For Kumaoni/Kumauni People see Kumauni People Kumaon (
Hindi: कुमाऊं)or
Kumaun is one of the two regions and administrative
divisions of
Uttarakhand, a mountainous state of northern
India, the other being
Garhwal. It includes the districts of
Almora,
Bageshwar,
Champawat,
Nainital,
Pithoragarh, and
Udham Singh Nagar. It 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 the
Garhwal region. The people of Kumaon are known as
Kumaonis and speak the
Kumaoni language.