Haridwar district

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  ?Haridwar
Uttarakhand • India
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Location of Haridwar
Coordinates: 29°58′N 78°10′E / 29.96, 78.16
Time zone IST (UTC+5:30)
Area
• Elevation		 2,360 km² (911 sq mi)
• 249.7 m (819 ft)
Codes
• Telephone
• +01334
Website: http://haridwar.nic.in
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Coordinates: 29°58′N 78°10′E / 29.96, 78.16 Haridwar (Hindi: हरिद्वार) pronunciation (help·info) is a district of Uttarakhand state, India. The headquarter is at Haridwar. Other towns in the district are BHEL Ranipur, Dhandera, Jhabrera, Laksar, Landaura, Manglaur, Mohanpur Mohammadpur, and Roorkee.

The district has a single Parliament Constituency, and 9 Uttarakhand State Legislative Assembly constituencies including, Bhaghwanpur, Roorkee, Iqbalpur, Manglaur, Landaura, Laksar, Bahadrabad, Haridwar, and Laldang [2].

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[edit] History

The Haridwar district came into existence on 28 December 1988 as part of Saharanpur Divisional Commissionary [1], and on 9 November 2000 [3], it became part of Uttarakhand, the 27th state in the Republic of India.

[edit] Geography

Haridwar district, covering an area of about 2360 km² (911 mi²), is in the southwestern part of Uttarakhand state of India. Its latitude and longitude are 29.58 degrees north and 78.13 degrees east respectively. The height from the sea level is 249.7 metres (819 ft).

[edit] Admistrative organization

The district is administratively subdivided into three tehsils: Haridwar, Roorkee, and Laksar. It is further divided into six development blocks: Bhagwanpur, Roorkee, Narsan, Bahadrabad, Laksar, and Khanpur [1][4].

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c Geography of Haridwar
  2. ^ List of Public Respresentatives from Haridwar Official wesbite.
  3. ^ Uttarakhand Govt. of India, Official website.
  4. ^ Haridwar district

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Districts of Uttarakhand (as of 2001)
Districts of Uttarakhand (as of 2001)
Divisions and districts of Uttarakhand
Kumaon division: Almora | Bageshwar | Champawat | Nainital | Pithoragarh | Udham Singh Nagar
Garhwal division: Chamoli | Dehradun | Haridwar | Pauri Garhwal | Rudra Prayag | Tehri Garhwal | Uttarkashi
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