Dadeldhura, a part of
Sudurpashchim Province
Sudurpashchim Province ( ne, सुदूरपश्चिम प्रदेश, ''Sudurpashchim Province'') (''Far-West Province'') is one of the seven provinces established by the new constitution of Nepal which was adopted on 20 September ...
, is one of the seventy-seven districts of Nepal. The district, with
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 ...
as its district headquarters, covers an area of and had a population of 126,162 in 2001 and 142,094 in 2011.
The region has a mountainous landscape that contains many religious temples. The district is seldom visited by tourists but contains local routes to Mt Kailash in Tibet, Ra Ra Lake in Humla district, and the last remaining remnants of the Far Western Malla Kingdom. Nagi Malla was the last royal to live here before the Nepalese unification.
The spoken language is Doteli and the majority of inhabitants are Hindu. Dadeldhura is the most developed district among the other hilly districts in the far western region. Dadeldhura is the hometown of current prime minister of Nepal Hon.
Sher Bahadur Deuba
Sher Bahadur Deuba ( ne, शेरबहादुर देउवा, ; born 13 June 1946) is a Nepali politician and former prime minister of Nepal. He has also been serving as the president of the Nepali Congress since 2016. Deuba has served ...
.
Geography and climate
The highest temperature ever recorded in Dadeldhura was on June 20, 2012, while the lowest temperature ever recorded was in January 2008.
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 ...
, Dadeldhura District had a population of 142,094. Of these, 92.3% spoke
Doteli
Doteli, or Dotyali () is an Indo-Aryan language spoken by about 800,000 people, most of whom live in Nepal. It is a dialect of Khas, which is an ancient form of the modern Nepali language, and is written in the Devanagari script. It has official ...
, 5.8%
Nepali and 1.1%
Magar as their first language. The largest ethnic group is
Khas/Chhetri
Chhetri (Kshetri, Kshettri, Kshetry or Chhettri), ( ne, क्षेत्री ; IAST: ''Kṣetrī'') historically called Kshettriya or Kshetriya or Khas are Nepali speakers of Khas community, some of whom trace their origin to migration fro ...
makes 52% of total population. Khas
Thakuri
Thakuri ( ne, ठकुरी) is a sub-caste of Khasas tribes in Nepal. It consists of the historical ruling class, and is made up of the descendants of the Great Khasa Malla kingdom rulers of the Baisi and Chaubisi principalities. The former ...
s make 20% of population. And
Bahun
Bahun ( ne, बाहुन) or Khas Brahmin ( ne, खस ब्राह्मण) is a caste ( ''Varna'') among Khas people of Nepal. Their origins are from the Indo-Aryan Khasa tribe of Nepal and South Asia. According to the 2011 Nepa ...
and Sanyasi/Giris make 17% of total population. Khas dalits make 10% of population and
Magars
The Magar, also spelled as Mangar, and Mongar, are the third largest ethnolinguistic groups of Nepal, indigenous to Western Nepal and representing 7.1% of Nepal's total population according to the 2011 Nepal census.
The original home of the Magar ...
make 1% of population.
Administration
The district consists of seven
municipalities
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 ...
, out of which two are urban municipalities and five are
rural municipalities. These are as follows:
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Amargadhi municipality
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Parshuram municipality
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Aalitaal Rural Municipality
Aalitaal ( ne, आलिताल) is a Gaupalika in Dadeldhura District in the Sudurpashchim Province of far-western Nepal.
Aalitaal has a population of 18531.The land area is 292.87 km2.
References
Rural municipalities in Dadeldhur ...
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Bhageshwar Rural Municipality
Bhageshwar ( ne, भागेश्वर) is a Gaupalika in Dadeldhura District in the Sudurpashchim Province of far-western Nepal. Bhageshwar has a population of 14129.The land area is 233.38 km2.
References
Rural municipalities in D ...
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Navadurga Rural Municipality
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Ajaymeru Rural Municipality
Ajaymeru ( ne, अजयमेरु) is a Gaupalika in Dadeldhura District in the Sudurpashchim Province of far-western Nepal
Nepal (; ne, नेपाल ), formerly the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal ( ne,
सङ्घीय ...
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Ganyapadhura Rural Municipality
Former village development committees
Prior to the restructuring of the district, Dadeldhura District consisted of the following
Village development committees:
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Ajayameru
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Alital
Alital is a village development committee in Dadeldhura District in Sudurpashchim Province of 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 o ...
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Amargadhi
Amargadhi is a municipality and the district headquarter of Dadeldhura District in Sudurpashchim Province of western Nepal. It was named after Gorkha General Amar Singh Thapa, who fought in the Gurkha War between 1814 and 1816 At the time of the ...
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Ashigram
Ashigram is a village development committee in Dadeldhura District in Sudurpashchim Province of western Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census
The 1991 Nepal census was a widespread national census conducted by the Nepal Central Burea ...
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Bagarkot
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Belapur
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Bhadrapur
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Bhageshwar
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Bhumiraj
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Chipur
Chipur is a Village development committee (Nepal), village development committee in Dadeldhura District in the Mahakali Zone of western Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census , it had a population of 2589 people living in 483 individual h ...
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Dewal Dibyapur
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Ghatal
Ghatal is a city and a municipality in Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal, India. It is the headquarters of the Ghatal subdivision.
History
In ancient times, when Tamralipta was an active port, Ghatal had its own ‘Bandar’ (port), 3&n ...
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Ganeshpur
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Gankhet
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Jogbuda
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Kailapalmandau
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Khalanga
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Koteli
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Manilek
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Mashtamandau
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Nawadurga
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Rupal
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Sahastralinga
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Samaiji
Samaiji is a Village development committee (Nepal), village development committee in Dadeldhura District in the Mahakali Zone of western Nepal. It is named after the name of god Samaiji (one of the form of lord Shiva). It is divided into 9 wards.
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Sirsha
See also
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Pasela
References
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Districts of Nepal established during Rana regime or before
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