Dethala is a
village development committee in
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
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 ...
of western
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 ...
. 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.
Working with Nepal's Village Development Committees at a district level,
they recorded data from all the main towns and villages of each ...
it had a population of 3155 people living in 507 individual households.
Dethala is a small Himalayan town surrounded by Naugarh Gad river which is a major tributary of the Chemeliya River. Dethala was ruled by a branch of
Katyuri kings
The Katyuri kings were a medieval Hindu Rajput's ruling clan of Khasha origin from Joshimath that ruled over the regions in present day regions of Kumaon, Uttarakhand in India and parts of Doti/Sudurpashchim Province in Nepal from 700 to 1 ...
.
After the breakdown of
Katyuri Dynasty, King ''Abhay Pal'' of
Askot, the grandson of Katyuri King, Brahm Deo, brought a branch of
Katyuri Dynasty, here as the Pal
Thakuri
Thakuri ( ne, ठकुरी) is a sub-caste of Khasas tribes in Nepal. It consists of the historical ruling class, and is made up of the descendants of the Great Khasa Malla kingdom rulers of the Baisi and Chaubisi principalities. The former r ...
to Dethala.
The Pal
Rajwar's latter ruled this area for ages.
References
External links
UN map of the municipalities of Darchula District
Populated places in Darchula District
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