Dallekh is a small village of

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village Development committee of

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and resides in 85 households. Dallekh is the nearest border village of

VDC to the district headquarters, which is 10–12 km northeast from

Khalanga. The natural environment of this village attracts a number of internal tourists every year. In Dallekh there is a small town called

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which has a local shopping center, tea shops and small lodges. Views of the

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can be observed from Vinayak. Dallekh is also one of the gateways to the

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. The climate of this village is tropical to sub-tropical, and the temperature ranges between 30·c in the summer to the freezing cold in the winter. In the month of November to January Dallekh is covered with snow. Because of the climate, Dallekh is rich in biodiversity. The vegetation in the local forest, called Thaam, includes lower and upper sub-alpine forest (

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oak An oak is a hardwood tree or shrub in the genus ''Quercus'' of the beech family. They have spirally arranged leaves, often with lobed edges, and a nut called an acorn, borne within a cup. The genus is widely distributed in the Northern Hemisp ...

, and

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). Local farmers cultivate

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barley Barley (), a member of the grass family, is a major cereal grain grown in temperate climates globally. It was one of the first cultivated grains; it was domesticated in the Fertile Crescent around 9000 BC, giving it nonshattering spikele ...

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, and

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as main crops in different seasons. The population of Dallekh is composed by

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and

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. Major casts of the village are: Manyal, Sitoli, Dobal,

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, Bisht,(parki)

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, Bohara and Thagunna. The majority of the population depends on agriculture for their income, however, the old trend is changing and people are now joining government jobs and going abroad for a better life. The literacy rate of Dallekh is 70% which is just above the national average but, female literacy rate is poor. Most of the people of Dallekh follow

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and people worship different deities. The main deities are ''Daadaabaag, Chhipla Kedaar, Bhumme dewataa, Bashdhaara and Bhaaraani (Jaldewataa)''. Some government offices are located in Dallekh Vinayak to provide government services to the local people of Dallekh and surrounding villages of Khar VDC. The forestry office Dallekh, Khar, Police post Dallekh, Khar and Tham Community Forest Committee, Panidhara Primary School, Dallekh, are the main government bodies established here.

References

National Population and Housing Census 2011: Village Development Community/Municipality

Department of Forest and social conservation
, Nepal
Central Bureau of Statistics
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