Chamoli Gopeshwar
Town in Uttarakhand, India
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Chamoli Gopeshwar is a township in the Garhwal hills and a municipal board within Chamoli district. It is the administrative headquarters of the Chamoli District of Uttarakhand in India and is 1,450 m (4,760 ft) above sea level.
Chamoli Gopeshwar | |
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Town | |
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  Chamoli Gopeshwar Location in Uttarakhand, India | |
| Coordinates: 30.42°N 79.33°E | |
| Country | India |
| State | Uttarakhand |
| District | Chamoli |
| Government | |
| • Type | Nagar palika |
| Area | |
• Total | 30 km2 (12 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 1,550 m (5,090 ft) |
| Population | |
• Total | 21,447 |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Hindi |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 246401 |
| Vehicle registration | UK-11 |
| Website | uk |
Geography
Gopeshwar is located at 30.42°N 79.33°E.[1] It has an average elevation of 1,450 m (4,760 ft). Gopeshwar is 8.4 km (5.2 mi) away from Chamoli which is located on the banks of Alaknanda river and along NH 58. Gopeswer Uttarakhand
Climate
Classified by Köppen-Geiger system as humid subtropical climate (Cwa).
| Climate data for Chamoli Gopeshwar | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 13.4 (56.1) |
15.9 (60.6) |
20.5 (68.9) |
26 (79) |
29.3 (84.7) |
28.3 (82.9) |
25 (77) |
24.4 (75.9) |
24.2 (75.6) |
22.4 (72.3) |
18.3 (64.9) |
14.8 (58.6) |
21.9 (71.4) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 8.6 (47.5) |
10.4 (50.7) |
14.7 (58.5) |
19.1 (66.4) |
22.5 (72.5) |
22.8 (73.0) |
21.3 (70.3) |
20.9 (69.6) |
20.1 (68.2) |
17.1 (62.8) |
13 (55) |
9.8 (49.6) |
16.7 (62.0) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 3.8 (38.8) |
4.9 (40.8) |
9 (48) |
12.3 (54.1) |
15.7 (60.3) |
17.4 (63.3) |
17.6 (63.7) |
17.4 (63.3) |
16 (61) |
11.8 (53.2) |
7.8 (46.0) |
4.9 (40.8) |
11.5 (52.8) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 74 (2.9) |
76 (3.0) |
77 (3.0) |
36 (1.4) |
48 (1.9) |
140 (5.5) |
322 (12.7) |
271 (10.7) |
150 (5.9) |
66 (2.6) |
12 (0.5) |
33 (1.3) |
1,305 (51.4) |
| Source: Climate-Data.org[2] | |||||||||||||
Demographics
According to the 2021 India census,[3] Chamoli Gopeshwar has a population of 41,447. The total number of households are 10513.[4] Males constitute 56% of the population and females 44%. Chamoli Gopeshwar has an average literacy rate of 81%, higher than the national average of 59.5%; with male literacy at 85% and female literacy at 75%. 10% of the population is under 6 years of age.
Herbal Research and Development Institute
Herbal Research and Development Institute (also HRDI) in Gopeshwar is a government-run research institute founded in 1989 that conserves and studies medicinal herbs found in abundance in the upper regions of Uttarakhand.[5] 18,000 plant species have been identified in the state, and about 1,800 of those are considered to be of medicinal value.[citation needed] Herbs, which are mentioned in Ayurvedic classical texts, continue to play a vital role in the region and are used by traditional local healers for ailments that can usually be cured with modern medicine.[6][7]