garhwal.[2]

Painting of the old-city of Srinagar, Garhwal by Jwala Ram, Garhwal, ca.1788–1848

The old Srinagar city was destroyed in the Gohna Lake dam-burst which destroyed all the old relics of the town.

Today the town is an important cultural and educational centre. Being placed in central Garhwal at a moderate height, it is an important Valley Bazar in the hills. It has a number of temples and monuments and places for tourists to stay and visit.

Climate

Srinagar's location in a

Garhwal Himalaya. On the coldest days of the year, which come mostly in December and January, the daytime high temperature sometimes does not exceed 2 °C (36 °F).[citation needed
]

Education

Hemvati Nandan Bahuguna in 1989), established in 1973, is situated at Srinagar. The University has jurisdiction over seven districts of the Garhwal region. It was made a Central University in 2009 by the Central Universities Act, 2009. It has two other teaching campuses at Pauri
and Tehri towns. It is a residential cum affiliating institution of higher learning with more than 180 affiliated colleges.

National Institute of Technology, Uttarakhand opened in 2010.

Srinagar Base Hospital Medical college with MBBS and MS courses having more than 500 students, is also situated at Srikot about 5 km from Srinagar towards

Joshimath.[3]

One ITI and one Polytechnic along with one B.Ed. college are other educational institutes in Srinagar.

Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) Cadets Training Academy is also operating here for long.It is now functioning as Centralised Training Center or CTC.

St. Theresa's School which is an English medium school situated near Alaknanda river. Providing high class education and the most expensive school of the city. The School has been recognized by Council for Indian School Certificate Examinations since a long time.

Sri Guru Ram Rai(SGRR) is another popular school in Srinagar which located near Kamleshwar Mahadev Mandir. The School has been recognized by Central Board of Secondary Education.

There are many schools affiliated to CBSE, CISCE and UBSE Boards in the town which provide a versatile education system for all-round development.

Campus of HNB Garhwal University

The literacy rate of Srinagar city is 92.03% higher than the state average of 78.82%. In Srinagar, Male literacy is around 94.22% while the female literacy rate is 89.51%

Transportation

Railways

Till date Sri-Gadwall has nearest railway stations either at Kotdwara or at Rishikesh. But A Centre-State train project is undergone to link Char Dham of Gadwall. After finishing of project Sri Gadwall will have three consequent railway stations.

  • Sri-Kedar:

or Maletha-Janasu Railway station.

  • Sri-Nagar:

or Naithana-Chauras Railway station.

  • Srikot:

or Sueet-Dhari Railway Station.

Airways

Proposed Sri Gadwall Airport
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Main Cities of Gadwall

An Airport is proposed by Gadwall Apadraj Dal at Kot, Uttarakhand. Kot is suitable for Sri Gadwall Airport. It is demanded to enhance Char dham Tourism. Although current regime of BJP is not interested in it, but Gadwall Apadraj Dal is constantly supporting this project. It also provisioned to have a multi-lane fast track roadway and railway line from Srinagar to Kot for the ease to reach Airport.

Politics

Governing Body

Srinagar is administered through a

Sri Gadwall
.

It is the 9th municipal corporation in Uttarakhand, 1st in hill region of Uttarakhand, 1st in Garhwal and Kumaon, and 1st in Pauri Garhwal district.

Tourism

Religious Tourism

Caption text
Name Type Image
Kamleshwar Temple
Kilkileshwar Temple
Ashtvakra Temple
Ghasiya Mahadev Temple
Shani Mandir Temple
Dhari Devi Temple
Raj Rajeshwari Temple

References

  1. ^ Falling Rain Genomics, Inc – Srinagar
  2. ^ [Negi, S. S. 2003. Srinagar- A Historical township, In Sovenier of 20th Convention of Indian Association of Sedimentologist, pp- 29 Srinagar Garhwal]
  3. ^ "Srinagar Medical College", Uttarakhand Government Medical College Srinagar (Pauri Garhwal)
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