Pithoragarh district

district of Uttarakhand, India

AdministrativeArea district_of_india Q1945425

Facts

26 properties

Identity

Instance of: district of India
Inception: 1960^[10]
Official website: pithoragarh.nic.in^[13]

Location

Country: India^[3]
Coordinate location: 🗺️ 29.400°, 80.000°, 🗺️ 30.000°, 80.250°^[11]^[12]
Located in the administrative territorial entity: Kumaon division (2000–present), Uttar Pradesh (1950–2000)^[2]
Shares border with: Chamoli district^[5]

Population and size

Area: 7100.0
Female population: 244133.0
Male population: 239306.0
Population: 462,289, 483,439^[14]^[15]

Codes

Local dialing code: 5964^[9]
Located in time zone: UTC+05:30^[8]
⚖ sources disagree Wikidata UTC+05:30 GeoNames Asia/Kolkata edition 2026-09-26 · CC BY 4.0 ↗
Postal code: 262501^[6]

More facts +12

Short name: PTH
Website: pithoragarh.nic.in
Located in: Kumaon division, Uttar Pradesh
Capital: Pithoragarh^[4]
Coordinates: 🗺️ 29.400°, 80.000°, 🗺️ 30.000°, 80.250°
Geoshape: 🗺️ View shape: India/Uttarakhand/Pithoragarh
Illiterate population: 137889.0
Licence plate code: UA 04^[7]
Literate population: 345550.0
Number of households: 114730.0^[16]
Rural population: 413834.0
Urban population: 69605.0

🏷️ Also known as

en Pithoragarh district ar منطقة بيتورجره de Pithoragarh fa بخش پتهورا گره fi Pithoragarhin piirikunta fr district de Pithoragarh hi पिथौरागढ जिला hi पिथौरागढ़ जिला it distretto di Pithoragarh ja ピトーラーガル県 nl Pithoragharh ru Питхорагарх sv Pithorāgarh uk Пітхораґарх zh 比托拉格尔县 zh-hant 比托拉格爾縣

🔖 Identifiers · 17

VIAF cluster ID: 143144706
Library of Congress authority ID: n85362814
GND ID: 4431285-4
Image (Wikimedia Commons): GoriValley.jpg ↗
Data Commons ID: wikidataId/Q1945425
Freebase ID: /m/08b2w4
GNS Unique Feature ID: -2108083
GeoNames ID: 1259504
INaturalist place ID: 100731
Indian census area code (2011): 062
LGD District Code: 53
National Library of Israel J9U ID: 987007564871005171

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OpenStreetMap relation ID: 374820
Topic's main category: Category:Pithoragarh district
Who's on First ID: 890503669
Wolfram Language entity code: Entity["AdministrativeDivision", {"Pithoragarh", "Uttaranchal", "India"}]
Yale LUX ID: place/75718c45-6aa4-4dd6-9804-e9d66cba5407

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🔗 Connections

Contained subdivisions 14

Dharchula, Didihat, Tirsuli, Dharchula Dehat, Om Parvat, Kalapani territory, Sunanda Devi, Patal Bhuvaneshwar +6 more

Located in the administrative territorial entity 2

Uttar Pradesh, Kumaon division

People born here 2

Lucky Bisht, Deep Joshi

Capital 1

Pithoragarh

Country 1

India

Instance of 1

district of India

Located in time zone 1

UTC+05:30

People who died here 1

Sarla Behn

Residents 1

Nabal Kishore Pande

Shares border with 1

Chamoli district

Topic's main category 1

Category:Pithoragarh district

← Capital of 1

Pithoragarh

← Category's main topic 1

Category:Pithoragarh district

← Contains the administrative territorial entity 1

Kumaon division

← Filming location 1

Sandeep Aur Pinky Faraar

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Summary

Pithoragarh district is a district of India^[1].

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Physical Characteristics

Pithoragarh district's area is recorded as 7100 km²^[17].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

[3] ↑ Pithoragarh district — country (P17): India. GEOnet Names Server. wikidata.org.
[4] ↑ Pithoragarh district — capital (P36): Pithoragarh. wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ Pithoragarh district — shares border with (P47): Chamoli district. wikidata.org.
[2] ↑ Pithoragarh district — located in the administrative territorial entity (P131): Kumaon division. wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ Pithoragarh district — postal code (P281): 262501. wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ Pithoragarh district — licence plate code (P395): UA 04. wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ Pithoragarh district — located in time zone (P421): UTC+05:30. wikidata.org.
[9] ↑ Pithoragarh district — local dialing code (P473): 5964. wikidata.org.
[10] ↑ Pithoragarh district — inception (P571): 1960. wikidata.org.
[11] ↑ Pithoragarh district — coordinate location (P625): {'lat': 29.4, 'lon': 80}. wikidata.org.
[12] ↑ Pithoragarh district — coordinate location (P625): {'lat': 30, 'lon': 80.25}. wikidata.org.
[13] ↑ Pithoragarh district — official website (P856): http://pithoragarh.nic.in/. wikidata.org.
[14] ↑ Pithoragarh district — population (P1082): {'amount': '+462289'}. wikidata.org.
[15] ↑ Pithoragarh district — population (P1082): {'amount': '+483439'}. 2011 census of India. censusindia.gov.in. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[16] ↑ Pithoragarh district — number of households (P1538): {'amount': '+114730'}. 2011 census of India. wikidata.org.
[17] ↑ Pithoragarh district — area (P2046): 7100 km². wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

[1] ↑ Pithoragarh district is an instance of district of India (Q1149652) [P31, primary]. Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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