Bageshwar District is a district of Uttarakhand state in northern India. The town of Bageshwar is the district headquarters. The district of Bageshwar was established in the year 1997. Prior to this, Bageshwar was part of Almora district.Bageshwar district is in the eastern Kumaon region of Uttarakhand and is bounded on the west and north-west by Chamoli District, on the northeast and east by Pithoragarh District, and on the south by Almora District.As of 2011, it is the third least populous district of Uttarakhand , after Rudraprayag and Champawat.