Champawat district

Champawat district is a district of Uttarakhand state in northern India. The town of Champawat is the administrative headquarters. The district of Champawat 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
Kali Kumaon
District of Uttarakhand
Clockwise from top-left: Baleshwar Temple, Tanakpur Dam, view of Champawat, Deodars at Banagun, view from Abbott Mount near Lohaghat
Location in Uttarakhand
Coordinates: 29.33°N 80.10°E / 29.33; 80.10
Country India
StateUttarakhand
DivisionKumaon
HeadquartersChampawat
Government
  District collectorNavneet PandeIAS
Area
  Total1,765.78 km2 (681.77 sq mi)
Population
  Total259,648
  Density126/km2 (330/sq mi)
Languages
  OfficialHindi
  NativeKumaoni
Languages
Time zoneUTC+05:30 (IST)
Vehicle registrationUK 03
Websitechampawat.nic.in

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.

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