Tanahun District ( ne, तनहुँ जिल्ला , or ), a part of Gandaki Province, is one of the seventy-seven

districts of Nepal Districts in Nepal are second level of administrative divisions after provinces. Districts are subdivided in municipalities and rural municipalities. There are seven provinces and 77 districts in Nepal. After the state's reconstruction of admi ...

. The district, with

Damauli Vyas (Byas), is a municipality of Tanahun District located in Gandaki Province in Nepal and incorporates the village ''Damauli'', the district headquarters, for which the municipality is also often referred to as Damauli. The municipality was es ...

as its district headquarters, covers an area of and has a population (2011) of 323,288. Previously the town of

Bandipur Bandipur () is a hilltop settlement and a rural municipality in Tanahun District, Gandaki province of Nepal. Bandipur is primarily known for its preserved, old time cultural atmosphere. At the time of the 2011 Nepal census it had a population ...

was its district headquarter. This district lies in the middlemost of country Nepal. The postal code of Tanahun is 33900. Bhanubhakta Acharya (Nepali: भानुभक्त आचार्य; 1814 – 1868) was a Nepalese poet and writer who translated the great epic

Ramayana The ''Rāmāyana'' (; sa, रामायणम्, ) is a Sanskrit epic composed over a period of nearly a millennium, with scholars' estimates for the earliest stage of the text ranging from the 8th to 4th centuries BCE, and later stages ...

from Sanskrit to

Khas language Nepali (; , ) is an Indo-Aryan language native to the Himalayas region of South Asia. It is the official, and most widely spoken, language of Nepal, where it also serves as a '' lingua franca''. Nepali has official status in the Indian st ...

. His birthplace is Chundi Ramgha Tanahun Nepal. Bhanubhakta Acharya was born on 29 Ashar, 1871B.S. in Tanahun district of Nepal. Acharya was born to a Very Brahmin family and received education with a strong leaning towards religion from his grandfather at home. He is honored with the title Adikabi for the contributions he has made in the field of poetry and Khasi literature and every year, his birthday is celebrated as a festival of Bhanujayanti (29th of Ashad) by conducting various programs, usually academics and poem recitation. Chimkeswori is the highest hill of Tanahun.

Coordinates and location type

*Latitude: 27.91667 *Longitude:84.25 *Latitude (DMS):27° 55' 0 N *Longitude (DMS):84° 15' 0 E

Geography and climate

Major religious spots

* Vyash gufa,

* Pancha mandir, Damauli * Thanithan, Basantapur * Teen Khole Devi Mandir, Khairenitar-8 Jamdi * Chabdi barahi, Chabdi * Nirjala Mai, Turture * Akala Mai, aanboo khaireni Rural Municipality * Akala Mai Magde Rural Municipality * Aadhi Mul * Dhorbarahi, Dhorphirdi * Khadga Devi Mandir, Bandipur * Devghat Tirtha isatal * Chhimkeshwori Mai Mandir, Anbu Khaireni Rural Municipality * Tanahun Kalika, Damauli *Siddha Gufa/Cave, (Biggest Cave of South Asia) Bimalnagar, Dumre,

Rural Municipality Kalika Sthan Byas 8

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 ...

, Tanahun District had a population of 323,288. Of these, 61.9% spoke

Nepali Nepali or Nepalese may refer to : Concerning Nepal * Anything of, from, or related to Nepal * Nepali people, citizens of Nepal * Nepali language, an Indo-Aryan language found in Nepal, the current official national language and a language spoken ...

, 20.8% Magar, 8.3% Gurung, 4.1% Newari, 1.1% Darai, 0.8%

Urdu Urdu (;"Urdu"
'' Tamang as their

first language A first language, native tongue, native language, mother tongue or L1 is the first language or dialect that a person has been exposed to from birth or within the critical period. In some countries, the term ''native language'' or ''mother to ...

. 35.5% of the population in the district spoke

, 0.6% Magar and 0.5% Gurung as their

second language A person's second language, or L2, is a language that is not the native language ( first language or L1) of the speaker, but is learned later. A second language may be a neighbouring language, another language of the speaker's home country, or a ...

Administration

The district consists of 10

Municipalities A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the ...

, out of which four are urban municipality and six are

rural municipalities A rural municipality is a classification of municipality, a type of local government, found in several countries. These include: * Rural municipalities in Canada, a type of municipal status in the Canadian provinces of Manitoba, Saskatchewan, ...

. These are as follows: * Bhanu Municipality * Bhimad Municipality * Byas Municipality * Shuklagandaki Municipality * Anbu Khaireni Rural Municipality * Devghat Rural Municipality * Bandipur Rural Municipality *

Rishing Rural Municipality Rishing Rural Municipality (Rishing Gaupalika) (Nepali: ऋषिङ्ग गाउँपालिका) is a Gaunpalika in Tanahaun District in Gandaki Province of Nepal. On 12 March 2017, the government of Nepal implemented a new local adminis ...

* Ghiring Rural Municipality * Myagde Rural Municipality

Former Village Development Committees

Prior to the restructuring of the district, Tanahun District consisted of the following municipalities and

Village development committees A village development committee ( ne, गाउँ विकास समिति; ''gāum̐ vikās samiti'') in Nepal was the lower administrative part of its Ministry of Federal Affairs and Local Development. Each district had several VDCs ...

* Anbu Khaireni Municipality *

Arunodaya Arunodaya is a village development committee in Tanahu District in the Gandaki Zone of central Nepal. At the time of the 2011 Nepal census Nepal conducted a widespread national census in 2011 by the Nepal Central Bureau of Statistics. Working ...

* Baidi * Bhanumati * Bhirkot *

Bhirlung Mirlung is a village development committee in Tanahun District in the Gandaki Zone of central Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census The 1991 Nepal census was a widespread national census conducted by the Nepal Central Bureau of Statis ...

* Chhang * Chhimkeshwari * Chhipchhipe *

Chok Chisapani Chok Chisapani is a village development committee in Tanahu District in the Gandaki Zone of central Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census The 1991 Nepal census was a widespread national census conducted by the Nepal Central Bureau of S ...

* Deurali * Dharampani * Gajarkot *

Ghansikuwa Ghansikuwa is a famous tourist destination in Tanahu District in the Gandaki Zone of Gandaki Province, Nepal Nepal (; ne, नेपाल ), formerly the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal ( ne, सङ्घीय लोकता ...

* Jamune Bhanjyang * Kabilas * Kahu Shivapur *

Keshavtar Keshavtar is a village development committee in Tanahu District in the Gandaki Zone of central Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census The 1991 Nepal census was a widespread national census conducted by the Nepal Central Bureau of Statisti ...

Kihun Kihun is a Village development committee (Nepal), village development committee in Tanahu District in the Gandaki Zone of central Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 4448 people living in 811 individual households.. ...

* Kota * Kotdarbar * Kyamin9 vyas marg damouli to pattal * Majhakot *

Manpang Manpang is a village development committee in Tanahu District in the Gandaki Zone of central Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census The 1991 Nepal census was a widespread national census conducted by the Nepal Central Bureau of Statistics ...

* Phirphire * Purkot *

Raipur Raipur ( ) is the capital city of the Indian state of Chhattisgarh. Raipur is also the administrative headquarters of Raipur district and Raipur division, and the largest city of the state. It was a part of Madhya Pradesh before the state of Ch ...

* Ramjakot *

Ranipokhari Rani Pokhari ( ne, रानी पोखरी; lit. queen's pond), originally known as Nhu Pukhu ( new, न्हू पुखू; lit. new pond), is a historic artificial pond located in the heart of Kathmandu, Nepal. The square-shaped tan ...

* Risti * Rupakot *

Satiswara Satiswara is a village development committee in Tanahu District in the Gandaki Zone of central Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census The 1991 Nepal census was a widespread national census conducted by the Nepal Central Bureau of Statisti ...

* Sundhara * Syamgha * Tanahunsur * Thaprek

Map Of Tanahun

http://www.un.org.np/maps/district-maps/western/Tanahu.pdf

References

* {{Coord, 27, 55, N, 84, 15, E, region:NP_type:adm2nd, display=title Gandaki Province Districts of Nepal established in 1962