Bageshwar was located adjacent to Kartikeypura, the then capital of Katyuri Kings that ruled over Kumaon in the 7th century.

He displaced the Katyuri Kings, called his state Kurmanchal and established its capital in Champawat in Kali Kumaon.

The Gorkhas were defeated by the East India Company[27] in Anglo-Nepalese War in 1814[28][29][30] and were forced to cede Kumaon to the British as part of the Treaty of Sugauli in 1816.

Before the First World War, the British Government did a Survey for a rail link connecting Bageshwar with Tanakpur in 1902.

After independence by several attempts from local residents, a private high school was opened in 1949 in memory of Victor Mohan Joshi, which became an Inter College in 1967.

On 9 November 2000, Bageshwar came in the Uttarakhand State that was created from the Himalayan and adjoining northwestern districts of Uttar Pradesh.

The chief trees are the Chir Pine, Himalayan Cypress, Pindrow Fir, alder, sal or iron-wood, and saindan.

In summer, Bageshwar is largely under the influence of moist, maritime airflow from the western side of the subtropical anticyclonic cells over low-latitude ocean waters.

The coldest month is usually quite mild, although frosts are not uncommon, and winter precipitation is derived primarily from frontal cyclones along the polar front.

[48] In census survey, worker is defined as person who does business, job, service, and cultivator and labour activity.

[59] The Bageshwar Nagar Palika Parishad has population of 9,079 of which 4,711 are males while 4,368 are females as per report released by Census India 2011.

[60] Bageshwar Nagar Palika Parishad has total administration over 2,054 houses to which it supplies basic amenities like water and sewerage.

It is also authorized to build roads within Nagar Palika Parishad limits and impose taxes on properties coming under its jurisdiction.

Bageshwar's largest economic sectors include agriculture, trade, transportation, municipal, tourism and resource extraction.

Copper Utensils and Carpets were listed as the two most important industrial commodities produced in Bageshwar in the 2011 Census of India.

[61] Large portions of the local economy of Bageshwar depend on its geographical location and surrounding natural resources.

[62] Bageshwar is a major tourist destination and acts as a starting point for many trekking routes notably being to Pindari, Kafni and Sunderdhunga Glacier.

It carried on a brisk trade between Central Asia and Kumaon, and was described in The Imperial Gazetteer of India as "one of the main outlets for the Tibetan traffic".

[64] The Bhotiya traders travelled to Tibet and sold their wares at major fairs in Bageshwar, Gyanema and Gartok.

[10] The traditional Uttarayani festival organised since centuries on the banks of the Sarju and Gomati rivers was the main place where woollen outfits made by Saukas of Munsiyari were brought form higher valleys for ages, thus strengthening trade links between the two communities.

[69] These folk songs are played on instruments including dhol, damau, turri, ransingha, dholki, daur, thali, bhankora, mandan and mashakbaja.

Coarse grain with high fibre content is very common in Kumaon due to the harsh terrain.

[72] the major one being: At the junction of the rivers, Gomati and Sarju stands a large temple with its conical tower.

Every year, the temple bustles with activity as the devout congregate here to offer pujas to the deity during the Navratras.

Kathgodam is the last terminus of the broad gauge line of North East Railways that connects Kumaon with Delhi, Dehradun, and Howrah.

[80] Bageshwar is well connected by motorable roads with major destinations of Uttarakhand state and northern India.

Uttarakhand Transport Corporation runs Buses from Bageshwar bus station to Delhi, Dehradun, Bareilly and Almora;[82] while K.M.O.U (Kumaon Motor Owner's Union)[83] runs 55 buses on various routes to Haldwani, Almora, Takula, Berinag, Pithoragarh, Didihat and Gangolihat.

[84] Taxis and Private Buses, mostly run by K.M.O.U, connect Bageshwar to other major destinations of Kumaon region.

[88] The Bageshwar roadways bus station, located in Bilona, was constructed over a period of two years at an estimated cost of INR Two Crore.

The main school affiliations are CBSE, CISCE or UBSE, the state syllabus defined by the Department of Education of the Government of Uttarakhand.