Surkhet District

Surkhet District

सुर्खेत जिल्ला
Surkhet District सुर्खेत जिल्ला
District of Nepal
	Bulbule Lake
	Location of Surkhet District (dark yellow) in Karnali
Country	Nepal
Province	Karnali
Admin HQ.	Birendranagar
Government
• Type	Coordination committee
• Body	DCC, Surkhet
Area
• Total	2,451 km2 (946 sq mi)
Population (2021)
• Total	417,776
• Density	170/km2 (440/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+05:45 (NPT)
Postal Codes	21700
Telephone Code	083
Main Language(s)	Nepali
Website	www.ddcsurkhet.gov.np

Surkhet District (Nepali: सुर्खेत जिल्ला, Listen^ⓘ) is a district in Karnali Province of mid-western Nepal. Surkhet is one of the ten districts of Karnali located about 600 kilometres (373 mi) west of the national capital Kathmandu. The district's area is 2,489 square kilometres (961 sq mi). It had 288,527 population in 2001 and 350,804 in 2011 which male comprised 169,461 and female 181,381. Its district headquarters, Birendranagar, is the capital of Karnali Province.^[1] It is serving as a business hub and document center for Karnali province. According to population, development, road links, landforms, climate, many peoples are migrating here. After becoming province capital developmental activities are boosted and are in peak level. All the governmental works are carried here. Birendranagar is beautiful valley surrounded by hills having moderate climate.

^ "स्थानीय तहहरुको विवरण" [Details of the local level bodies]. www.mofald.gov.np/en (in Nepali). Ministry of Federal Affairs and Local Development. Retrieved 17 July 2018.

[1] "स्थानीय तहहरुको विवरण" [Details of the local level bodies]. www.mofald.gov.np/en (in Nepali). Ministry of Federal Affairs and Local Development. Retrieved 17 July 2018.

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