Champawat district

{{Infobox settlement

| name = Champawat district

| other_name = Kali Kumaon

| settlement_type = District of Uttarakhand

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|photo2b = Advaita Ashrama, Mayavati, a branch of the Ramakrishna Math, founded on March 19, 1899 (cropped).jpg

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| image_caption = Clockwise from top : Himalayan view from Lohaghat, Advaita Ashrama, view of Champawat, Tanakpur Dam, Abbott Mount church and Baleshwar Temple

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| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = {{flag|India}}

| subdivision_type1 = State

| subdivision_type2 = Division

| subdivision_name1 = Uttarakhand

| subdivision_name2 = Kumaon

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| seat_type = Headquarters

| seat = Champawat

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| area_total_km2 = 1765.78

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| population_total = 259648

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| population_density_km2 = 126

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| demographics_type1 = Languages

| demographics1_title1 = Official

| timezone1 = IST

| utc_offset1 = +05:30

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| postal_code = 262523

| registration_plate = UK 03

| website = {{URL|champawat.nic.in}}

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| demographics1_info1 = Hindi

| demographics_type2 = Languages

| demographics1_title2 = Native

| demographics1_info2 = Kumaoni

| leader_title = District collector

| leader_name = Navneet PandeIAS{{Cite web |title=List Of Collectors {{!}} Champawat {{!}} India |url=https://champawat.nic.in/list-of-collectors/ |access-date=2023-07-04 |language=en-US}}

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Champawat district is a district of Uttarakhand state in northern India. The town of Champawat is the administrative headquarters. The district of Champawat was constituted in the year 1997. The district is divided into five tehsils: Barakot, Lohaghat, Pati, Purnagiri, and Champawat. There is 2 Sub Tehsil: Pulla and Munch.{{cite web | url=https://champawat.nic.in/tehsil/ | title=Tehsil | Champawat | India }} The largest and the main city of the district is Tanakpur.

Champawat district is part of the eastern Kumaon division of Uttarakhand. It is bounded on the north by Pithoragarh district, on the east by Nepal, on the south by Udham Singh Nagar district, on the west by Nainital district, and on the northwest by Almora district.

{{As of|2011}} it is the second least populous of the 13 districts of Uttarakhand, after Rudraprayag.{{cite web | url = http://www.census2011.co.in/district.php | title = District Census 2011 | access-date = 2011-09-30 | year = 2011 | publisher = Census2011.co.in}}

Economy

In 2006 the Ministry of Panchayati Raj named Champawat one of the country's 250 most backward districts (out of a total of 640 districts). It is one of the three districts in Uttarakhand currently receiving funds from the Backward Regions Grant Fund Programme (BRGF).{{cite web|author=Ministry of Panchayati Raj |date=8 September 2009 |title=A Note on the Backward Regions Grant Fund Programme |publisher=National Institute of Rural Development |url=http://www.nird.org.in/brgf/doc/brgf_BackgroundNote.pdf |access-date=27 September 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120405033402/http://www.nird.org.in/brgf/doc/brgf_BackgroundNote.pdf |archive-date=5 April 2012 }}

Assembly Constituencies

Lohaghat
Champawat

Demographics

{{As of|2011|alt=According to the 2011 census}}, Champawat district has a population of 259,648 roughly equal to the nation of Vanuatu.{{cite web | author = US Directorate of Intelligence | title = Country Comparison:Population | url = https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2119rank.html | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070613004507/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2119rank.html | url-status = dead | archive-date = 13 June 2007 | access-date = 2011-10-01 | quote = Vanuatu 224,564 July 2011 est.}} This gives it a ranking of 579th among the 640 districts of India. The district has a population density of {{Convert|147|PD/sqkm|PD/sqmi}}. Its population growth rate over the decade 2001–2011 was 15.63%. Champawat district has a sex ratio of 980 females for every 1000 males, and a literacy rate of 79.83%. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes make up 18.25% and 0.52% of the population respectively.

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{{As of|2001|alt=As of the 2001}} Indian census, the Champawat district had a population of 224,542, including 216,646 Hindus (96.5%), 6,642 (3.0%) Muslims, and 626 (0.3%) Christians.{{cite web|url=http://india.gov.in/knowindia/districts/andhra1.php?stateid=UA |title=Uttarakhand - Districts of India: Know India |publisher=National Portal of India |access-date=2009-04-04 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090219225233/http://india.gov.in/knowindia/districts/andhra1.php?stateid=UA |archive-date=2009-02-19 }}

{{Pie chart

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|caption = Languages of Champawat district (2011)

|label1 = Kumaoni |value1 = 78.19 |color1 = lightcoral

|label2 = Hindi |value2 = 19.35 |color2 = orange

|label3 = Others |value3 = 2.46 |color3 = grey

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The major spoken language by of the district is Kumaoni.

class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
valign=top ! colspan=4\| Champawat district: mother-tongue of population, according to the 2011 Indian Census.{{Cite web \|title=Table C-16 Population by Mother Tongue: Uttarakhand\|url=https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/10225/download/13337/DDW-C16-STMT-MDDS-0500.XLSX\|website=www.censusindia.gov.in\|publisher=Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India}}
valign=top ! Mother tongue code ! Mother tongue ! People ! Percentage
valign=top	002007	Bengali \| align=right \| 519 \| align=right \| 0.2%
valign=top	006102	Bhojpuri \| align=right \| 462 \| align=right \| 0.2%
valign=top	006195	Garhwali \| align=right \| 561 \| align=right \| 0.2%
valign=top	006240	Hindi \| align=right \| 50,254 \| align=right \| 19.4%
valign=top	006340	Kumauni \| align=right \| 203,022 \| align=right \| 78.2%
valign=top	006439	Pahari \| align=right \| 193 \| align=right \| 0.1%
valign=top	006489	Rajasthani \| align=right \| 145 \| align=right \| 0.1%
valign=top	014011	Nepali \| align=right \| 1,266 \| align=right \| 0.5%
valign=top	016038	Punjabi \| align=right \| 378 \| align=right \| 0.1%
valign=top	022015	Urdu \| align=right \| 1,474 \| align=right \| 0.6%
valign=top \| align=center \| –	Others \| align=right \| 1,374 \| align=right \| 0.5%
valign=top class=sortbottom \| colspan=2 \| Total \| align=right \| 259,648 \| align=right \| 100.0%

{{historical populations|11=1901|12=39,902|13=1911|14=45,196|15=1921|16=44,606|17=1931|18=48,514|19=1941|20=56,462|21=1951|22=63,640|23=1961|24=83,080|25=1971|26=1,20,525|27=1981|28=1,51,072|29=1991|30=1,90,929|31=2001|32=2,24,542|33=2011|34=2,59,648|percentages=pagr|footnote=source:[http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/PCA/A2_Data_Table.html Decadal Variation In Population Since 1901]|align=middle}}

References

External links

{{Official website|http://champawat.nic.in/}}
[https://web.archive.org/web/20120108083558/http://www.indiamapatlas.com/uttarakhand/district/champawat-map.html Champawat District Map]
[https://web.archive.org/web/20110404102725/http://www.kumaoni.org/ Kumaoni.org - Information on Kumaon Region and Community]

{{Geographic location

|Centre = Champawat district

|North = Pithoragarh district

|Northeast =

|East = {{NEP|Nepal}}

|Southeast =

|South = Udham Singh Nagar district

|Southwest =

|West = Nainital district

|Northwest = Almora district

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Category:Districts of Uttarakhand