Delhi to Champawat: Distance, Route and How to Reach
Delhi to Champawat is 406 km by road, through Moradabad, Rampur, Rudrapur and Tanakpur. One train starts from Delhi for the hills: the Purnagiri Jan Shatabdi (12036), daily, to Tanakpur, 75 km short of Champawat. Alliance Air flies Delhi to Pithoragarh (on Tue, Thu, Sat), 78 km from Champawat by road.
Delhi to Champawat in numbers
- By road
- 406 km, Delhi to Champawat
- As the crow flies
- 289 km
- Through
- Moradabad, Rampur, Rudrapur, Tanakpur
- Champawat stands at
- 1,610 m
- Nearest station
- Tanakpur, 75 km by road
- Nearest airport
- Pithoragarh Airport, 78 km by road
- Direct trains from Delhi
- 1, to Tanakpur
- Direct flights from Delhi
- Alliance Air to Pithoragarh, IndiGo to Pantnagar and IndiGo to Bareilly
The weather now at Champawat, and the next 7 days
For the town's own height, 1,610 m, refreshed through the day. Highs and lows in °C; times IST. Champawat weather: 10 days and every month
Champawat1,610 m
12°CFog
Now, 19:02 IST · wind 5 km/h
- Clear12° 12°Dry
- Mostly clear19° 11°Dry
- Mostly clear21° 12°Dry
- Mostly clear21° 10°Dry
- Clear20° 12°Dry
- Clear18° 11°Dry
- Clear18° 11°Dry
Forecast for 1,610 m, updated . Data from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0); the daily figures are worked out by us.
The ways to go from Delhi
| Way | How | Then |
|---|---|---|
| By car or taxi | 406 km by road through Rampur, Rudrapur and Tanakpur | The whole way by road |
| By train | Purnagiri Jan Shatabdi (12036), daily to Tanakpur | Tanakpur to Champawat: 75 km by road |
| By air | Alliance Air to Pithoragarh, IndiGo to Pantnagar and IndiGo to Bareilly | Pithoragarh to Champawat: 78 km by road; Pantnagar to Champawat: 172 km by road; Bareilly to Champawat: 178 km by road |
| By bus | Direct buses, listed below with their sources |
The road from Delhi to Champawat, town by town
The road climbs from 221 m at Delhi to 1,610 m at Champawat; the climb begins at Tanakpur, 332 km out, and the last 74 km are mountain road.
| Town | From Delhi | Height |
|---|---|---|
| Hapur | 78 km | about 210 m |
| Garhmukteshwar | 93 km | about 210 m |
| Gajraula | 117 km | about 210 m |
| Moradabad | 179 km | about 200 m |
| Rampur | 215 km | about 190 m |
| Rudrapur | 242 km | about 210 m |
| Kichha | 255 km | about 210 m |
| Sitarganj | 283 km | about 220 m |
| Tanakpur | 332 km | 255 m |
| Sukhidhang | 354 km | about 1,260 m |
| Chalthi | 368 km | about 660 m |
| Champawat | 406 km | 1,610 m |
By train or by air
One train starts from Delhi for the hills: the Purnagiri Jan Shatabdi (12036), daily, leaving at 06:25 and reaching Tanakpur at 16:10. From the station it is 75 km by road from Tanakpur to Champawat.
These are the trains that start in Delhi; trains from farther away that stop there are on the station pages. Days are the days a train leaves its first station. Times change: check the train on the railway's own site before you book. Sources: enquiry.indianrail.gov.in, confirmtkt.com.
Alliance Air flies Delhi to Pithoragarh, IndiGo flies Delhi to Pantnagar and IndiGo flies Delhi to Bareilly; the times below are the winter schedule, from 25 October 2026. From the airport it is 78 km by road from Pithoragarh, 172 km by road from Pantnagar and 178 km by road from Bareilly to Champawat.
A row marked summer is the summer 2026 schedule, to 24 October; that airport's winter times were not out when we checked. Small airports change their flights often: check with the airline for your dates. Sources: ixigo.com, amarujala.com, pioneeredge.in, flightaware.com, us.trip.com.
By bus or shared taxi
Buses
- UTC stop lists show Champawat on the Delhi Anand Vihar to Lohaghat buses at 4:30 PM, 5:30 PM and 11:00 PM, and on the Delhi to Pithoragarh buses via Tanakpur at 5:30 AM, 4:30 PM, 5:00 PM, 6:30 PM and the 8:00 PM UTC Smart AC Non Stop. (utconline.uk.gov.in)
- Champawat is not a station in UTC's online timetable or booking search (checked 23 Oct 2026), so it cannot be picked as a destination online. The stop lists show it as a stop on the UTC buses to Lohaghat and Pithoragarh that use the Tanakpur road. (utconline.uk.gov.in)
Bus times and fares change with the season: check with the operator on the day.
Good to know on this road
- A 9.8 km Champawat bypass from Mudiyani to Tilaun is being built by the NH division for Rs 99.50 crore, with 7 bridges and 69 culverts. About 7 km of cutting was done by Sep 2026 and the target is December 2027. (amarujala.com, 18 Sept 2026)
- The Champawat district site puts Tanakpur railway station about 75 km from Champawat town and Pantnagar airport about 170 km away, with buses, taxis and jeeps onward. (champawat.nic.in)
- On 28 Sep 2026 heavy debris near Singda closed the national highway in Champawat district, along with other roads; no reopening time was given. (amarujala.com, 28 Sept 2026)
Questions about Delhi to Champawat
406 km by road from Delhi to Champawat, measured on OpenStreetMap; the road runs through Moradabad, Rampur, Rudrapur and Tanakpur. As the crow flies it is 289 km.
By road it is 406 km the whole way. By train, the Purnagiri Jan Shatabdi (12036) runs daily to Tanakpur, then 75 km by road. By air, Alliance Air flies to Pithoragarh, IndiGo flies to Pantnagar and IndiGo flies to Bareilly, 78 km from Champawat by road.
Tanakpur (TPU), 75 km by road to Champawat. From the station the rest is by road.
Pithoragarh Airport (NNS), 78 km by road to Champawat; Pantnagar Airport (PGH), 172 km by road to Champawat; Bareilly Airport (BEK), 178 km by road to Champawat. Check the flights for your dates: the last stretch is always by road.
UTC stop lists show Champawat on the Delhi Anand Vihar to Lohaghat buses at 4:30 PM, 5:30 PM and 11:00 PM, and on the Delhi to Pithoragarh buses via Tanakpur at 5:30 AM, 4:30 PM, 5:00 PM, 6:30 PM and the 8:00 PM UTC Smart AC Non Stop.
Champawat from other cities
- Champawat weather, now and by month
- Haldwani to Champawat169 km by road
- Tanakpur to Champawat74 km by road
From Delhi to the other places on the road
How we made this page
The road is OpenStreetMap's, routed for a car by two public routers (OSRM and Valhalla), the shorter of the two kept; a town is on it when it lies within a few hundred metres of the line (a village) or 2.5 km (a town centre). Heights are the site's published figures, else a 90 m elevation model, shown as "about". Trains and flights are from the railway and airline timetables, buses and taxis from the operators and the news, each linked where it is used. No drive times: a router's times are plains times. If anything here is out of date, tell us on WhatsApp.
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