Galkot ( ne, गल्कोट) 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 ...

Baglung district Baglung District ( ne, बागलुङ जिल्ला ), a part of Gandaki Province, is one of the seventy-seven districts of Nepal. The district, with Baglung as its district headquarters, covers an area of and has a population (2011) of ...

of Gandaki province 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 ...

. It consists of several VDCs. Nearby cities include

Gulmi Gulmi District ( ne, :ne:गुल्मी जिल्ला, गुल्मी जिल्ला), a part of Lumbini Province, is one of the seventy-seven districts of Nepal. The district, with Tamghas as its headquarters, covers an area of ...

and

Pokhara Pokhara ( ne, पोखरा, ) is a metropolis, metropolitan city in Nepal, which serves as the capital of Gandaki Province. It is the List of cities in Nepal, second most populous city of Nepal after Kathmandu, with 518,452 inhabitants living ...

. Its geographic coordinates are 28°13'24"N 83°25'29"E. It was one of the Chaubisi rajya that existed before unification of Nepal initiated by

Prithvi Narayan Shah Maharajadhiraj Prithvi Narayan Shah (1723–1775) ( ne, श्री ५ बडामहाराजाधिराज पृथ्वीनारायण शाह देव) was the last ruler of the Gorkha Kingdom and first monarch of the ...

. It is around 25 km far in the South-Western direction from the headquarter of

Baglung Baglung is a municipality in western Nepal, west of Kathmandu. It is the administrative headquarters of Baglung District and Dhaulagiri Zone. Baglung serves as the major center for business, finance, education, service and healthcare for the pe ...

district. Today the blacktopped road connects the headquarter to the rural areas of Galkot.

Geography

Galkot is located in the mid-region of

district, which itself is located in

Gandaki Province Gandaki Province ( ne, गण्डकी प्रदेश ) ), is one of the seven federal provinces established by the current constitution of Nepal which was promulgated on 20 September 2015. Pokhara is the province's capital city. It borde ...

. The region is surrounded by: *East:

Municipality *West:

Burtibang Burtibang ( ne, बुर्तिबाङ) is a village development committee in Baglung District in the Dhaulagiri Zone of central Nepal. Burtibang is the second-largest commercial city in the district after Baglung. Burtibang is the cent ...

*North:

Myagdi District Myagdi District ( ne, :ne:म्याग्दी जिल्ला, म्याग्दी जिल्ला ), a part of Gandaki Province, is one of the seventy-seven districts of Nepal. The district, with Beni, Dhawalagiri, Beni as its dis ...

*South:

Gulmi District Gulmi District ( ne, गुल्मी जिल्ला), a part of Lumbini Province, is one of the seventy-seven districts of Nepal. The district, with Tamghas as its headquarters, covers an area of , had a population of 296,654 in 2001, 28 ...

Geography and Climate

Demographics

The total population is 73,595 out of which 33,215 are males and 40,480 are females living in 14,367 households. The majority of the people in this region are

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 ...

, kshetris, Brahmins and Dalits.

Economy

The majority of population depend upon agriculture and livestock for living. Besides, many people have fled abroad for employment. It is the highest remittance generating region in the country. It is also the commercial and transit hub of the headquarter and western districts. People have started to use modern and commercial farming techniques.

Education

By 2060, Galkot had 14 secondary schools, 2 Boarding Schools and 2 higher secondary schools, the oldest one being Galkot Higher Secondary School (Established: 2008 Chaitra 8 BS). The numbers have increased significantly now. However, many students go to nearby headquarter, Pokhara, Kathmandu or abroad to pursue their studies.

Administration

Galkot Municipaluty consists of 11 Wards These are as follows: * Galkot Municipality Ward No 1 Dudilabhati * Galkot Municipality Ward No 2 Narethanti * Galkot Municipality Ward No 3 Hatiya * Galkot Municipality Ward No 4 Kharuwa * Galkot Municipality Ward No 5 Harichaur * Galkot Municipality Ward No 6 Charaudi * Galkot Municipality Ward No 7 Malma * Galkot Municipality Ward No 9 Malma * Galkot Municipality Ward No 8 Kandebaas * Galkot Municipality Ward No 10 Pandavkhani * Galkot Municipality Ward No 11 Righa

References

External links

UN.org: UN map of Administrative Boundaries of Nepal
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