This article is about the district. For its eponymous headquarters, see
Bageshwar.
Bageshwar District (Hindi: बागेश्वर जिला) is a district of Uttarakhand state in northern India. The town of Bageshwar is the district headquarters.
Bageshwar district is in the eastern Kumaon region of Uttarakhand, and is bounded on the west and northwest by Chamoli District, on the northeast and east by Pithoragarh District, and on the south by Almora District.
As of 2011 it is the third least populous district of Uttarakhand (out of 13), after Haridwar and Champawat.[1]
[edit] Demographics
According to the 2011 census Bageshwar district has a population of 259,840 ,[2] roughly equal to the nation of Vanuatu.[3] This gives it a ranking of 578th in India (out of a total of 640).[2] The district has a population density of 116 inhabitants per square kilometre (300 /sq mi) .[2] Its population growth rate over the decade 2001-2011 was 5.13 %.[2] Bageshwar has a sex ratio of 1093 females for every 1000 males,[2] and a literacy rate of 80.69 %.[2]
As of 2001[update] Indian census, the Bagheswar district had a population of 249,462. Hindus 247,402, Muslims 1,280 (.51%), Christians 361.[4]
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