Uttarakhand India. Business Export Dehradun Mussoorie Roorkee Haldwani

Business (व्यापार) and Economy (अर्थव्यवस्था)

The State is rich in mineral deposits like limestone, marble, rock phosphate, dolomite, magnesite, copper greyphyte, gypsum, etc. The number of smallscale industries is 25,294 providing employment to 63,599 persons. Most of the industries are forest-based. There is a total of 54,047 handicraft units in the state.

Agriculture
About 90% of the population of Uttarakhand depends on agriculture. The total cultivated area is 7,84,117 hectares.

Agricultural land under irrigation is 5,91,418 hectares. The State has excellent potential for hydropower generation. Out of 15,667 villages, 14,447 villages have been electrified.

Travel and tourism (पर्यटन) (यात्रा पर्यटन)
Prominent places of pilgrimage/tourist interests are Gangotri, Yamunotri, Badrinath, Kedarnath, Hardwar, Rishikesh, Hemkund Sahib, Nanakmatta, etc. Kailash Mansarovar Yatra can be performed through Kumaon region. The world-famous Valley of Flowers, Pindari Glacier, Roop Kund, Dayara Bugyal, Auli, and hill stations like Mussoorie, Dehradun, Chakrata, Nainital, Ranikhet, Bageshwar, Bhimtal, Kausani are the important places of tourist interest. Corbett National Park.

Festivals
The world-famous Kumbh Mela/Ardh Kumbh Mela is held in Hardwar at an interval of every twelfth/sixth year. Other prominent fairs/festivals are: Devidhura Mela (Champawat), Purnagiri Mela (Champawat), Nanda Devi Mela (Almora), Gauchar Mela (Chamoli), Baisakhi (Uttarkashi), Magha Mela (Uttarkashi), Uttaraini Mela (Bageshwar), Vishu Mela (Jaunsar Vavar), Peerane-Kaliyar (Roorkee), and Nanda Devi Raj Jat Yatra, held every twelfth year.

Uttarakhand (उत्तरांचल)

Source: India.gov.in