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.

Champawat district
District
Location in Uttarakhand, India
Coordinates: 29.33°N 80.10°E / 29.33; 80.10
Country India
StateUttarakhand
DivisionKumaon
HeadquartersChampawat
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
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.[1]

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).[2] It is one of the three districts in Uttarakhand currently receiving funds from the Backward Regions Grant Fund Programme (BRGF).[2]

Assembly Constituencies
  1. Lohaghat
  2. Champawat

Demographics
Religions in Champawat District
Religion Percent
Hindus
 
 96.12%
Muslims
 
 3.35%

According to the 2011 census, Champawat district has a population of 259,648[1] roughly equal to the nation of Vanuatu.[3] This gives it a ranking of 579th among the 640 districts of India.[1] The district has a population density of 147 inhabitants per square kilometre (380/sq mi).[1] Its population growth rate over the decade 2001–2011 was 15.63%.[1] Champawat district has a sex ratio of 980 females for every 1000 males,[1] and a literacy rate of 79.83%.[1]

The major spoken language by of the district is Kumaoni.[4]

Champawat district: mother-tongue of population, according to the 2011 Indian Census.[4]
Mother tongue code Mother tongue People Percentage
002007Bengali 519 0.2%
006102Bhojpuri 462 0.2%
006195Garhwali 561 0.2%
006240Hindi 50,254 19.4%
006340Kumauni 203,022 78.2%
006439Pahari 193 0.1%
006489Rajasthani 145 0.1%
014011Nepali 1,266 0.5%
016038Punjabi 378 0.1%
022015Urdu 1,474 0.6%
– Others 1,374 0.5%
Total 259,648 100.0%

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.[5]

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:[6]

References
  1. "District Census 2011". Census2011.co.in. 2011. Retrieved 30 September 2011.
  2. Ministry of Panchayati Raj (8 September 2009). "A Note on the Backward Regions Grant Fund Programme" (PDF). National Institute of Rural Development. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 April 2012. Retrieved 27 September 2011.
  3. US Directorate of Intelligence. "Country Comparison:Population". Retrieved 1 October 2011. Vanuatu 224,564 July 2011 est.
  4. C-16 Population By Mother Tongue – Uttarakhand (Report). Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. Retrieved 14 July 2020.
  5. "Uttarakhand - Districts of India: Know India". National Portal of India. Archived from the original on 19 February 2009. Retrieved 4 April 2009.
  6. Decadal Variation In Population Since 1901
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