Constitutional offices · verified 3 September 2026
Lt Gen Gurmit Singh (Retd.) is Governor and Pushkar Singh Dhami is Chief Minister.
State dossier 27 · Uttarakhand
Uttarakhand since 2000.
A source-led record of Statehood, constitutional government, elections, people, the mountain economy, rivers, World Heritage, civic movements, disasters and accountability.
Boundary rule: figures for the Himalayan districts while part of Uttar Pradesh and for Uttaranchal/Uttarakhand after 9 November 2000 are different statistical frames. The State was renamed Uttarakhand in 2007.
70Assembly constituencies
5Lok Sabha constituencies
10,086,292Census 2011 population
1UNESCO World Heritage property
Constitutional journey
A mass movement for a separate hill State culminated in parliamentary reorganisation.
1994Statehood movement intensified across the hill districts
AUG 2000Parliament enacted the Uttar Pradesh Reorganisation Act
9 NOV 2000Uttaranchal became India’s 27th State
1 JAN 2007The State’s name changed to Uttarakhand
Uttar Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2000 · Lok Bhavan State history.
Chief Ministers and constitutional administration
| Chief Minister / administration | Period | Political frame |
|---|---|---|
| Nityanand Swami | 2000–2001 | BJP; first Chief Minister |
| Bhagat Singh Koshyari | 2001–2002 | BJP |
| Narayan Dutt Tiwari | 2002–2007 | INC; first full Assembly term |
| B. C. Khanduri | 2007–2009; 2011–2012 | BJP |
| Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank | 2009–2011 | BJP |
| Vijay Bahuguna | 2012–2014 | INC |
| Harish Rawat | 2014–2017 | INC; interrupted during the 2016 constitutional crisis |
| President’s Rule | 2016 intervals | Proclamation and judicial proceedings require day-level chronology |
| Trivendra Singh Rawat | 2017–2021 | BJP |
| Tirath Singh Rawat | Mar–Jul 2021 | BJP |
| Pushkar Singh Dhami | 4 Jul 2021–present | BJP; second ministry from 23 Mar 2022 |
Governor and current ministry
Council of Ministers
The official ministry lists Satpal Maharaj, Ganesh Joshi, Dhan Singh Rawat, Subodh Uniyal, Rekha Arya, Saurabh Bahuguna, Khajan Das, Bharat Singh Chaudhary, Madan Kaushik, Pradeep Batra and Ram Singh Kaida, with portfolios stated on the government page.
Assembly elections and parties
| Election | Mandate | Context |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | INC 32; BJP 31; BSP 3; UKD(P) 1; Independents 3 | Congress formed the government with support. |
| 2017 | BJP 57; INC 11; Independents 2 | BJP won a large majority. |
| 2022 | BJP 47; INC 19; BSP 2; Independents 2 | BJP retained office; Dhami later won the Champawat bye-election. |
Uttarakhand elects 70 MLAs and five Lok Sabha members. Thirteen Assembly seats are reserved for Scheduled Castes and two for Scheduled Tribes. Bye-elections and later party changes do not rewrite the original mandate.
People, economy and public finance
| Measure | Figure / frame | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Population | 10,086,292 | Census 2011 |
| Area | 53,483 km² | State geographical frame |
| Districts | 13 | Two administrative divisions |
| Economic frame | Services and tourism, manufacturing, hydropower, construction, agriculture and horticulture | Plains and mountain districts require separate context |
Current-price GSDP, real growth, per-capita income, budget estimates and audited spending remain separate. Seasonal migration, pilgrimage, defence service, remittances and uneven access shape district outcomes.
World Heritage, rivers and civic change
Nanda Devi and Valley of Flowers
Nanda Devi and Valley of Flowers National Parks form one UNESCO World Heritage property. Its serial boundary, buffer zones and conservation status are distinct from the wider biosphere reserve.
Rivers and sacred geography
Headwaters of the Ganga and Yamuna, pilgrimage towns and hydropower projects bring religious, ecological, livelihood and infrastructure claims into the same valleys but not the same evidence category.
Movements
Chipko, anti-Tehri dam mobilisation and the Uttarakhand Statehood movement had different places, participants and aims. Women’s leadership and forest rights need locally attributed histories.
Disaster risk
The 2013 Kedarnath disaster, the 2021 Chamoli disaster, landslides, subsidence, glacial hazards and forest fires require event-specific scientific and official records. Hazard, exposure and culpability are not synonyms.
UNESCO World Heritage record · Uttarakhand Forest Department · Disaster Management Authority.
Audits and public accountability
CAG State Finances, revenue, compliance, performance, public-sector and local-body audits are tied to their audited periods and government replies. Roads, hydropower, tourism, disaster reconstruction, forest diversion and urban projects require report-level sourcing.
Political allegation, audit observation, inquiry, charge, judgment and appeal remain separate statuses.
Source ledger
Statehood and boundaries: Parliament and India Code · offices: Lok Bhavan, Chief Minister portal and Legislature · elections: ECI · population and economy: Census India, DES, Finance, RBI and CAG · heritage and nature: UNESCO, Forest, environment and disaster authorities · movements and rights: archives, statutes, commissions and courts. Checked 3 September 2026.