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{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2017}}
{{Use Indian English|date=July 2017}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Chaubattia
| native_name = 
| native_name_lang = hi
| settlement_type = [[City]]
| pushpin_map = India Uttarakhand
| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Uttarakhand, India
| coordinates =
| subdivision_type = [[List of sovereign states|Country]]
| subdivision_name = {{IND}}
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Uttarakhand]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of Uttarakhand|District]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Almora district|Almora]]
| demographics_type1 = Languages
| demographics1_title1 = Official
| demographics1_info1 = [[Hindi]]
| demographics1_title2 = Other
| demographics1_info2 = [[Kumaoni language|Kumaoni]]
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +5:30
| postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]
| postal_code = 263651<ref name="Almora Official Website">{{cite web|title=Chaubattia S.O, Almora {{!}} Uttarakhand|url=https://almora.nic.in/public-utility/chaubattia-s-o/|accessdate=4 January 2019}}</ref>
| area_code_type = Telephone code
| area_code = +91-5966
}}
'''Chaubattia''' is a settlement in [[Almora district]], in the state of [[Uttarakhand]], northern India. It is located roughly {{convert|10|km|mi|0}} south of the [[cantonment]] town of [[Ranikhet]].<ref name="hill_resorts">{{cite book|isbn=9788185182629|first=Nutan|last=Tyagi|title=Hill Resorts of U.P. Himalaya,: A Geographical Study|publisher=Indus Publishing|page=[https://archive.org/details/hillresortsofuph0000tyag/page/207 207]|date=1991|url=https://archive.org/details/hillresortsofuph0000tyag|url-access=registration}}</ref> Chabattia is {{convert|1800|m|ft|0}} above sea level,<ref name="discover_india"/> within sight of the western peaks of the [[Himalayas]]. Its name,in Kumaoni language, literally means a common meeting point of four paths ("chau" meaning ''four'' and "bat" meaning ''path'').<ref name="hill_resorts"/> It is named this way because of its location at the intersection of four places connects in front of Rawat Building: [[Bhargaon]], [[Ranikhet]], [[Dehrti]] and [[Pilkholi]].<ref name="discover_india">{{cite web|url=http://www.discoveredindia.com/uttarakhand/attractions/parks-and-gardens/chaubatia-gardens.htm|title=Chaubatia Gardens in Uttarakhand|website=discoveredindia.com|access-date=7 December 2015}}</ref>

Chaubattia is best known as the location of a [[botanical garden]] and [[fruit orchard]] which are popular with tourists to the region.<ref name="tourism_trekking">{{cite book|isbn=9788170227694|first=Prithvis|last=Nag|title=Tourism and Trekking in Nainital Region|publisher=Concept Publishing Company|page=70|date=1999|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=H4MC8SSM6xEC&pg=PA70}}</ref> The gardens contain predominantly [[apple]], [[peach]], [[plum]] and [[apricot]] trees.<ref name="discover_india"/> It is also home to a government operated fruit and vegetable research centre,<ref>{{cite book|isbn=9788170999430 |first=Vishwambhar Prasad|last=Sati|title=Horticultural Development In Hills|publisher=Mittal Publications|page=82|date=2004|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vbfBfIM79OYC&pg=PA82}}</ref> which owns and runs the fruit orchard.

==References==
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[[Category:Villages in Almora district]]

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2401:4900:5A4C:1EA0:5BB:876A:345A:5F96 at 06:31, 8 June 2021