Uttaranchal became the 27th state of the Republic of India on the 9th of November 2000. The State is carved out of Uttar Pradesh. It occupies 17.3% of India’s total land area with 51,125 sq. km. It has a population of about 6.0 million at 94.4 per sq. km. It borders Tibet, Nepal, Himachal Pradesh.

Uttaranchal also has the largest number of tourist destinations - this state is the source of the sacred Ganga river, high in the mountains, and the spiritual and physical life source of India. The mighty Himalayas straddle the state, on its northern borders, and are widely believed to be throne of Gods. The Gangetic Plains forms three fourth of the state. Along with the holy places of Hinduism, this region has also distinctively shapedthe development of Buddhism and Islam. For a traveller, a simple division would be the Hills and the Plains.