The district is divided into five tehsils: Barakot, Lohaghat, Pati, Purnagiri, and Champawat.

Champawat district is part of the eastern Kumaon division of Uttarakhand.

[4] According to the 2011 census[update], Champawat district has a population of 259,648[3] roughly equal to the nation of Vanuatu.

[3] Champawat district has a sex ratio of 980 females for every 1000 males,[3] and a literacy rate of 79.83%.

[3] As of the 2001[update] Indian census, the Champawat district had a population of 224,542, including 216,646 Hindus (96.5%), 6,642 (3.0%) Muslims, and 626 (0.3%) Christians.