Key facts
- 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
- 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)
- Total
- 1,505 km (581 sq mi)
- Highest elevation
- 4,168 m (13,675 ft)
- Lowest elevation
- 544 m (1,785 ft)
- Density
- 173.3/km (448.9/sq mi)
- Ethnic groups
- Chetri , Kami , Thakuri
- Female
- 51%
- Literacy
- 62%
- Time zone
- UTC+05:45 ( NPT )
- Postal codes
- 21600, 21602, 21603, 21604, 21605, 21607..., 21610
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Encyclopedic overview
Dailekh District (Nepali: दैलेख जिल्ला pronounced [dʌi̯lekʰ] ) a part of Karnali Province, is one of the seventy-seven districts of Nepal. The district, with Dailekh as its district headquarters, covers an area of 1,502 km (580 sq mi) and had a population of 225,201 in 2001 and 261,770 in 2011.
Etymology
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Dailekh District” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.