New Tehri | |
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Nicknames: NTT, City of Dam's | |
Coordinates: 30°23′N 78°29′E / 30.38°N 78.48°E | |
Country | India |
State | Uttarakhand |
District | Tehri Garhwal |
Founded by | King Sudarshan Shah (New Tehri by THDC) |
Government | |
• Type | Municipal |
• Body | New Tehri Nagar Palika (Chairperson-Mrs. Seema Krishali, Independent), 2018/12/02-present |
Elevation | 1,750 m (5,740 ft) |
Population (2011)[1] | |
• Total | 24,014 |
Languages | |
• Official | Hindi, Sanskrit |
• Native | Garhwali |
Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
Telephone code | 01376 |
Vehicle registration | UK-09 |
Website | http://tehri.nic.in/ |
New Tehri is a city and a municipal board in Tehri Garhwal District in the Indian state of Uttarakhand. It is the administrative headquarters of Tehri Garhwal District. This urban municipality area has 11 wards, from Vidhi Vihar to Vishwakarma Puram (Koti colony).
Seema Krishali is the chairperson of Nagar Palika Tehri, and is the first female chairperson of Tehri. She won as an independent. Tehri is represented by the Tehri assembly seat of Uttarakhand and the Tehri Lok Sabha seat of India, which are represented by Dhan Singh Negi (Bhartiya Janta Party) and Mala Rajya Laxmi Shah (Bhartiya Janta Party) respectively.[2]