After independence it was known as
Garhwal district and further divided into
Pauri Garhwal and
Chamoli districts in 1960. In 1997 an
additional area was carved out of the Pauri Garhwal and merged with parts of
Chamoli and Tehri Garhwal districts to form a new district named
Rudraprayag.Ransi ground situated
in pauri is the highest ground in Asia.Pauri Garhwal, a district of Uttarakhand
state encompasses an area of 5230 km
2 and situated between 29° 45’ to
30°15’ Latitude and 78° 24’ to 79° 23’ E Longitude.The District is
administratively divided into nine tehsils, viz., Pauri, Lansdown, Kotdwar,
Thalisain, Dhumakot, Srinagar, Satpuli, Dhumakot & Yamkeshwar and fifteen
developmental blocks, viz., Kot, Kaljikhal, Pauri, Pabo, Thalisain, Bironkhal,
Dwarikhal, Dugadda, Jaihrikhal, Ekeshwer, Rikhnikhal, Yamkeswar, Nainidanda,
Pokhra & Khirsu.
The climate of Pauri Garhwal is very cold in winter and pleasant in summer.
In rainy season the climate is very cool & full of greeneries. However, in
Kotdwar and the
adjoining Bhabar area it is quite hot reaching high 40s Celsius during the
summer.
