Champawat district Kali Kumaon | |
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  .jpg) .jpg)   Clockwise from top : Himalayan view fromLohaghat,Advaita Ashrama, view ofChampawat,Tanakpur Dam, Abbott Mount church andBaleshwar Temple | |
 Interactive map of Champawat district | |
| Coordinates:29°20′N80°06′E / 29.33°N 80.10°E /29.33; 80.10 | |
| Country |  India |
| State | Uttarakhand |
| Division | Kumaon |
| Headquarters | Champawat |
| Government | |
| • District collector | Navneet PandeIAS[1] |
| Area | |
• Total | 1,765.78 km2 (681.77 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• Total | 259,648 |
| • Density | 126/km2 (330/sq mi) |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Hindi |
| • Native | Kumaoni |
| Languages | |
| Time zone | UTC+05:30 (IST) |
| Postal code | 262523 |
| Vehicle registration | UK 03 |
| Website | champawat |
Champawat district is a district ofUttarakhand state in northernIndia. The town ofChampawat is the administrative headquarters. The district is divided into fivetehsils: Barakot,Lohaghat, Pati, Purnagiri, andChampawat. There are 2 Sub Tehsils: Pulla and Munch.[2] The largest and the main city of the district isTanakpur.
Champawat district is part of the easternKumaon division of Uttarakhand. It is bounded on the north byPithoragarh district, on the east byNepal, on the south byUdham Singh Nagar district, on the west byNainital district, and on the northwest byAlmora district.
As of 2011[update] it is the second least populous of the 13districts of Uttarakhand, afterRudraprayag.[3]
In 2006 theMinistry of Panchayati Raj named Champawat one of the country's 250most backward districts (out of a total of640 districts).[4] It is one of the three districts in Uttarakhand currently receiving funds from the Backward Regions Grant Fund Programme (BRGF).[4]
According to the2011 census[update], Champawat district has apopulation of 259,648[3] roughly equal to the nation ofVanuatu.[5] This gives it a ranking of 579th among the 640 districts of India.[3] The district has a population density of 147 inhabitants per square kilometre (380/sq mi).[3] Itspopulation growth rate over the decade 2001–2011 was 15.63%.[3] Champawat district has asex ratio of 980females for every 1000 males,[3] and aliteracy rate of 79.83%. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes make up 18.25% and 0.52% of the population respectively.[3]
| Religion | Percent | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hinduism | 96.12% | |||
| Islam | 3.35% | |||
| Other or not stated | 0.53% | |||
| Distribution of religions | ||||
As of the 2001[update] 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.[7]
The major spoken language by of the district isKumaoni.[8]
| Champawat district: mother-tongue of population, according to the2011 Indian Census.[8] | |||
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| Mother tongue code | Mother tongue | People | Percentage |
| 002007 | Bengali | 519 | 0.2% |
| 006102 | Bhojpuri | 462 | 0.2% |
| 006195 | Garhwali | 561 | 0.2% |
| 006240 | Hindi | 50,254 | 19.4% |
| 006340 | Kumauni | 203,022 | 78.2% |
| 006439 | Pahari | 193 | 0.1% |
| 006489 | Rajasthani | 145 | 0.1% |
| 014011 | Nepali | 1,266 | 0.5% |
| 016038 | Punjabi | 378 | 0.1% |
| 022015 | Urdu | 1,474 | 0.6% |
| – | Others | 1,374 | 0.5% |
| Total | 259,648 | 100.0% | |
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
|---|---|---|
| 1901 | 39,902 | — |
| 1911 | 45,196 | +1.25% |
| 1921 | 44,606 | −0.13% |
| 1931 | 48,514 | +0.84% |
| 1941 | 56,462 | +1.53% |
| 1951 | 63,640 | +1.20% |
| 1961 | 83,080 | +2.70% |
| 1971 | 120,525 | +3.79% |
| 1981 | 151,072 | +2.28% |
| 1991 | 190,929 | +2.37% |
| 2001 | 224,542 | +1.63% |
| 2011 | 259,648 | +1.46% |
| source:[9] | ||
Vanuatu 224,564 July 2011 est.
Places adjacent to Champawat district | |
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