Chapter Information

Facilitator: Kishen Singh Rana (HITESHI)

General Information and News

Located in the Kumaon region of Uttarakhand, Bageshwar is famed for its ancient temples. Bageshwar has a population density of 108 persons per sq. km. The literacy is 71.9%. Bageshwar has 627 primary, 87 junior high, 27 high schools, and 37 intermediate (classes 11&12) schools. (Census 2001)

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Recent activities:

The Bageshwar chapter has been slow to get started, but after attending a workshop in SBMA this June, they have started working on their chapter of the MCF with new vigor. We're still waiting for details on their activities, but Manoj Negi has written us a letter and a poem full of enthusiasm.

May 2003: Members of the Bageshwar secretariat, in conjunction with MCF partner, HITESHI, celebrated the first anniversary of the MCF on May 21st with a multifaceted program that drew about 400 children as well as adults. In addition to talking about the MCF and calling upon those present to spread environmental awareness, the children had a colorful cultural program and discussion about their forests, water, and earth and then they formally elected a district MCF manch. Mr. Amba Ram Arya, District Inspector of Schools in Bageshwar, and Rankuri Gopalnath Goswami, head of the village panchayat government of the village of Bantoli, were honored guests.

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Other MCF Chapters:
To visit the webpage of another chapter, please click on the links below:

Almora — Bageshwar — Chamoli — Champawat — Dehradun — Nainital
Pauri — Pithoragarh — Rudraprayag — Tehri — Uttarkashi

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