Collection of Kumaon imagery from Champawat and Devidhura, in Uttarakhand

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Champawat district is a district of Uttarakhand state in northern India. The town of Champawat is the administrative headquarters. The district is divided into five tehsils: Barakot, Champawat, Lohaghat, Pati, Purnagiri. 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. According to the 2011 census, Champawat district has a population of 259,315, roughly equal to the nation of Vanuatu. This gives it a ranking of 579th among the 640 districts of India. The district has a population