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| name = Kirtinagar<br />
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| coordinates = {{coord|30.22|N|78.76|E|display=inline,title}}<br />
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| subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]<br />
| subdivision_name1 = [[Uttarakhand]]<br />
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]<br />
| subdivision_name2 = [[Tehri Garhwal district|Tehri Garhwal]]<br />
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| population_total = 1040<br />
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| postal_code = 249161<br />
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| area_code = 01378<br />
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'''Kirtinagar''' is a town and a [[Nagar Panchayat]] and a [[Taluk]] in [[Tehri Garhwal district]] in the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[Uttarakhand]].<br />
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==Geography==<br />
Kirtinagar is located at {{coord|30.22|N|78.76|E|}}.<ref>{{cite web<br />
|url = http://maps.yahoo.com/#mvt=m&lat=30.22142&lon=78.76162&zoom=16&q1=Kirtinagar%252C%2520Uttarakhand<br />
|title = Yahoo maps location of Kirtinagar<br />
|publisher = Yahoo maps<br />
|access-date = 2009-01-19<br />
}}</ref><br />
Kirtinagar Taluk contains around 20 villages.<ref>{{cite web|title=Villages in Kirtinagar Taluk, Tehri Garhwal District, Uttarakhand|url=http://soki.in/category/kirtinagar-tehri-garhwal-uttarakhand/|website=Soki.In|access-date=14 July 2015}}</ref><br />
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==History==<br />
Kirtinagar was founded by Garhwal Raja Kirti Shah by the [[Alaknanda River]] in response to the destruction by flood of nearby Old Srinagar in 1894.<ref>{{cite book|title=Urbanization in Garhwal Himalaya: A Geographical Interpretation|date=1 Jan 1995|publisher=Surendra Singh M.D. Publications Pvt. Ltd.|location=New Delhi|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=X4FsjWPEeM4C&q=Kirtinagar+Alaknanda+river&pg=PA170|access-date=14 July 2015|isbn=9788185880693}}</ref><br />
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==Demographics==<br />
As of the [[2011 Census of India|2011 Census]] Kirtinagar has a population of 1,517, of which 41% are females and 10% are children up to 6 years of age. The average literacy rate is 81%, higher than the state average of 79%, with male literacy at 79%, and female literacy at 85%.<ref>{{cite web|title=Kirtinagar City Population Census 2011 - Uttarakhand|url=http://www.census2011.co.in/data/town/800298-kirtinagar-uttarakhand.html|website=Census 2011 India|access-date=14 July 2015}}</ref><br />
Over the ten years from 2001, the population has increased hugely, by 46% from 1040, and the proportions of females and children are both slightly down from their earlier 43% and 11% levels. Literacy is up from 76%.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040616075334/http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999|archive-date=2004-06-16|title= Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)|access-date=2008-11-01|publisher= Census Commission of India}}</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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{{Tehri Garhwal}}<br />
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[[Category:Cities and towns in Tehri Garhwal district]]<br />
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