Clockwise from top: View of Panchachuli peaks from Munsiyari, Jim Corbett National Park, Ranikhet, Kali river at Jauljibi,
View of Purnagiri hills from Tanakpur, Johar Valley, Naini Lake, Jageshwar
Nickname:
The Home of Gods[1]
Location in India
Country
India
Established
1815[2]
Headquarter
Nainital
Largest city
Haldwani
Districts
List
Almora
Bageshwar
Champawat
Nainital
Pithoragarh
Udham Singh Nagar
Government
• Type
Division
• Commissioner
Deepak Rawat IAS[3]
• Legislature
Parliament of India bicameral
Rajya Sabha 1 seat
Lok Sabha 2 seats
Area
• Total
21,035 km2 (8,122 sq mi)
Population
• Total
4,228,998[4]
• Density
201.04/km2 (520.7/sq mi)
Demonym(s)
Kumaonis, Kumaiye
Ethnicity and Language
• Languages
Native: Kumaoni, Tharu(Buksari), RungLo
Official: Hindi
Kumaon (/ˈkɛmɔːʊ/; Kumaoni: Kumāū; pronounced[kuːmɔːʊ]; historically romanised as Kemāon[6][7]) is a revenue and administrative division in the Indian State of Uttarakhand. It spans over the eastern half of the state and is bounded on the north by Tibet, on the east by Nepal, on the south by the state of Uttar Pradesh, and on the west by Garhwal. Kumaon comprises six districts of the state: Almora, Bageshwar, Champawat, Nainital, Pithoragarh and Udham Singh Nagar.
Historically known as Manaskhand and then Kurmanchal, the Kumaon region has been ruled by several Hindu dynasties over the course of history; most notably the Katyuris and the Chands. The Kumaon division was established in 1816, when the British reclaimed this region from the Gorkhas, who had annexed the erstwhile Kingdom of Kumaon in 1790. It was formed into a division of what was then called Ceded and Conquered Provinces, later known as United Provinces. In independent India the state was called Uttar Pradesh. In 2000, the new state of Uttarakhand was carved out of Uttar Pradesh, including Kumaon.
The people of Kumaon are known as Kumaonis and speak the Kumaoni language. Kumaon is home to a famous Indian Army regiment, the Kumaon Regiment. The hill town Nainital is its administrative centre and this is where the Uttarakhand high court is located.[8] Other notable hill towns of Kumaon are Almora, Ranikhet, Pithoragarh, Champawat and Bageshwar. However, all the major cities of the region like Ramnagar, Haldwani, Rudrapur and Kashipur,Tanakpur
are concentrated in the southern plain areas of Bhabar and Terai.
^"Kumaon - Home of the Gods from Nest & Wings - Kumaon Complete Travel Guide".
^Robert Montgomery Martin, History of the Possessions of the Honourable East India Company, Volume 1, pg. 107
^""Divisional Commissioner details: Office of Commissioner Kumaon"".
^Cite error: The named reference census2011-C16 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^"Ichthyofaunal Diversity of Sharda Sagar Reservoir in Tarai Region" (PDF). Open Academics Journal Index. Retrieved 9 September 2019.
^James Prinsep (Editor)Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, Volume 6, Part 2 (1837), p. 653, at Google Books
^John McClelland Some inquiries in the province of Kemaon: relative to geology, and other branches of Natural Science (1835) at Google Books
^Iwanek, Krzysztof (17 March 2020). "Gairsain's Uphill Task: Uttarakhand's Plan for Two Capitals". The Diplomat. Retrieved 16 May 2022.
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people in the early twentieth century, and was the largest fair of Kumaondivision. The fair became the epicenter of the Coolie Begar Movement in January...
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deities and devotees from Kumaon assimilate with the main Jaat. Now people from the entire Garhwal division-Kumaondivision, as well as other parts of...
in the Kumaondivision, where the river Goriganga originates. The Rawats ruled over the Johar Valley, during the reign of Chand dynasty in Kumaon; this...
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Sitarganj. The district is located in the Terai region, and is part of KumaonDivision. It is bounded on the north by Nainital District, on the northeast...
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