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. Pauri is the headquarters of Pauri Garhwal district and is located at the height of 1650 m.