Kanchanpur District ( ne, कञ्चनपुर जिल्ला ), a part of

Sudurpashchim Province Sudurpashchim Province ( ne, सुदूरपश्चिम प्रदेश, ''Sudurpashchim Province'') (''Far-West Province'') is one of the seven provinces established by the new constitution of Nepal which was adopted on 20 September ...

in the

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plain, is one of seventy seven districts of

Nepal Nepal (; ne, नेपाल ), formerly the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal ( ne, सङ्घीय लोकतान्त्रिक गणतन्त्र नेपाल ), is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is ma ...

. The district, with

Bhimdatta Mahendranagar (Nepali: महेन्द्रनगर) officially known as Bhimdattanagar (Nepali:भिमदत्त), is a municipality in Kanchanpur District of Sudurpashchim Province, Nepal. The city and the municipality were named Mahen ...

as its district headquarters, covers an area of and had a population of 134,868 in 2001 and 171,304 in 2011. It is located in south-western of Nepal. It is bordered by Kailali district in the east,

Dadeldhura Dadeldhura, a part of Sudurpashchim Province, is one of the seventy-seven districts of Nepal. The district, with Dadeldhura as its district headquarters, covers an area of and had a population of 126,162 in 2001 and 142,094 in 2011. The region ...

district in the north and with India in the south and west. Before the reunification of Nepal by Gorkha King

Prithvi Narayan Shah Maharajadhiraj Prithvi Narayan Shah (1723–1775) ( ne, श्री ५ बडामहाराजाधिराज पृथ्वीनारायण शाह देव) was the last ruler of the Gorkha Kingdom and first monarch of the ...

, this district was part of the Doti Kingdom. Nepal lost it to the

East India Company The East India Company (EIC) was an English, and later British, joint-stock company founded in 1600 and dissolved in 1874. It was formed to trade in the Indian Ocean region, initially with the East Indies (the Indian subcontinent and Sou ...

after the

Anglo-Nepalese war The Anglo-Nepalese War (1 November 1814 – 4 March 1816), also known as the Gorkha War, was fought between the Gorkhali army of the Kingdom of Nepal (present-day Nepal) and the British forces of the East India Company (EIC, present-day In ...

(1814–1816). Then the 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 Kailali, Banke and

Bardiya Bardiya or Smerdis ( peo, 𐎲𐎼𐎮𐎡𐎹 ; grc, Σμέρδις ; possibly died 522 BC), also named as Tanyoxarces ( grc, Τανυοξάρκης ) by Ctesias, was a son of Cyrus the Great and the younger brother of Cambyses II, both ...

. Its first headquarters was Belauri Municipality, and the current headquarter, Mahendranagr, was declared in 2019 B.S. The majority of the population is ethnic Tharu community, and minor groups are the peoples that have migrated from the northern hilly region. The district is renowned for

Shuklaphanta Wildlife Reserve Shuklaphanta National Park is a national park in the Terai of the Far-Western Region, Nepal, covering of open grasslands, forests, riverbeds and tropical wetlands at an elevation of . It is bounded by the Mahakali river in the west and south. A ...

and the long multi-span suspension bridge over Mahakali River. Jhilmila Lake, Bedkot Lake, Bandatal, Shovatal, and Vishnu Temple, Ranital are the other tourist attractions.SOUL PEACE

Geography

The district expands from 28 degrees 38 minutes to 29 degrees 28 minutes Northern latitudes and 80 degrees 03 minutes to 80 degrees 33 minutes Eastern longitudes. It is situated at the end of westmost part of province and country on the corner of the south-west. Geographically it is on the terai, but the northern part of the district has some higher altitudes of elevation. The highest elevation of the district is 1528m, and the lowest is 176m. The main rivers of the region are

Mahakali Mahakali () is the Hindu goddess of time and death in the goddess-centric tradition of Shaktism. Similar to Kali, Mahakali is a fierce goddess associated with universal power, time, life, death, and both rebirth and liberation. She is the cons ...

, Jobuda, Chaudhary, Mohana, Syal, Banhara, Sanbora and Doda

Demographics

At the time of the

2011 Nepal census Nepal conducted a widespread national census in 2011 by the Nepal Central Bureau of Statistics. Working with the 58 municipalities and the 3915 Village Development Committees at a district level, they recorded data from all the municipalities and ...

, Kanchanpur District had a population of 451,248. Of these, 39.7% spoke Doteli, 25.4% Tharu, 16.1%

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, 5.2% Baitadeli, 4.0% Bajhangi, 2.3% Achhami, 1.6% Magar, 1.5% Bajureli, 1.3% Tamang and 1.1% Darchuleli as their first language. The largest ethnic group is Khas/

Chhetri Chhetri (Kshetri, Kshettri, Kshetry or Chhettri), ( ne, क्षेत्री ; IAST: ''Kṣetrī'') historically called Kshettriya or Kshetriya or Khas are Nepali speakers of Khas community, some of whom trace their origin to migration from ...

make 35% of total population, The Second largest ethnic group is Tharu makes 21% of total dist population, and Khas/Thakuri makes 15% of population. Bahun and sanyasi/giri makes 13% of total population and khas dalit makes 11% of total population.. Tamangs make 3% of population. And Magars make 2% of population.

Divisions

Kanchanpur district is divided into 7 municipalities and 2 rural municipalities: ;Municipalities: * Bedkot * Belauri *

* Shuklaphanta * Krishnapur * Punarbas ;Rural municipalities: * Laljhadi * Beldandi

Communication and media

Websites, Online News Portal, FM Stations and News Papers of Kanchanpur District *MNR Yellow Pages. Local Search Engine *NB Media Network *Suklaphanta FM 99.4 MHz *Radio Mahakali FM 96.2 MHz *Radio Belauri 105 MHz *Belauri Post Weekly *Dishanirdesh Kanchan Post Weekly *Farwest Times *Chure Times *Mahendranagar Post *Abhiyan Daily *Paschim Nepal Daily *Dainik Khabar Daily *New Janakranti Daily *Radio Nagarik FM 104.3 MHz *Radio Rastriya 89.8 MHz *Radio Barasinga 102.2 MHz *Radio Paschim Nepal 91.0 MHz *Radio Kanchanpur 90.2 MHz *Radio Pahichaan FM 105.3 MHz *Radio Sudur Sanchar 100.4 MHz *Radio Jhalari FM 105.9 MHz *Prabhu FM 102.5 MHz

Lakes In Kanchanpur District

* Banda lake * Betkot lake * Pyara lake * Jhilmila lake * Shova lake * Shuklaphanta lake * Ranital

References

External links

District Development Committee, Kanchanpur
{{Authority control Districts of Nepal established during Rana regime or before Districts of Nepal established in 1962