Pauri Garhwal, a district of Uttaranchal state encompasses an area of 5440 sq. km and situated between 29o 45’ to 30o15’ Latitude and 78o 24’ to 79o 23’ E Longitude. The districts of Chamoli, Rudraprayag and Tehri Garhwal in North, Bijnor and Udhamsingh Nagar in South, Almora and Nainital in East, Dehradun and Haridwar in West ring this district.