Champawat district

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Champawat district
Kali Kumaon
District of Uttarakhand
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Advaita Ashrama, Mayavati, a branch of the Ramakrishna Math, founded on March 19, 1899 (cropped).jpg
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Clockwise from top : Himalayan view from Lohaghat, Advaita Ashrama, view of Champawat, Tanakpur Dam, Abbott Mount church and Baleshwar Temple
Champawat in Uttarakhand (India).svg
Location in Uttarakhand
Champawat district
Champawat district
Coordinates: 29°20′N80°06′E / 29.33°N 80.10°E / 29.33; 80.10
CountryFlag of India.svg  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
 • Density126/km2 (330/sq mi)
Languages
 • Official Hindi
 • Native Kumaoni
Languages
Time zone UTC+05:30 (IST)
Vehicle registration UK 03
Website champawat.nic.in

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. [2] The largest and the main city of the district is Tanakpur.

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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. [3]

Economy

In 2006 the Ministry of Panchayati Raj named Champawat one of the country's 250 most backward districts (out of a total of 640 districts). [4] It is one of the three districts in Uttarakhand currently receiving funds from the Backward Regions Grant Fund Programme (BRGF). [4]

Assembly Constituencies

  1. Lohaghat
  2. Champawat

Demographics

According to the 2011 census , Champawat district has a population of 259,648 [3] roughly equal to the nation of Vanuatu. [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] Its population growth rate over the decade 2001–2011 was 15.63%. [3] Champawat district has a sex ratio of 980 females for every 1000 males, [3] and a literacy rate of 79.83%. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes make up 18.25% and 0.52% of the population respectively. [3]

Religions in Champawat district (2011) [6]
ReligionPercent
Hinduism
 
96.12%
Islam
 
3.35%
Other or not stated
 
0.53%
Distribution of religions

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. [7]

Languages of Champawat district (2011) [8]

   Kumaoni (78.19%)
   Hindi (19.35%)
  Others (2.46%)

The major spoken language by of the district is Kumaoni. [8]

Champawat district: mother-tongue of population, according to the 2011 Indian Census. [8]
Mother tongue codeMother tonguePeoplePercentage
002007 Bengali 5190.2%
006102 Bhojpuri 4620.2%
006195 Garhwali 5610.2%
006240 Hindi 50,25419.4%
006340 Kumauni 203,02278.2%
006439 Pahari 1930.1%
006489 Rajasthani 1450.1%
014011 Nepali 1,2660.5%
016038 Punjabi 3780.1%
022015 Urdu 1,4740.6%
– Others 1,3740.5%
Total259,648100.0%
Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
190139,902—    
191145,196+1.25%
192144,606−0.13%
193148,514+0.84%
194156,462+1.53%
195163,640+1.20%
196183,080+2.70%
1971120,525+3.79%
1981151,072+2.28%
1991190,929+2.37%
2001224,542+1.63%
2011259,648+1.46%
source: [9]

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References

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  2. ↑ "Tehsil | Champawat | India".
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  9. ↑ Decadal Variation In Population Since 1901
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