Baitadi District

Baitadi District बैतडी
District
Tripurasundari temple, Baitadi
Location of Baitadi District
Country	Nepal
Province	Sudurpashchim Province
Established	pre 1962
Admin HQ.	Dasharathchand
Government
• Type	Coordination committee
• Body	DCC, Baitadi
Area
• Total	1,519 km2 (586 sq mi)
Population  (2011)[1]
• Total	250,898
• Density	170/km2 (430/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+05:45 (NPT)
Telephone Code	095
Main Language(s)	Baitadeli

Baitadi District (Nepali: बैतडी जिल्ला Listen^ⓘ), historical name “Bairath” (बैराथ)^{[citation needed]}, a part of Sudurpashchim Province, is one of the 77 districts of Nepal. It is a Hill district. Baitadi, with Dasharathchand as its headquarters, covers an area of 1,519 km² (586 sq mi) and has a population of 250,898 according to the census (2011).^[1] The Baitadi district entails 56 village development councils (VDCs) and two municipality in the past. Now, by federal policy there are 10 local units; 4 Municipalities (Dashrath Chand, Patan, Melauli and Purchudi) and 6 Rural Municipalities ( Surnaya, Sigas, Shivnath, Pancheshwor, Dogada Kedar and Dilasaini). Baitadi falls into the farthest western regional district of Nepal touching Jhulaghat, India, Nepal's neighboring country, to its border.