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Okhaldhunga district

Okhaldhunga District
ओखलढुङ्गा जिल्ला
District
Okhaldhunga Bazaar, district headquarter
Okhaldhunga Bazaar, district headquarter
Okhaldhunga district location.png
Country Nepal
Region Eastern (Purwanchal)
Zone Sagarmatha
Headquarters Siddhicharan Municipality
Area
 • Total 1,074 km2 (415 sq mi)
Population (2011)
 • Total 147,984
 • Density 140/km2 (360/sq mi)
Time zone NPT (UTC+5:45)
Main language(s) Nepali language (official)
Rai language, Sunuwar language
Website ddcokhaldhunga.gov.np/en/

Okhaldhunga District (Nepali: About this sound Listen ), a part of Province No. 1, is one of the seventy-five districts of Nepal, a landlocked country of South Asia. The district, with Okhaldhunga as its district headquarters, covers an area of 1,074.5 km² and had a population of 156,702 in 2001 and 147,984 in 2011. Okhaldhunga is part of area traditionally called Wallo Kirat (near Kirat), home to indigenous ethnic groups Rai and Sunuwar सुनुवार. Apart from these indigenous ethnic groups, other ethnics and hill castes live in the district.

The district contains the following VDCs from 2017:

Andheri Narayansthan, Baksa, Balakhu, Barnalu, Baruneshwor, Betini, Bhadaure, Bhussinga, Bigutar, Bilandu, Chyanam, Diyale, Fediguth, Fulbari, Gamnangtar, Harkapur, Jantarkhani, Jyamire, Kalikadevi, Khigikati, Katunje, Ketuke, Khiji Chandeshwori, Khijifalate, Kuibhir, Kuntadevi, Madhavpur, Mamkha, Manebhanjyang, Moli, Mulkharka, Narmedeshwor, Okhaldhunga, Palapu, Palte, Pokali, Pokhare, Prapcha, Rajadip, Ragani, Raniban, Ratmata, Rawadolu, Rumjatar, Salleri, Serna, Shreechaur, Singhadevi, Sisneri, Taluwa, Tarkerabari, Thakle, Thoksela, Thulachhap, Ubu, Yasam


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