Kalikot District ( ne, कालीकोट जिल्ला ), a part of Karnali province, is one of the seventy-seven

districts of Nepal Districts in Nepal are second level of administrative divisions after provinces. Districts are subdivided in municipalities and rural municipalities. There are seven provinces and 77 districts in Nepal. After the state's reconstruction of admi ...

. The district, with

Manma Manma ( ne, मान्मा) is the district headquarter of Kalikot District in Karnali Province, Nepal, a landlocked country of South Asia. The town is located at 29°8'60N 81°37'0E and has an altitude of 2033 metres. At the time of the 199 ...

as its district headquarters, covers an area of , had a population of 105,580 in 2001 and 136,948 in 2011. In September 2005, in a bid to encourage a change in social attitudes, the government announced that it would provide rice to any family that had recently had a girl born.

Geography and Climate

Demographics

At the time of the

2011 Nepal census Nepal conducted a widespread national census in 2011 by the Nepal Central Bureau of Statistics. Working with the 58 municipalities and the 3915 Village Development Committees at a district level, they recorded data from all the municipalities an ...

, Kalikot District had a population of 136,948. Of these, 99.5% spoke

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as their first language. The largest ethnic group is the Khas Chhetri which are 28.8% of the total population, The second largest group is Thakuri which is 25.1% of the total population. 17.7% are

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, 17.1% Hill Brahmin, 5.1% Damai and 3.2% Sarki.2011 Nepal Census, Social Characteristics Tables
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Administration

The district consists of nine

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, out of which four are urban municipalities and five are rural municipalities. These are as follows: * Khandachakra Municipality * Raskot Municipality * Tilagufa Municipality *

Pachaljharana Rural Municipality Pachaljharana ( ne, पचालझरना गाउँपालिका) is a rural municipality located in Kalikot District of Karnali Province of Nepal. According to Ministry of Federal Affairs and General Administration Pachaljharana r ...

* Sanni Triveni Rural Municipality * Narharinath Rural Municipality * Shubha Kalika Rural Municipality * Mahawai Rural Municipality * Palata Rural Municipality

Former Village Development Committees

Prior to the restructuring of the district, Kalikot District consisted of the following municipalities and

Village development committees A village development committee ( ne, गाउँ विकास समिति; ''gāum̐ vikās samiti'') in Nepal was the lower administrative part of its Ministry of Federal Affairs and Local Development. Each district had several VDCs, ...

: *

Badalkot Badalkot is a village development committee in Kalikot District in the Karnali Zone of north-western Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census The 1991 Nepal census was a widespread national census conducted by the Nepal Central Bureau of St ...

* Bharta *

Chhapre Chhapre is a village development committee in Kalikot District in the Karnali Zone of north-western Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census The 1991 Nepal census was a widespread national census conducted by the Nepal Central Bureau of Sta ...

Chilkhaya Chilkhaya is a village development committee in Kalikot District in the Karnali Zone of north-western Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census The 1991 Nepal census was a widespread national census conducted by the Nepal Central Bureau of S ...

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Dholagohe Dhaulagoh ( ne, धौलागोह) is a village development committee in Kalikot District in the Karnali Zone of north-western Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census The 1991 Nepal census was a widespread national census conducted by ...

* Gela * Jubitha *

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Kotbada Kotbada is a village development committee in Kalikot District in the Karnali Zone of north-western Nepal. At the time of the 2001 Nepal census The 2001 Nepal census ( ne, राष्ट्रिय जनगणना २०५८) was conducte ...

* Kumalgaun *

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* Malkot *

* Mehalmudi *

Mugraha Mugraha is a village development committee in Kalikot District in the Karnali Zone of north-western Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census The 1991 Nepal census was a widespread national census conducted by the Nepal Central Bureau of St ...

* Mumra *

Nanikot Nanikot is a village development committee in Kalikot District in the Karnali Zone of north-western Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census The 1991 Nepal census was a widespread national census conducted by the Nepal Central Bureau of Sta ...

* Odanaku * Pakha * Phoi Mahadev *

Phukot Phukot is a village development committee in Kalikot District in the Karnali Zone of north-western Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census The 1991 Nepal census was a widespread national census conducted by the Nepal Central Bureau of Stat ...

* Ranku * Ramnakot *

Ranchuli Ranchuli is a village development committee in Kalikot District in the Karnali Zone of north-western Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census The 1991 Nepal census was a widespread national census conducted by the Nepal Central Bureau of St ...

Rupsa Rupsa is a Village development committee (Nepal), village development committee in Kalikot District in the Karnali Zone of north-western Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 2659 people living in 423 individual hous ...

Sipkhana Sipkhana is a village development committee in Kalikot District in the Karnali Zone of north-western Nepal Nepal (; ne, :ne:नेपाल, नेपाल ), formerly the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal ( ne, सङ्घी� ...

* Sukitaya * Syuna *

Thirpu Thirpu is a Village development committee (Nepal), village development committee in Kalikot District in the Karnali Zone of north-western Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 2837 people living in 482 individual hous ...

References

External links

UN map of VDC boundaries, water features and roads in Kalikot
* Districts of Nepal established in 1962 Districts of Karnali Province {{Kalikot-geo-stub