Sitting on the outer ranges of the mid Himalayas, Tehri Garhwal district stretches from the snow capped Himalayan peaks of Thalaiya Sagar, Jonli and Gangotri group to the foothills of Rishikesh. Bhagirathi river flows from north of Gangotri in Uttarkashi,touches near Nagaun village of Tehri Garhwal district and runs through the district dividing it into two parts. Tehri Dam is constructed in the Bhagirathi river and has a reservoir for irrigation, municipal water supply and generation of 1,000 MW of hydroelectricity.

Yamuna river flows on its west bordering between Dehradun and Tehri Garhwal district while Bhilangana, Alaknanda and Ganga flow in the south east border separating it from Pauri Garhwal and Rudraprayag district.

Tehri Garhwal District –  Anatomy

Bhagirathi river, one of the 12 tributaries of holy river Ganga passing the district dividing into two parts and house to holy confluence of Alaknanda river and Bhagirathi river to form Devprayag, Tehri Garhwal derives its name Tehri from two words  Tri and Hari meaning a place that washes three kinds of sins- the sins born of Man, Vachan and Karma that means the sins created out of our thought, word and deed. Surrounded by Rudraprayag district in its east, Uttarkashi district in the north, Dehradun district in west and Pauri Garhwal district in south, Tehri Garhwal district has an average altitude of 1,550 meters.

Population of Tehri Garhwal District

According to the national census 2011, Tehri district has a total population of 618,931 with 320,945 female and 297,986 male where the child population aged 0-6 is 84,657 with 40,023 girls and 44,634 boys. The urban population is 11.33% of the total population, 70,139 in number. 88.67% of the population is rural, 548,792 in number.

76.36% people in Tehri are literate.