Srinagar, Uttarakhand

Not to be confused with another Srinagar, the summer capital of Jammu and KashmirSrinagar (श्रीनगर) is municipal board in Pauri Garhwal district in the Indian state of Uttarakhand.GeographySrinagar is located at. at the left bank of Alaknanda river. It has an average elevation of 560 metres (1,837 feet). It is the largest town in the Garhwal Hills. It is reached by national highway NH58 from Rishikesh, Srinagar is about 100 km from Rishikesh which is the last city on the plains of Uttarakhand and from where the mountains start. Srinagar can also be reached via Kotdwara, from Kotdwara it takes maximum 5 hours to reach there.DemographicsAt the 2007 India census, Srinagar had a population of 80,000. Males constitute of the population 55% and females 45%. Srinagar has an average literacy rate of 83%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 86%, and female literacy is 79%. In Srinagar, 18% of the population is under 6 years. At the 2012 census Srinagar had a population of 1,50,000. Males constituted of the population 52% and females 48%. Srinagar is the largest city in the Garhwal hills and now Srinagar is included in the largest cities in Uttarakhand. Srinagar is also an educational city in Uttarakhand.