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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Champawat district
| other_name = Kali Kumaon
| settlement_type = [[List of districts of Uttarakhand|District]] of [[Uttarakhand]]
| image_skyline = {{Photomontage
|size = 250
|photo1a = Lohaghat, Uttarakhand, India Himalayan Range November 2013.jpg
|photo2a = Baleshwar Champawat 05.jpg
|photo2b = Advaita Ashrama, Mayavati, a branch of the Ramakrishna Math, founded on March 19, 1899 (cropped).jpg
|photo3a = Abbott Mount Church (36879363074).jpg
|photo3b = Champawat.. - panoramio.jpg
|photo4a = Tanakpur Dam 04.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]]
| nickname =
| mapframe = yes
| mapframe-point = none
| map_alt =
| map_caption = Location in Uttarakhand
| coordinates = {{coord|29.33|N|80.10|E|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{flag|India}}
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and union territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_type2 = Division
| subdivision_name1 = [[Uttarakhand]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Kumaon division|Kumaon]]
| established_title = 
| established_date =
| founder =
| named_for =
| seat_type = Headquarters
| seat = [[Champawat]]
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| unit_pref = Metric
| area_footnotes =
| area_total_km2 = 1765.78
| area_rank =
| elevation_footnotes =
| elevation_m =
| population_total = 259648
| population_as_of =
| population_footnotes =
| population_density_km2 = 126
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| demographics_type1 = Languages
| demographics1_title1 = Official
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +05:30
| postal_code_type = 
| postal_code = 262523
| registration_plate = UK 03
| website = {{URL|champawat.nic.in}}
| footnotes =
| demographics1_info1 = [[Hindi language|Hindi]]
| demographics_type2 = Languages
| demographics1_title2 = Native
| demographics1_info2 = [[Kumaoni language|Kumaoni]]
| leader_title = [[District collector]]
| leader_name = Navneet Pande[[Indian Administrative Service|IAS]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=List Of Collectors {{!}} Champawat {{!}} India |url=https://champawat.nic.in/list-of-collectors/ |access-date=2023-07-04 |language=en-US}}</ref>
}}

'''Champawat district''' is a district of [[Uttarakhand]] state in northern [[India]]. The town of [[Champawat]] is the administrative headquarters. The district is divided into five [[tehsil]]s: Barakot, [[Lohaghat]], Pati, Purnagiri, and [[Champawat]]. There are 2 Sub Tehsils: Pulla and Munch.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://champawat.nic.in/tehsil/ | title=Tehsil | Champawat | India }}</ref> 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 [[List of districts of Uttarakhand|districts of Uttarakhand]], after [[Rudraprayag district|Rudraprayag]].<ref name="districtcensus">{{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}}</ref>

==Economy==
In 2006 the [[Ministry of Panchayati Raj]] named Champawat one of the country's 250 [[Poverty in India|most backward districts]] (out of a total of [[List of districts of India|640 districts]]).<ref name=brgf/> It is one of the three districts in Uttarakhand currently receiving funds from the Backward Regions Grant Fund Programme (BRGF).<ref name=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 }}</ref>

==Assembly Constituencies==
#Lohaghat
#Champawat

==Demographics==
{{As of|2011|alt=According to the [[2011 census of India|2011 census]]}}, Champawat district has a [[Demographics of India|population]] of 259,648<ref name="districtcensus"/> roughly equal to the nation of [[Vanuatu]].<ref name="cia">{{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.}}</ref> This gives it a ranking of 579th among the 640 districts of India.<ref name=districtcensus/> The district has a population density of {{Convert|147|PD/sqkm|PD/sqmi}}.<ref name=districtcensus/> Its [[Family planning in India|population growth rate]] over the decade 2001–2011 was 15.63%.<ref name=districtcensus/> Champawat district has a [[sex ratio]] of 980 [[Women in India|females]] for every 1000 males,<ref name=districtcensus/> and a [[Literacy in India|literacy rate]] of 79.83%. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes make up 18.25% and 0.52% of the population respectively.<ref name=districtcensus/>

{{bar box
|title=Religions in Champawat district (2011)<ref name="religion">{{Cite web|date=2011|title=Table C-01 Population by Religion: Uttarakhand|url=https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/11395/download/14508/DDW05C-01%20MDDS.XLS|website=censusindia.gov.in|publisher=[[Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India]]}}</ref>
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|left1=Religion
|right1=Percent
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|bars=
{{bar percent|[[Hinduism]]|darkorange|96.12}}
{{bar percent|[[Islam]]|green|3.35}}
{{bar percent|Other or not stated|black|0.53}}
|caption=Distribution of religions
}}

{{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.<ref>{{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 }}</ref>

{{Pie chart
|thumb = left
|caption = Languages of Champawat district (2011)<ref name="census2011-C16"/>
|label1 = [[Kumaoni language|Kumaoni]] |value1 = 78.19 |color1 = lightcoral
|label2 = [[Hindi]] |value2 = 19.35 |color2 = orange
|label3 = Others |value3 = 2.46 |color3 = grey
}}

The major spoken language by of the district is [[Kumaoni language|Kumaoni]].<ref name="census2011-C16"/>

{|class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
|- valign=top
! colspan=4| Champawat district: mother-tongue of population, according to the [[2011 Indian Census]].<ref name="census2011-C16">{{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]]}}</ref>
|- valign=top
! Mother tongue code
! Mother tongue
! People
! Percentage
|- valign=top
|| 002007 || [[Bengali language|Bengali]]
| align=right | 519
| align=right | 0.2%
|- valign=top
|| 006102 || [[Bhojpuri language|Bhojpuri]]
| align=right | 462
| align=right | 0.2%
|- valign=top
|| 006195 || [[Garhwali language|Garhwali]]
| align=right | 561
| align=right | 0.2%
|- valign=top
|| 006240 || [[Hindi]]
| align=right | 50,254
| align=right | 19.4%
|- valign=top
|| 006340 || [[Kumauni language|Kumauni]]
| align=right | 203,022
| align=right | 78.2%
|- valign=top
|| 006439 || [[Pahari language|Pahari]]
| align=right | 193
| align=right | 0.1%
|- valign=top
|| 006489 || [[Rajasthani language|Rajasthani]]
| align=right | 145
| align=right | 0.1%
|- valign=top
|| 014011 || [[Nepali language|Nepali]]
| align=right | 1,266
| align=right | 0.5%
|- valign=top
|| 016038 || [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]]
| align=right | 378
| align=right | 0.1%
|- valign=top
|| 022015 || [[Urdu language|Urdu]]
| align=right | 1,474
| align=right | 0.6%
|- valign=top
| align=center | –
|| [[Languages of India|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:<ref>[http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/PCA/A2_Data_Table.html Decadal Variation In Population Since 1901]</ref>|align=middle}}

==See also==
*[[Jhirkuni]], village in Barakot Tahsil 

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
{{commons category}}
* {{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]]
}}

{{Champawat district}}
{{Districts of Uttarakhand}}

{{Hindu temples in Uttarakhand}}

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