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Kalikot district

Kālikot Jillā
कालीकोट जिल्ला
District
Location of Kalikot
Location of Kalikot
Country Nepal
Region Mid-Western (grey)
Zone Karnali (darker grey)
Headquarters Manma
Area
 • Total 1,741 km2 (672 sq mi)
Population (2011)
 • Total 136,948
 • Density 79/km2 (200/sq mi)
Time zone NPT (UTC+5:45)

Kalikot District(Nepali: About this sound Listen , a part of Province No. 6, is one of the seventy-five districts of Nepal. The district, with Manma as its district headquarters, covers an area of 1,741 km², 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.

Coordinates: 29°9′0″N 81°37′0″E / 29.15000°N 81.61667°E / 29.15000; 81.61667



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