Champawat
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| State : | Uttarakhand | ||
| District : | Champawat | ||
| Location : | 29 ° 20 ′ N , 80 ° 6 ′ E | ||
| Height : | 1615 m | ||
| Residents : | 4,801 (2011) | ||
Champawat is a small town in the Indian state of Uttarakhand .
The city is the capital of the Champawat district . Champawat has Nagar Panchayat status . The city is divided into 4 wards . On the cut-off date of the 2011 census, it had a total of 4801 inhabitants, of which 2543 were men and 2258 women. Hindus form the largest group of the city's population with a share of approx. 95%, followed by Muslims with approx. 5%. The literacy rate in 2011 was 95.91%.
Champawat used to be the capital of the Chand Dynasty rulers of Kumaon . The Baleshwar Temple was built by the Chand rulers in the 12th century.