Mahakali () is a

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality' ...

located in Darchula District of

Sudurpashchim Province Sudurpashchim Province () is one of the seven Provinces of Nepal, provinces established by the Constitution of Nepal, new constitution of Nepal which was adopted on 20 September 2015. It borders the Tibet Autonomous Region of China to the north, ...

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. The municipality was established on 18 May 2014 named "Api Municipality" merging the former village development committees of: Brahmadev, Chhapari,

Dhap Dhap is a market center in Mahakali Municipality in Darchula District in the Mahakali Zone of western Nepal. The formerly Village Development Committee was merged to form new municipality since 18 May 2014. At the time of the 2021 Nepal censu ...

, Kante and Khalanga. The total area of "Api municipality" had and it had a total population of 20,797 people. Fulfilling the requirement of the new

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, all old municipalities and villages (which were more than 3900 in number) were restructured into 753 new units, thus this municipality upgraded into Mahakali municipality On 10 March 2017, during upgradation of Api municipality a small portion of this municipality (ward 1, 2 & 3) excluded from it and Dattu Village development committee merged to it and renamed as Mahakali municipality. Now total area of the municipality has and total population of it is 21231 people, the municipality is divided into total 9 wards.

Divisions

Mahakali is divided into 9 wards:

Demographics

The total population of Mahakali municipality in 2021 has been slightly increased compared to

2011 Nepal census Nepal conducted a widespread national census in 2011 by the Nepal Central Bureau of Statistics. Working in cooperation with the 58 municipalities and the 3,915 Village Development Committees at a district level, they recorded data from all the m ...

. According to the

2021 Nepal census The 2021 Nepal Census was the twelfth nationwide census of Nepal conducted by the Central Bureau of Statistics. The census was originally scheduled from 8 June to 22 June 2021, but was postponed to November 2021 due to a surge in COVID-19 case ...

, there are 24081 people living here in 5982 households. The number of males comprises 11457 while females are 12624. Ethnically Chettri is the largest group in this municipality following

Bahun Bahun (), also known as Hill Brahmins, are a Brahmin varna among the Khas of Nepal. They are a sub-caste of the Kanyakubja Brahmin while their origins are from Kannauj and the Himalayan belt of South Asia. According to the 2011 Nepal censu ...

second largest and Bishwakarma third largest. Religiously

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is the largest group with 99.4% and Buddhist is the second largest group with 0.2%, Islam at third number with 0.1%. 82.9% of the population are literate which means they can read and write but only 7% of people have passed SLC.

References

{{Darchula District Municipalities in Darchula District Nepal municipalities established in 2014 Populated places in Darchula District Darchula District