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    Rural research project: Barkot Mafi
    (MICA, 2008) Bhardwaj, Dhruv; Kamath, Nandita; Sarkar, Poulomi Roy
    Champawat, Nainital, Dehradun, Udham Singh Nagar, Uttarkashi, Pithoragarh, Rudraprayag. The state is spread over an area of 55,845 square km having 78 Tehsils, 95 blocks and 7227 Panchayats. The state has a total of 16,826 inhabitated villages, 86 cities/towns and only five are major cities with population over 1 lakh. It has 5 Lok Sabha, 3 Rajya Sabha constituencies and 70 Vidhan Sabha constituencies. The state has a population of 8.5 million with average density of 159 persons per sq km which varies from as high as 612 in Haridwar and 414 in Dehradun districts to as low as 37 in Uttarkashi and 48 in Chamoli. 89 % of the villages have population less than 500. 93% of the area of the state is hilly and 63% of the land is covered with forests.