Dehradun
Dehradun is the provisional capital of Uttarakhand state. It is nestled between the Himalayan foothills to the north and the Shivaliks to the south. The town offers breathtaking scenery.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Dehradun railway station and The Doon School.
Dehradun railway station
Railway station
Photo: Superfast1111, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Dehradun Terminal railway station is a railway station in Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India, on the Northern line of the Northern Railway network. It is owned by Indian Railways.
The Doon School
School
Photo: RickTyers, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Doon School is a selective all-boys private boarding school in Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India, which was established in 1935. It was envisioned by Satish Ranjan Das, a lawyer from Calcutta, as a school modelled on the British public school while remaining conscious of Indian ambitions and desires.
Rashtriya Indian Military College
Military installation
The Rashtriya Indian Military College is a military school for boys and girls situated in Doon Valley, Dehradun in India. The RIMC is a feeder institution for the National Defence Academy, Indian Naval Academy and subsequently the Indian Armed Forces.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Clement Town.
Clement Town
Hamlet
Clement Town is a cantonment town in Dehradun, Dehradun district, in the state of Uttarakhand, India. Clement Town is seven kilometres from the clock tower in main city of Dehradun. Saharanpur and Haridwar are 65 and 54 km respectively. Clement Town is situated 9 km southwest of Dehradun.
Dehradun
- Location: Uttarakhand, Himalayan North, India, South Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
30.33° or 30° 19′ 48″ northLongitude
78.06° or 78° 3′ 36″ eastPopulation
1,700,000Elevation
695 metres (2,280 feet)Abbreviation
“DHR”Open location code
8J2W83H6+X2GeoNames ID
9072830
This page is based on GeoNames, Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons, and Wikivoyage.
We’d love your help improving our open data sources. Thank you for contributing.
Satellite Map
Discover Dehradun from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Assamese to Western Panjabi—“Dehradun” goes by many names.
- Assamese: “দেৰাডুন”
- Bengali: “দেরাদুন”
- Bishnupriya: “ডেরাদুন”
- Chinese: “台拉登”
- Czech: “Déhrádún”
- Gujarati: “દેહરાદૂન”
- Hindi: “देहरादून”
- Hungarian: “Dehradún”
- Japanese: “デヘラードゥーン”
- Kannada: “ದೆಹರಾದೂನ್”
- Korean: “데라둔”
- Latin: “Deharaduna”
- Lithuanian: “Dehradūnas”
- Malayalam: “ഡെറാഡൂൺ”
- Marathi: “डेहराडून”
- Mingrelian: “დეჰრადუნი”
- Nepali: “देहरादून”
- Newari: “देहरादुन”
- Oriya: “ଡେରାଡୁନ”
- Panjabi: “ਦੇਹਰਾਦੂਨ”
- Persian: “دهرادون”
- Pushto: “دهرادون”
- Russian: “Дехрадун”
- Sanskrit: “देहरादून”
- Serbian: “Дерадун”
- Tamil: “தேராதூன்”
- Telugu: “డెహ్రాడూన్”
- Turkish: “Dehra Dun”
- Ukrainian: “Деградун”
- Urdu: “ڈیرہ دون”
- Western Panjabi: “ڈیرہ دون”
Places with the Same Name
Discover other places named “Dehradun”.
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Mānsinghwāla and Karanpur.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Dilārām Bāzār and Gillespie’s Monument.
Uttarakhand: Must-Visit Destinations
Delve into Dehradun, Haridwar, Rishikesh, and Nainital.
Curious Places to Discover
Uncover intriguing places from every corner of the globe.
About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Dehradun”. Photo: Urgently, CC BY-SA 3.0.