About Dehradun District

Dehradun District is one among 13 Districts of Uttarakhand State ,India. Dehradun District Administrative head quarter is Dehradun. Dehradun District population is 1698560. It is 2 nd Largest District in the State by population.

Geography and Climate Dehradun District

It is Located at Latitude-30.3, Longitude-78.0. Dehradun District is sharing border with Sirmaur District to the west . It is sharing Border with Himachal Pradesh State to the North . Dehradun District occupies an area of approximately 300 square kilometres. . Its in the 648 meters to 484 meters elevation range.This District belongs to Hindi Belt India .

Climate of Dehradun District

It is very cold in summer also. Dehradun District summer highest day temperature is in between 21 ° C to 38° C .
Average temperatures of January is 8 ° C , February is 11 ° C , March is 17 ° C , April is 21 ° C , May is 26 ° C .

DemoGraphics of Dehradun District

Hindu is the Local Language here. Also People Speaks Sindhi, Punjabi, Garhwali And Urdu. . Dehradun District is divided into 8 Tehsils , Panchayats , 977 Villages.

Census 2011 of Dehradun District

Dehradun district Total population is 1698560 according to census 2011.Males are 893039 and Females are 805521 .Literate people are 1123767 among total.Its total area is 300 km². It is the 2 nd largest district in the state by Population . But 13 th Largest District in the state By Area. 288 th Largest District in the Country By Population. 1 st highest District in the State By literacy rate. 77 th highest District in the Country By literacy rate.its literacy Rate is 85.24

Dehradun District Tourism

Chakrata , Dehradun , Kalsi , Mussoorie , Rishikesh , are the Tourist destinations to Visit.

Temples in Dehradun District

Mahasu Devta Temple , Rishikesh , Pokhu Devta Temple , Balani Devi Temple , Bhadraj Temple , Dugdehwar Mahadeva , Lakhamandal , Laxman Siddh , Santala Devi Temple , Tapkeshwar Shiv Temple are the famous temple in Dehradun District

Dehradun Transport

Road Transport

District Headquarters Dehradun is well connected by road . Dehradun , Mussoorie are the Cities in this district having road connectivity to major towns and remote villages. Dehradun is about 1 KM by road to Dehradun( Capital of Uttarakhand )

Rail Transport

Dehradun has the major rail way station Dehradun connecting to most of the Important Cities and rail way station in India.

Some of the rail way stations in district are Doiwala , Kansrao , Harrawala .... which connects most of the towns and villages in the District.

Bus Transport

Uttaranchal transport ( UTC) runs Busses from Major cities to Towns and Villages in this District.