Patan is a
municipality
A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate.
The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...
in
Baitadi District
Baitadi District ( ne, बैतडी जिल्ला ), historical name “Bairath” (बैराथ), a part of Sudurpashchim Province, is one of the 77 districts of Nepal. It is a Hill district. Baitadi, with Dasharathchand as its he ...
in the
Mahakali Zone
Mahakali ( ne, महाकाली अञ्चल) was one of the fourteen zones located in the Far-Western Development Region of Nepal, covering an area of 6,205 km2 in the most western part of the country. It stretches along Nepal's f ...
in
Sudurpaschim Province of Far-western
Nepal
Nepal (; ne, नेपाल ), formerly the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal ( ne,
सङ्घीय लोकतान्त्रिक गणतन्त्र नेपाल ), is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is mai ...
. The new municipality was formed by merging six existing villages
Sakar,
Silanga,
Bhumeswor Gujar Gujar may refer to:
*Gurjar
Gurjar or Gujjar (also transliterated as ''Gujar, Gurjara and Gujjer'') is an ethnic nomadic, agricultural and pastoral community, spread mainly in India, Pakistan and Afghanistan, divided internally into variou ...
Basantapur and Patan on 2 December 2014.
The office of the municipality is that of the former Patan village development committee.
Population
Patan municipality is formed by merging Sakar,Silanga, Bhumeswor Gujar, Basantapur and Patan. It has a total population of 19,911 according to
011 Nepal census
Introduction
Patan is beautiful place overall of the district. This place is surrounded by the beautiful hills including pine forests. At the bottom of this village there is Surnaya river is streaming which is main river of this area. This place is located in between
Dadeldhura
Dadeldhura, a part of Sudurpashchim Province, is one of the seventy-seven districts of Nepal. The district, with Dadeldhura as its district headquarters, covers an area of and had a population of 126,162 in 2001 and 142,094 in 2011.
The region ...
And
Baitadi Khalanga. In this municipality many District level governmental offices are situated like
Children or Woman development office,
District Animal care office,
District irrigation office,
District landslide rescue office,
District Family planning association of Nepal and many other offices. In this area it has Hydro power about of 250
Kilowatt
The watt (symbol: W) is the unit of power or radiant flux in the International System of Units (SI), equal to 1 joule per second or 1 kg⋅m2⋅s−3. It is used to quantify the rate of energy transfer. The watt is named after James Wa ...
power which provides Electricity within its area. Climate is medium (nor very hot neither very cool) it belongs to mid hill region. Mainly in this area Brahmin, Chhetri and Thakuri peoples are living. Mainly people of this area depends on
Agriculture
Agriculture or farming is the practice of cultivating plants and livestock. Agriculture was the key development in the rise of sedentary human civilization, whereby farming of domesticated species created food surpluses that enabled people to ...
but other occupation is also income source.
References
See also
Populated places in Baitadi District
Municipalities in Baitadi District
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