Kotdwara

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This article has been extracted from THE IMPERIAL GAZETTEER OF INDIA , 1908. OXFORD, AT THE CLARENDON PRESS.

Note: National, provincial and district boundaries have changed considerably since 1908. Typically, old states, ‘divisions’ and districts have been broken into smaller units, and many tahsils upgraded to districts. Some units have since been renamed. Therefore, this article is being posted mainly for its historical value.

Kotdwara

Town in Garhwal District, United Provinces, situated at the foot of the hills, in 29° 45' N. and 78° 32' E., close to the terminus of a branch of the Oudh and Rohilkhand Railway, and on the small river Khoh. Population (1901), 1,029. This is the most important mart in the District, supplying the south of Garhwal with cotton cloth, sugar, salt, cooking utensils, and miscellaneous articles imported from the plains. It is also the chief centre and exchange for the Tibetan trade. The Bhotias bring down borax, and take back pulse, sugar, tobacco, and cloth. Forest produce, mustard, rapeseed, chillies, and turmeric are exported to the plains. Kotdwara is the head-quarters of the Garhwal Bhabar, and contains a police station. a dispensary, and a branch of the American Methodist Mission. It is administered under Act XX of 1856, with an income of about Rs. 1,300.