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Dailekh District (Шаблон:Lang-ne Шаблон:IPA-ne) a part of Karnali Province, is one of the 77 districts of Nepal. The district, with Dailekh as its district headquarters, covers an area of Шаблон:Cvt and had a population of 225,201 in 2001[1] and 261,770 in 2011.[2]

Etymology

It is said that the name Dailekh is derived from Dadhi Lekh. Dadhi stands for Dadhichi. Dadhichi was a sage in ancient time and Lekh mean hill. Etymologically ‘Dadhi Lekh’ means the hill where sage Dadhichi meditated.[3][4] There is also another story about name that, in ancient time it was a place of Devatas, so it called "Daibalok" which later became 'Dailekh'.[3][4]

History

Dailekh District was a part of Khasa kingdom during 12th to 14th century.[5] Sinja Valley was the ancient capital city and powerful town of the Khasa Kingdom[6]Шаблон:Rp[7] After the fall down of the Khasa Kingdom it divided into many small kingdoms. Before the unification of modern Nepal, the area of the Karnali region had a united kingdom named Baise Rajya (Twenty two principalities). Dailekh principality was one in twenty two principalities.

Geography and climate

Dailekh is a high, hilly district out of ten districts of Karnali Province. It is situated at coordinates of 28° 35' 00" N to 29° 08' 00" N Latitudes and 81° 25' 00" E to 81° 53' 00" E of Longitudes. The lowest elevation is 544m and the highest elevation is 4,168m. The headquarter is situated at an elevation of 1448m. The district has covered 80% of mid-hill land and 21% of high-hill land. The total area of the district is Шаблон:Convert.[4]

On the basis of altitude,this district can be classified into 4 different sub-categories:

Climate Zone[8] Elevation Range % of Area
Upper Tropical 300 to 1,000 meters
1,000 to 3,300 ft.
16.7%
Subtropical 1,000 to 2,000 meters
3,300 to 6,600 ft.
64.5%
Temperate 2,000 to 3,000 meters
6,400 to 9,800 ft.
16.1%
Subalpine 3,000 to 5,500 meters
9,800 to 18,044 ft.
 2.4%

Transportation

Dailekh is connected with Birendranagar (the capital city of Karnali Province) with a road called Dailekh road (F-48). Dailekh road meets to Ratna Highway (NH-12) at Birendranagar (Surkhet). Ratna Highway is connected with Mahendra Highway (NH-1) at Kohalpur. Through Mahendra Highway one can get access to Kathmandu, Pokhara and other cities of Nepal.

There is another road connecting Dailekh to Karnali Highway (NH-13) via Dullu.

The national capital Kathmandu is at distance of Шаблон:Convert from Dailekh.

The nearest airport for Dailekh is Surkhet Airport which is about Шаблон:Convert at distance from Dailekh.

Demographics

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At the time of the 2011 Nepal census, Dailekh District had a population of 261,770

As their first language, 97.9% spoke Nepali, 1.5% Magar, 0.2% Gurung, 0.1% Kham, 0.1% Tamang and 0.1% other languages.[9]

Ethnicity/caste: 34.8% were Chhetri, 18.6% Kami, 14.1% Thakuri, 10.9% Hill Brahmin, 9.2% Magar, 5.0% Damai/Dholi, 3.1% Sarki, 1.5% Sanyasi/Dasnami, 1.3% Gurung, 0.3% Badi, 0.3% Newar, 0.2% other Dalit, 0.2% Musalman, 0.1% Kumal, 0.1% Tamang and 0.1% others.[10]

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Religion: 97.4% were Hindu, 1.9% Buddhist, 0.5% Christian and 0.2% Muslim.[12]

Literacy: 62.3% could read and write, 3.3% could only read and 34.3% could neither read nor write.[13]

Constituency

Dailekh comprises 2 parliamentary seats and 4 provincial seats:

Constituency Area Seat MP/MLA Party
Dailekh 1 Шаблон:Hlist Parliamentary Rabindra Raj Sharma Nepal Communist Party
Dailekh 2 Шаблон:Hlist Parliamentary Raj Bahadur Buda Chhetri Nepal Communist Party
Dailekh 1(A) Шаблон:Hlist Provincial Dharma Raj Regmi Nepal Communist Party
Dailekh 1(B) Шаблон:Hlist Provincial Amar Bahadur Thapa Nepal Communist Party
Dailekh 2(A) Шаблон:Hlist Provincial Sushil Kumar Thapa Nepal Communist Party
Dailekh 2(B) Шаблон:Hlist Provincial Raj Bahadur Shahi Nepal Communist Party

Divisions of Dailekh

As per the new constitution of Nepal 2015, the district is divided into 4 urban municipalities and 7 rural municipality;

# Municipality Type Area Population Website
1 Narayan Urban 110.63 27,037 Шаблон:URL
2 Dullu Urban 156.77 41,540 Шаблон:URL
3 Aathbis Urban 168 29,227 Шаблон:URL
4 Chamunda Bindrasaini Urban 90.6 26,149 Шаблон:URL
5 Thantikandh Rural 88.22 18,896 Шаблон:URL
6 Bhairabi Rural 110.46 21,233 Шаблон:URL
7 Mahabu Rural 110.8 19,277 Шаблон:URL
8 Naumule Rural 228.59 20,802 Шаблон:URL
9 Dungeshwar Rural 105.19 15,883 Шаблон:URL
10 Gurans Rural 164.79 22,033 Шаблон:URL
11 Bhagawatimai Rural 151.52 18,778 Шаблон:URL
Dailekh District 1505 260,855 Шаблон:URL

Former VDCs and Municipalities

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Gallery

See also

References

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External links

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