This urban municipality area has 11 wards, from Vidhi Vihar to Vishwakarma Puram (Koti colony).

The town is famous for being the site of the protests against the dam by Sundarlal Bahuguna and his followers during the Chipko movement.

Some areas of Tehri are view-able but neglected by the Uttrakhand government, including Panwali Kantha, Belhbagi Bugyal, and Khait parvat.

It is India's longest motorable single lane suspension bridge with 440 meter long way from Dobra to Chanti.

Located in the proximity of Tehri Garhwal, Narendranagar is a tourist attraction where visitors can see the River Ganga and Doon valley.

Letitia Elizabeth Landon's poetical illustration on Davis Cox's picture 'The Grass-Rope Bridge at Teree, in the Province of Gurwall', refers back to the time when the hill country of this province was resorted to for recuperation by Europeans suffering from the heat of the plains.