Champawat district
Champawat district
Kali Kumaon | |
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Clockwise from top : Himalayan view from Lohaghat, Advaita Ashrama, view of Champawat, Tanakpur Dam, Abbott Mount church and Baleshwar Temple | |
Location in Uttarakhand | |
| Coordinates: 29°20′N 80°06′E / 29.33°N 80.10°E | |
| Country | India |
| State | Uttarakhand |
| Division | Kumaon |
| Headquarters | Champawat |
| Government | |
| • District collector | Navneet PandeIAS |
| 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) |
| Vehicle registration | UK 03 |
| Website | champawat |
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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. 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.