Kalikot District

Kalikot District (Nepali: कालीकोट जिल्ला Listenⓘ), a part of Karnali province, is one of the seventy-seven districts of Nepal. The district, with Manma as its district headquarters, covers an area of 1,741 km2 (672 sq mi), had a population of 105,580 in 2001 and 136,948 in 2011. In September 2005, in a bid to encourage a change in social attitudes, the government announced that it would provide rice to any family that had recently had a girl born.[1]

Kalikot District
कालीकोट जिल्ला
District
Jite Gadhi over the Karnali in Kalikot district
Jite Gadhi over the Karnali in Kalikot district
Nickname: 
त्रिबेणी Tribeņī
Location of Kalikot District (dark yellow) in Karnali
Location of Kalikot District (dark yellow) in Karnali
Country   Nepal
ProvinceKarnali Province
Admin HQ.Manma (today part of Khandachakra Municipality)
Government
 • TypeCoordination committee
 • BodyDCC, Kalikot
Area
 • Total1,741 km2 (672 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)
 • Total136,948
 • Density79/km2 (200/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+05:45 (NPT)
Websiteddckalikot.gov.np

Geography and Climate
Climate Zone[2] Elevation Range  % of Area
Upper Tropical 300 to 1,000 meters
1,000 to 3,300 ft.		  1.8%
Subtropical 1,000 to 2,000 meters
3,300 to 6,600 ft.		 20.6%
Temperate 2,000 to 3,000 meters
6,400 to 9,800 ft.		 39.4%
Subalpine 3,000 to 4,000 meters
9,800 to 13,100 ft.		 37.3%
Alpine 4,000 to 5,000 meters
13,100 to 16,400 ft.		  0.8%

Demographics
Historical population
Census yearPop.±% p.a.
1981 87,638—    
1991 88,805+0.13%
2001 105,580+1.75%
2011 136,948+2.64%
2021 144,917+0.57%
Source: Citypopulation[3]

At the time of the 2011 Nepal census, Kalikot District had a population of 136,948.

As their first language, 99.5% spoke Nepali, 0.3% Magar and 0.1% other languages.[4]

Ethnicity/caste: 28.8% were Chhetri, 25.1% Thakuri, 17.7% Kami, 17.1% Hill Brahmin, 5.1% Damai/Dholi, 3.2% Sarki, 1.0% Sanyasi/Dasnami, 0.5% Kumal, 0.5% Lohar, 0.4% Magar, 0.1% Badi, 0.1% other Dalit, 0.1% Teli and 0.2% others.[5]

Religion: 99.8% were Hindu, 0.1% Buddhist and 0.1% Christian.[6]

Literacy: 56.7% could read and write, 4.5% could only read and 38.7% could neither read nor write.[7]

Administration

The district consists of nine municipalities, out of which four are urban municipalities and five are rural municipalities. These are as follows:[8]

Former Village Development Committees

Prior to the restructuring of the district, Kalikot District consisted of the following municipalities and Village development committees:

Map of the VDCs in Kalikot District

See also

References
  1. Country Reports on Human Rights Practices - 2005 - US Department of State
  2. The Map of Potential Vegetation of Nepal - a forestry/agroecological/biodiversity classification system (PDF), Forest & Landscape Development and Environment Series 2-2005 and CFC-TIS Document Series No.110., 2005, ISBN 87-7903-210-9, retrieved Nov 22, 2013
  3. "NEPAL: Administrative Division". www.citypopulation.de.
  4. NepalMap Language
  5. NepalMap Caste
  6. NepalMap Religion
  7. NepalMap Literacy
  8. "स्थानिय तह" (in Nepali). Ministry of Federal Affairs and General Administration. Archived from the original on 31 August 2018. Retrieved 1 September 2018.

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