Portion of Gautam Park Hotel, Pwd Office at Joshiyara). Many bridges ware destroyed during the floods (Didsari Suspension Bridge, Naluna Suspension Bridge, Joshiyara Suspension Bridge, Athali Suspension Bridge). Ecology See Indomalayan realm Political divisions Lok Sabha constituency Uttarkashi district falls in the Tehri Garhwal (Lok Sabha constituency). Assembly constituencies Purola (SC) Yamunotri Gangotri Tehsils The district has six tehsils: Barkot, Dunda, Bhatwadi, Chinyalisaur, Purola and Mori. Demographics Culture Upper reaches on Line of Actual Control (LAC), especially Nelang, Jadhang (Sang) and Pulam Sumda area, are inhabited by the Char Bhutia tribe. Demographics According to the 2011 census Uttarkashi district has a population of 330,086, roughly equal to the nation of Belize. This gives it a ranking of 567th in India (out of a total of 640). The district has a population density of . Its population growth rate over the decade 2001–2011 was 11.75%. Uttarkashi has a sex ratio of 959 females for every 1000 males, and a literacy rate of 75.98%. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes make up 24.41% and 1.06% of the population respectively. According to the 2011 census, 80.77% of the population spoke Garhwali, 7.28% Hindi, and 2.17% Nepali as their first language. Various indigenous Tibetic languages (returned under a variety of different names) such as Jad were spoken by 3.06% of the district's population. Hindi is the lingua franca. See also List of districts of Uttarakhand References External links Uttarkashi at Uttaranchal Tourism website Districts of Uttarakhand