Almora (Hindustani pronunciation: [əlmoːɽaː]) is a municipal board and a cantonment town in the Almora district in the state of Uttarakhand, India. It is the administrative headquarters of Almora district. Almora is located on a ridge at the southern edge of the Kumaon Hills of the Himalaya range, at a distance of 363 km (via NH9) from the national capital New Delhi and 415 km via Saharanpur Rd, 351 km via NH109 and 388.6 km via Ambala- Dehradun- Haridwar Rd from the state capital Dehradun. According to the provisional results of the 2011 national census of India,
Almora has a population of 35,513. Nestled within higher peaks of the
Himalaya, Almora enjoys a year-round mild temperate climate.
