Gairsain
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Gairsain गैरसैण |
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| Coordinates: 30°04′21″N 79°17′08″E / 30.0725°N 79.2856°ECoordinates: 30°04′21″N 79°17′08″E / 30.0725°N 79.2856°E | |
| Country |
 India
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| State | Uttarakhand |
| District | Chamoli |
| Elevation | 1,750 m (5,740 ft) |
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| • Official | Hindi |
| Time zone | IST (UTC+5:30) |
| PIN | 246428 |
| Telephone code | 01363 |
| Vehicle registration | 2A-6A |
| Sex ratio | 1000 / 926 ♂/♀ |
| Literacy | 75% |
| Climate | Cold and Cloudly (Köppen) |
| Website | uk |
Gairsain [ɡɛːrˈsɛːɳ] (Hindi: गैरसैण) is a town and municipal board in the Chamoli district in central Uttarakhand, India.
It is being considered as a future capital of Uttarakhand. Gairsain was envisaged as the state capital during the statehood agitation. However, after the formation of the state on November 9, 2000, Dehradun was made the temporary capital of the state. The Government of Uttarakhand had constituted the Dixit Commission for the search of a permanent capital; but the commission in its report had noted that "the interim capital, Dehradun, is a more suitable place as the permanent capital owing to the factors like its distance from national capital, centralised population and safety from natural calamities". A three-day-long assembly session of Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly was held at Gairsain from 9 June to 12 June 2014. With this event, hopes are high that its stature might be raised to that of the permanent capital of the state, in the near future.
According to tradition, the name Gairsain is derived from the Garhwali words; Gair (गैर) meaning 'at some depth' and Sain (सैण) meaning 'plains', referring to the flat land at some depth in otherwise hilly terrain. An adjoining village is named Gair (गैड़) and some attribute the name Gairsain as the deep plain area at the foot of Gair Village. This however is incorrect word formation in Garhwali language (sub language). However in Kumaoni Language it is a correct word formation and means deep plain, to be precise it's a large area in Rift Valley.
It is situated in the center of the Garhwal and Kumaon. It has an average altitude of 1,650 metres (5,410 ft) above sea level.
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