Khalanga (also called Darchula) is a town and the district headquarters of the

Darchula District Darchula District ( ne, दार्चुला जिल्ला , a part of Sudurpashchim Province, is one of the nine districts of province and one of seventy-seven districts of Nepal. The district, with Khalanga ( Mahakali Municipality) ...

in the

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 ...

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 ...

. It is part of the Mahakali Municipality in the

Mahakali Zone Mahakali ( ne, महाकाली अञ्चल) was one of the fourteen zones located in the Far-Western Development Region of Nepal, covering an area of 6,205 km2 in the most western part of the country. It stretches along Nepal's ...

. The town is located on the bank of Mahakali River and the border with

Uttarakhand Uttarakhand ( , or ; , ), also known as Uttaranchal ( ; List of renamed places in India, the official name until 2007), is a States and union territories of India, state in the North India, northern part of India. It is often referred to as t ...

state, India. The town on the Indian side of the border also has similar name, spelt as Dharchula. Mahakali river is the border between Nepal and India. There is suspension bridge that connects the towns on the two sides. Indian and Nepalese nationals can cross the border without any restriction. The border is closed at night for security reasons. Although it is common for Nepalese nationals to go to India for buying goods, they need to go through the

customs checkpoint A border checkpoint is a location on an international border where travelers or goods are inspected and allowed (or denied) passage through. Authorization often is required to enter a country through its borders. Access-controlled borders ofte ...

established in both (India and Nepal) sides.

Demographics

At the time of the 2001 Nepal census it had a population of 4,422 people living in 809 individual households.

Demographics

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