Dasharathchand is a municipality and the district headquarter of Baitadi District in

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 ...

of Nepal. It is a

hill station A hill station is a town located at a higher elevation than the nearby plain or valley. The term was used mostly in colonial Asia (particularly in India), but also in Africa (albeit rarely), for towns founded by European colonialists as refuges ...

above Mahakali River close to the Indian border. 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 an ...

it had a population of 34,575 people living in 7,257 individual households.

Background

Dasharatchand municipality was established in 1997 at the time, when the government of Nepal established a total of 22 Municipalities. Six VDCs were merged while establishing this municipality. Those VDCs were: Dashrathchanda, Khalanga,

Tripurasundari Tripurasundari may refer to: *Queen Tripurasundari of Nepal, regent and writer-translator *Tripura Sundari, a Hindu goddess * Tripurasundari, Baitadi, a village in Mahakali zone, Nepal *Tripurasundari, Dolpa, a municipality in Karnali province, Nep ...

Thalegada Thalegada is a village development committee in Baitadi District in the Mahakali Zone of western 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 ...

Jogannath Jogannath is a village development committee in Baitadi District in the Mahakali Zone of western 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 ...

and

Barakot Barakot is a ward (ward number 10) in Dasharathchanda municipality, in Baitadi District in Sudurpashchim Province of western Nepal. Earlier it was a village development committee (VDC). At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of ...

. According to the

its total population was 17,427 and total area was . It was divided into 13 wards. In March 2017, the Government of Nepal restructured all the local level bodies of Nepal into 753 new local level structures. The previous

Gurukhola Gurukhola is a village development committee (VDC) in Baitadi District in the Mahakali Zone of western 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 ...

, Dehimandau,

Durga Bhabani Durga Bhabani is a village development committee in Baitadi District in the Mahakali Zone of western 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 Stat ...

, portion of

Durgasthan Durgasthan is a village development committee in Baitadi District in the Mahakali Zone of western Nepal. At the time of the 2011 Nepal census Nepal conducted a widespread national census in 2011 by the Nepal Central Bureau of Statistics. Work ...

Gwallek Gwallek is a village development committee in Baitadi District in the Mahakali Zone of western Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 2,971 and had 549 houses in the village. Significance Gwallek is home to the Gwall ...

and

Nagarjun Vaidyanath Mishra (30 June 1911 – 5 November 1998), better known by his pen name Nagarjun, was a Hindi and Maithili poet who has also penned a number of novels, short stories, literary biographies and travelogues, and was known as ''Janakav ...

VDCs merged to the former Dashrathchanda Municipality and rearranged it into 11 wards. Now total population of the Dashrathchanda Municipality is 34,575 individuals and total area is .

Media

To promote local culture, Dasharathchanda has two FM radio stations Saugat F.M. (103.6 MHz) and Radio Sunsher (106.6 MHz). There is also Radio Nwedeu, a community radio station.

Transportation

Mahakali Highway Mahakali Highway ( Nepali: महाकाली राजमार्ग) is a highway in western Nepal. It links Api Municipality in the Lesser Himalayas with the Western Terai region around Dhangadhi spanning around 325 km and links with ...

links Dasharathchand to Dhangadhi in the South and

Api Municipality Mahakali ( ne, महाकाली) is a municipality located in Darchula District of Sudurpashchim Province of Nepal. The municipality was established on 18 May 2014 named "Api Municipality" merging the former village development committees ...

in the North.

References

Populated places in Baitadi District Municipalities in Baitadi District Nepal municipalities established in 1997 {{Baitadi-geo-stub