Dailekh District

Dailekh District

दैलेख जिल्ला
Dailekh District दैलेख जिल्ला
District
	View of fields in Guranshe
	Location of Dailekh District (dark yellow) in Karnali
	Coordinates: 28°50′15″N 81°42′28″E / 28.83750°N 81.70778°E
Country	Nepal
Province	Karnali Province
Admin HQ.	Dailekh (Narayan)
Municipality	List Urban; Narayan; Dullu; Aathbis; Chamunda Bindrasaini; Rural; Thantikandh; Bhairawi; Mahabu; Naumule; Dungeshwar; Gurans; Bhagawatimai;
Government
• Type	Coordination committee
• Body	DCC, Dailekh
• Head	Mr. Prem Bahadur Thapa
• Parliamentary constituencies	2 seats List Dailekh 1; Dailekh 2;
• Provincial constituencies	4 seats List Dailekh 1(A); Dailekh 1(B); Dailekh 2(A); Dailekh 2 (B);
Area
• Total	1,505 km2 (581 sq mi)
Highest elevation	4,168 m (13,675 ft)
Lowest elevation	544 m (1,785 ft)
Population (2011)
• Total	260,855
• Density	170/km2 (450/sq mi)
Demographics
• Ethnic groups	Chetri, Kami, Thakuri
• Female ♀	51%
Human Development Index
• Literacy	62%
Time zone	UTC+05:45 (NPT)
Postal Codes	21600, 21602, 21603, 21604, 21605, 21607..., 21610
Telephone Code	089
Main Language(s)	Nepali
Major highways	Mid-Hill (under cons.)
Website	ddcdailekh.gov.np

Dailekh District (Nepali: दैलेख जिल्ला pronounced [dʌi̯lekʰ] ^ⓘ) 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 1,502 km² (580 sq mi) and had a population of 225,201 in 2001^[2] and 261,770 in 2011.^[3]

^ General Bureau of Statistics, Kathmandu, Nepal, Nov. 2012
^ "Nepal Census 2001". Nepal's Village Development Committees. Digital Himalaya. Archived from the original on 12 October 2008. Retrieved 12 December 2008.
^ "National Population and Housing Census 2011(National Report)" (PDF). Central Bureau of Statistics. Government of Nepal. November 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-04-18.

[1] General Bureau of Statistics, Kathmandu, Nepal, Nov. 2012

[2] "Nepal Census 2001". Nepal's Village Development Committees. Digital Himalaya. Archived from the original on 12 October 2008. Retrieved 12 December 2008.

[National_Population_and_Housing_Census_2011(National_Report)-3] "National Population and Housing Census 2011(National Report)" (PDF). Central Bureau of Statistics. Government of Nepal. November 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-04-18.

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