Champawat

This article is about the municipality in Uttarakhand, India. For its namesake district, see Champawat district.

Champawat चम्पावत
town
Champawat Location in Uttarakhand, India
Coordinates: 29°20′N 80°06′E / 29.33°N 80.10°E / 29.33; 80.10Coordinates: 29°20′N 80°06′E / 29.33°N 80.10°E / 29.33; 80.10
Country	India
State	Uttarakhand
District	Champawat
Elevation	1,610 m (5,280 ft)
Population (2001)
• Total	35,000
Languages
• Official	Hindi, Kumauni
Time zone	IST (UTC+5:30)

Fort and the capital city of Kali Kumaon, Champawat, 1815.

Champawat (Hindi: चम्पावत) is a town and a Nagar Palika Parishad in Champawat district in the state of Uttarakhand, India. It is the administrative headquarters of Champawat district.

Mythology

Champwat is believed to the place where the Kurmavtar (the turtle incarnation of Lord Vishnu) took place.

History

Champawat was formerly the capital of the Chand dynasty rulers. The Baleshwar Temple built by the Chand rulers in the 16th century is an excellent monument with marvelous stone carving works.

Shaani Mandir (शानी मन्दिर)

In Maurari (Banlekh) Village is a Famous Temple, Shaani Mandir (Manokamna Purn Mandir Kaula ). It Temple is near to Champawat, 10 km south from Main Market Champawat. Here come many visitors, keep theirs wishs for bright future. It's environment is very Clean & Fine. In present Mr. Ghanshyam Joshi is Main Pujari of this temple. Temple's Social Worker & fully helpful persons are Mr. Narayan Datt Joshi (Ex. Branch Post Master), Mr. Shankar Datt Joshi & Mr. Ramesh Chandra Joshi(Kashan).

Geography

Champawat is located at 29°20′N 80°06′E / 29.33°N 80.10°E / 29.33; 80.10.^[1] It has an average elevation of 1,610 metres (5,280 feet).

Demographics

As of 2001 India census,^[2] Champawat had a population of 3958. Males constitute 57% of the population and females 43%. Champawat has an average literacy rate of 73%, higher than the national average of 59.5%; with male literacy of 78% and female literacy of 67%. 14% of the population is under 6 years of age.

References

↑ Falling Rain Genomics, Inc - Champawat
↑ "Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)". Census Commission of India. Archived from the original on 2004-06-16. Retrieved 2008-11-01.

External links

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Cities and towns in Champawat district

Champawat	Banbasa Champawat Lohaghat Tanakpur

Cities and towns in other districts	Almora Bageshwar Chamoli Dehradun Haridwar Nainital Pauri Garhwal Pithoragarh Rudraprayag Tehri Garhwal Udham Singh Nagar Uttarkashi

Kumaon

Main Articles	Kumaon division Kumaon Kingdom Kumaoni language Kumaoni people Kumaon Regiment Kumaon University

Districts	Almora Bageshwar Champawat Nainital Pithoragarh Udham Singh Nagar

Major Cities	Haldwani Rudrapur Kashipur Ramnagar Pithoragarh Nainital Almora Ranikhet Bageshwar Champawat

Hindustani-speaking areas of India

See also: Hindi Belt

Bihar	Araria Arwal Aurangabad Banka Begusarai Bhagalpur Bhojpur Buxar Darbhanga East Champaran Gaya Gopalganj Jamui Jehanabad Kaimur Katihar Khagaria Kishanganj Lakhisarai Madhepura Madhubani Munger Muzaffarpur Nalanda Nawada Patna Purnia Rohtas Saharsa Samastipur Saran Sheikhpura Sheohar Sitamarhi Siwan Supaul Vaishali West Champaran

Chhattisgarh	Bastar Bilaspur Dantewada Dhamtari Durg Janjgir-Champa Jashpur Kabirdham Kanker Korba Koriya Mahasamund Narayanpur Raigarh Raipur Rajnandgaon Surguja

Delhi	Central Delhi East Delhi New Delhi North Delhi North East Delhi North West Delhi South Delhi South West Delhi West Delhi

Haryana	Ambala Bhiwani Faridabad Fatehabad Gurgaon Hisar Jhajjar Jind Kaithal Karnal Kurukshetra Mahendragarh Mewat Panchkula Palwal Panipat Rewari Rohtak Sirsa Sonipat Yamuna Nagar

Himachal Pradesh	Bilaspur Chamba Hamirpur Kangra Kinnaur Kullu Lahul and Spiti Mandi Shimla Sirmaur Solan Una

Jharkhand	Bokaro Chatra Deoghar Dhanbad Dumka East Singhbhum Garhwa Giridih Godda Gumla Hazaribagh Jamtara Khunti Koderma Latehar Lohardaga Pakur Palamu Ramgarh Ranchi Saraikela Kharsawan Simdega Singhbhum Sahebganj

Madhya Pradesh	Anuppur Ashoknagar Balaghat Barwani Betul Bhind Bhopal Burhanpur Chhatarpur Chhindwara Damoh Datia Dewas Dhar Dindori Guna Gwalior Harda Hoshangabad Indore Jabalpur Jhabua Katni Khandwa Khargone Mandla Mandsaur Morena Narsinghpur Neemuch Panna Raisen Rajgarh Ratlam Rewa Sagar Satna Sehore Seoni Shahdol Shajapur Sheopur Shivpuri Sidhi Tikamgarh Ujjain Umaria Vidisha

Rajasthan	Ajmer Alwar Banswara Baran Barmer Bhilwara Bikaner Bharatpur Bundi Chittorgarh Churu Dausa Dholpur Dungarpur Ganganagar Hanumangarh Jaipur Jaisalmer Jalore Jhalawar Jhunjhunu Jodhpur Karauli Kota Nagaur Pali Pratapgarh Rajsamand Sawai Madhopur Sikar Sirohi Tonk Udaipur

Uttar Pradesh	Agra Aligarh Allahabad Ambedkar Nagar Amethi Amroha Auraiya Azamgarh Badaun Bagpat Bahraich Balarampur Ballia Banda Barabanki Bareilly Basti Bijnor Bulandshahr Chandauli Chitrakoot Devaria Etah Etawah Faizabad Farrukhabad Fatehpur Firozabad Ghaziabad Gonda Gorakhpur Gautam Buddha Nagar Ghazipur Hamirpur Hardoi Hathras Jalaun Jaunpur Jhansi Kannauj Kanpur Kanpur Dehat Kaushambi Kushinagar Khair City Lakhimpur Kheri Lalitpur Lucknow Maharajganj Mahoba Mainpuri Mathura Mau Meerut Mirzapur Moradabad Muzaffarnagar Pilibhit Pratapgarh Raebareli Rampur Saharanpur Sant Kabir Nagar Sant Ravidas Nagar Shahjahanpur Shravasti Siddharthnagar Sitapur Sonbhadra Sultanpur Unnao Varanasi

Uttarakhand	Almora Bageshwar Chamoli Champawat Dehradun Haridwar Nainital New Tehri Pauri Pithoragarh Rudraprayag Rudrapur Uttarkashi

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