Kalikot District

Kalikot District कालीकोट जिल्ला
District
Jite Gadhi over the Karnali in Kalikot district
Nickname:  त्रिबेणी Tribeņī
Location of Kalikot District (dark yellow) in Karnali
Country	Nepal
Province	Karnali Province
Admin HQ.	Manma (today part of Khandachakra Municipality)
Government
• Type	Coordination committee
• Body	DCC, Kalikot
Area
• Total	1,741 km2 (672 sq mi)
Population  (2011)
• Total	136,948
• Density	79/km2 (200/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+05:45 (NPT)
Website	ddckalikot.gov.np

Kalikot District (Nepali: कालीकोट जिल्ला Listen^ⓘ), a part of Karnali province, is one of the seventy-seven districts of Nepal. The district, with Manma as its district headquarters, covers an area of 1,741 km² (672 sq mi), had a population of 105,580 in 2001 and 136,948 in 2011. In September 2005, in a bid to encourage a change in social attitudes, the government announced that it would provide rice to any family that had recently had a girl born.^[1]