Kailali District

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Kailali District
District
Ghodaghodi Tal, Kailali
Location of Kailali District
Coordinates: 28°41′N 80°52′E / 28.683°N 80.867°E / 28.683; 80.867
Country	Nepal
Province	Sudurpashchim Province
Admin HQ.	Dhangadhi
Government
• Type	Coordination committee
• Body	DCC, Kailali
Area
• Total	3,235 km2 (1,249 sq mi)
Population  (2021)
• Total	911,155
• Density	281.7/km2 (730/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+05:45 (NPT)
Postal Codes	10900
Area code	91
Main Language(s)	Tharu, Nepali language, Doteli
Website	ddckailali.gov.np

Kailali District (Nepali: कैलाली जिल्लाListen^ⓘ), a part of Sudurpashchim Province in Terai plain, is one of the 77 districts of Nepal. The district, with Dhangadhi as its district headquarters, covers an area of 3,235 square kilometres (1,249 sq mi) and has a population 911,155 (2021 census) and (775,709 in 2011 census), (616,697 in 2001 census).

Before the reunification of Nepal by Gorkha King Prithvi Narayan Shah, this district was the part of Doti Kingdom. Nepal lost it to the East India Company after the Anglo-Nepalese war (1814-1816) between the then Kingdom of Nepal and the East India Company followed by territorial concessions of Sugauli Treaty. Later on after the treaty of 1860, Nepal recovered this land along with Kanchanpur, Banke and Bardiya.