EDUCATIONAL MAPS

The following maps were designed in recent years by uttarakhand.org founder Rajiv Rawat for educational purposes. They build on maps previously designed for the uttarakhand.org web site over the past decade. They are offered here free of charge, although creditation to Rajiv and uttarakhand.net would be much appreciated. Please note that these maps are for representation purposes only and boundaries in particular should in no way be interpreted as authoritative. If you would like scalable high quality PDFs of these maps, please contact Rajiv.

• Historical Map (2006)
  An artistic and highly detailed look at the historical development of the Uttarakhand region and beyond. Annotated with points of interest and key events. Great for educational purposes (large file). A much expanded 2007 edition will be released over the internet shortly.
• General Map (2006)
  A sketch of Uttarakhand with all the major cities, parks, and rivers. Great for general purpose use.
• Location Map (2006)
  Basic map showing Uttarakhand’s location in India (Bilingual).
• Districts Map (2006)
  Basic map with districts outlined and labeled. [Devanagari | English | Bilingual]
• Forests Map (2004)
  Mainly serves to illustrate jurisdictional diversity in forest governance by district.
• Population Map (2004)
  Provides district level data of the 2001 census count and sex ratios.
• Rural Density Map (2006)
  Reveals rural density patterns at the development block level.
• Linguistic Map (2004)
  Shows the relationships between the diverse dialects spoken throughout the Central Himalayas. Based on Grierson’s original linguistic survey of 1916.
• Development Map (2006)
  A recently compiled sketch of all the major hydroelectric project and industrial park sites in the state.
• Relief Map (2004)
  Provides basic relief contours that illustrate the fragmented terrain of the hills.
• Indian States Map (2006)
  Basic outlines of states updated to 2000 state reorganization boundaries.
• Assembly Delimitation Map (2006)
  Basic outline of all 70 state assembly constituencies according to 2001 delimitation with seat list.
• Development Block Map (2006)
  Basic outline of development blocks, colour coded according to district, with block list.
• Dehradun Sketch Map (2006)
  A revised version of a 2000 sketch map of Dehradun city with major intersections and street information.
• Dehradun Wards Map (2007)
  Boundaries of the 2001 delimitation of Dehradun’s 45 wards.

ABHIYAN MAP

The following map was produced by PAHAR for the 2004 Askot to Arakot Abhiyan. The two month scientific survey traversed 350 villages, 16 alpine pastures, 20 Kharaks (high altitude cattle sheds), 15 zones and 3 valleys affected by earthquakes and landslides, 8 centres of the Chipko movement, 15 Chattees (ancient pilgrimage camping sites), 5 Himalayan pilgrimage routes, 5 tribal zones, and 3 regions of Indo-Tibetan trade activities.

• Abhiyan Route Map (2004)

COLLABORATIVE ATLAS PROJECT

Over the past five years, Dan Jantzen, an alumnus and former teacher at the Woodstock School in Mussoorie, has been collaborating with PAHAR to collect GPS data of Uttarakhand, in order to construct a comprehensive road and place map of the region. This data was recently plotted onto Google Earth and is being made available here in both kmz and kml format.

Make sure to right click and save to disk:

• Uttarakhand Road Map (kmz)
• Uttarakhand Road Map (kml)
• Uttarakhand Place Names (kmz)
• Uttarakhand Place Names (kml)

The treasure trove of data is accurate to a resolution of approximately 10 meters, yet some roads, and many villages and towns, are yet to be measured and included in the database.

As a work in progress, users of this data are requested to submit comments, complaints and indications of additional roads to be mapped to Dan Jantzen at danjantzen [@] mindspring.com. Volunteers willing to help collect additional GPS data, to complete the mapping of Uttarakhand, are also needed. (- Dan Jantzen, also posted @ rungmung.net)