Diktel Rupakot Majhuwagadhi is a Municipality in
Khotang District
Khotang District () is one of 14 districts of Koshi Province of eastern Nepal. The district, with Diktel as its district headquarters, covers an area of and has a population (2021) of 206,312. of
Province No. 1
Koshi Province () is an autonomous province of Nepal adopted by the Constitution of Nepal on 20 September 2015. It covers an area of , about 17.5% of the country's total area. With the industrial city of Biratnagar as its capital, the province i ...
of
Nepal
Nepal, officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal, is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is mainly situated in the Himalayas, but also includes parts of the Indo-Gangetic Plain. It borders the Tibet Autonomous Region of China Ch ...
. The municipality was established in May 2014 merging some the previous
Village Development Committees (VDCs) of
Bamrang,
Laphyang and
Kahalle as Diktel Municipality.
Diktel was renamed to Rupakot Majhuwagadhi on 10 March 2017 after merging some more VDCs. The municipality is divided into 15 wards. It is on 700 m to 2250 m of elevation from sea level. The area of the municipality is 246.51 km
2. There are 10,050 households with population of 46,903. By 2020, the name commonly used name ''Diktel'' was re-added to the municipality's official name.
Transportation
Man Maya Airport lies in Old-Diktel offering flights to
Kathmandu
Kathmandu () is the capital and largest city of Nepal, situated in the central part of the country within the Kathmandu Valley. As per the 2021 Nepal census, it has a population of 845,767 residing in 105,649 households, with approximately 4 mi ...
.
Media
To promote local culture, Diktel has two
community radio
Community radio is a radio service offering a third model of radio broadcasting in addition to commercial broadcasting, commercial and public broadcasting.
Community broadcasting, Community stations serve geographic communities and communities o ...
stations: Halesi FM (102.4 MHz) and Rupakot Radio (105.0 MHz).
Climate
References
External links
UN map of the municipalities of Khotang District
Populated places in Khotang District
Khotang District
Nepal municipalities established in 2014
Municipalities in Koshi Province
Municipalities in Khotang District
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