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Bathing ghats on the Bhagirathi River at Gangotri, Uttarakhand, India.
Most people in Uttarakhand live in rural settlements, which typically consist of small linear villages situated along paths or roads. While the state's population is sparsely and unevenly distributed, approximately one-fourth of the total population resides in urban centers, which are located primarily in the southern part of the state.1