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Dipayal Silgadhi ( ne, दिपायल सिलगढी) 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 ...
and the district headquarter of Doti District in
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 ...
of
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 ...
. Previously, it also served as the headquarter of the Far-Western Development Region. It lies in the
Lesser Himalayas The geology of Nepal is dominated by the Himalaya, the highest, youngest and a very highly active mountain range. Himalaya is a type locality for the study of on-going continent-continent collision tectonics. The Himalayan arc extends about fro ...
on the bank of Seti River. 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 ...
it had a population of 32,941 people living in 7,447 individual households.


Transportation

Seti Highway Seti Highway ( ne, सेती राजमार्ग, also referred to as H15) is a highway, in the western region of Nepal. This highway links the towns of Amargadhi, the district headquarter of Dadeldhura and Dipayal Silgadhi, the district h ...
begins in Dipayal Silgadhi, linking it to
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 ...
, from where the
Terai The Terai or Tarai is a lowland region in northern India and southern Nepal that lies south of the outer foothills of the Himalayas, the Sivalik Hills, and north of the Indo-Gangetic Plain. This lowland belt is characterised by tall grasslands, scr ...
region of Nepal can be reached on
Mahakali Highway Mahakali Highway ( Nepali: महाकाली राजमार्ग) is a highway in western Nepal. It links Api Municipality in the Lesser Himalayas with the Western Terai region around Dhangadhi spanning around 325 km and links with ...
.
Doti Airport Doti Airport , also known as Silgadhi Airport, is a domestic airport located in Dipayal Silgadhi serving Doti District, a district in Sudurpashchim Province in Nepal. History The airport started operations on 24 September 1973, but the runway ...
is now functional operating twice a week lies in Dipayal Silgadhi.


Media

Radio Nepal has a regional station in Dipayal Silgadhi which transmits various programs of mass interest. Silgadhi based Tribeni FM 94.4 MHz, Radio Shaileswori 105.9 MHz are the F.M. station here to serve people. Among them Tribeni FM and Radio Shaileswori are
Community radio Community radio is a radio service offering a third model of radio broadcasting in addition to commercial and public broadcasting. Community stations serve geographic communities and communities of interest. They broadcast content that is popular ...
Station.


References


External links


UN map of the municipalities of Doti District
Populated places in Doti District Tourism in Nepal Municipalities in Doti District Nepal municipalities established in 1982 {{Sudurpashchim-geo-stub