Kirtinagar

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Kirtinagar
town
Location in Uttarakhand, India
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Country  India
State Uttarakhand
District Tehri Garhwal
Population (2001)
 • Total 1,040
Languages
 • Official Hindi
Time zone IST (UTC+5:30)
PIN 249161
Telephone code 9897101720
Sex ratio 1:1 /[citation needed]

Kirtinagar is a town and a Nagar Panchayat and a Taluk in Tehri Garhwal district in the Indian state of Uttarakhand.

Geography

Kirtinagar is located at Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found..[1] Kirtinagar Taluk contains around 20 villages.[2]

History

Kirtinagar was founded by Garhwal Raja Kirti Shah by the Alaknanda River in response to the destruction by flood of nearby Old Srinagar in 1894.[3]

Demographics

As of the 2011 Census Kirtinagar has a population of 1,517, of which 41% are females and 10% are children up to 6 years of age. The average literacy rate is 81%, higher than the state average of 79%, with male literacy at 79%, and female literacy at 85%.[4] Over the ten years from 2001, the population has increased hugely, by 46% from 1040, and the proportions of females and children are both slightly down from their earlier 43% and 11% levels. Literacy is up from 76%.[5]

References

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