Kailali District

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{{Infobox settlement | type = [[Districts of Nepal|District]] | name = Kailali District | native_name = | nickname = | native_name_lang =  | motto = | image_skyline = Ghodaghodi Lake1.JPG | image_caption = [[Ghodaghodi Tal]], Kailali | image_map = Kailali Sudurpashchim locator.png | mapsize = | map_alt = | map_caption = Location of Kailali District | image_map1 = | mapsize1 = | map_alt1 = | map_caption1 = | coordinates = {{coord|28|41|N|80|52|E|type:adm2nd_region:NP_source:enwiki_dim:100000|display=inline,title}} | coordinates_footnotes = | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = {{NPL}} | subdivision_type1 = [[Provinces of Nepal|Province]] | subdivision_name1 = [[Sudurpashchim Province]] | established_title = Established | established_date = | seat_type = Admin HQ. | seat = [[Dhangadhi]] | leader_title = Head | leader_name = | leader_party = | leader_title1 = Deputy-Head | leader_name1 = | leader_title2 = [[House of Representatives (Nepal)|Parliamentary constituencies]] | leader_name2 = | leader_title3 = [[Provincial Assembly (Nepal)|Provincial constituencies]] | leader_name3 = | government_footnotes = | government_type = [[District Coordination Committee|Coordination committee]] | governing_body = [[District Coordination Committee|DCC]], Kailali | area_footnotes = | area_total_km2 = 3235 | area_note = | area_rank = | elevation_footnotes = | elevation_m = | elevation_min_m = | elevation_max_m = | population_footnotes = | population_total = 911,155 | population_as_of = 2021 | population_density_km2 = 281.7 | population_note = | population_rank = | population_blank1_title = Households | population_blank1 = | blank_name_sec1 = [[Languages of Nepal|Main Language(s)]] | blank_info_sec1 = Tharu, [[Nepali language]], [[Doti|Doteli]] | blank_name_sec2 = [[Roads in Nepal|Major highways]] | blank_info_sec2 = | timezone1 = [[Nepal Time|NPT]] | utc_offset1 = +05:45 | postal_code_type = Postal Codes | postal_code = 10900 | area_code_type = | Telephone Code. = | area_code = 91 | website = {{URL|http://ddckailali.gov.np/}} | footnotes = }} '''Kailali District''' ({{langx|ne|[[:ne:कैलाली जिल्ला|कैलाली जिल्ला]]}}{{Audio|Kailali.ogg|Listen}}), a part of [[Sudurpashchim Province]] in [[Terai]] plain, is one of the [[List of districts of Nepal|seventy-seven districts of Nepal]]. The district, with [[Dhangadhi]] as its district headquarters, covers an area of {{Convert|3235|km2|mi2}} and has a population of 911,155 (2021 census) and (775,709 in 2011 census), (616,697 in 2001 census).

Before the reunification of Nepal by Gorkha King [[Prithivi Narayan Shah]], this district was part of the Doti Kingdom. Nepal lost it to the [[East India Company]] after the [[Anglo-Nepalese war]] (1814-1816) between the then Kingdom of Nepal and the East India Company followed by territorial concessions under the [[Sugauli Treaty]]. Later on after the treaty of 1860, Nepal recovered this land along with [[Kanchanpur District|Kanchanpur]], [[Banke District|Banke]] and [[Bardiya District|Bardiya]].

==Geography and climate== * Latitude: 28.22" North to 29.5" North * Longitude: 80.30" East to 81.18" East * Borders: East-[[Karnali River]], Bardiyar-Surkhet, West-Kanchanpur and Dadeldhura, North-Doti-Dadelddhura and Surkhet, South-Mohana River and the Indian state of [[Uttar Pradesh]] * Area: 3,235 square kilometers (40.3% hills and 59.7% Terai) * Highest point: 1,950 meters * Lowest point: 109 meters * Land cover: Chure hilly region and Terai region<ref name="Dristrict profile">{{Cite web |title=District Profile/Information |url=https://kailalicci.fncci.org/district-profileinformation-109.html|website=Kailali fncci |publisher=[[Kailali fncci]]}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" |- ! [[Geography of Nepal#Climate|Climate zone]]<ref> {{Citation | title = The Map of Potential Vegetation of Nepal - a forestry/agroecological/biodiversity classification system | series = . Forest & Landscape Development and Environment Series 2-2005 and CFC-TIS Document Series No.110. | year = 2005 | url = http://curis.ku.dk/ws/files/20497354/de2_001.pdf | isbn = 87-7903-210-9 | access-date = Nov 22, 2013}} </ref> ! Elevation range ! % of area |- | Lower [[Tropical climate|Tropical]] | below 300 meters (1,000 ft) | 59.3% |- | Upper Tropical | 300 to 1,000 meters<br>1,000 to 3,300 ft. | 25.9% |- | [[Subtropics|Subtropical]] | 1,000 to 2,000 meters<br>3,300 to 6,600 ft. | 13.8% |}

==Demographics== {{Historical populations |title = |align = center |clear = |direction = |percentages = pagr |state = |type = |shading = off |width = |subbox = |pop_name = |year_name = Census year |percent_name = |footnote = |source = Citypopulation<ref>{{cite web |title=NEPAL: Administrative Division |url=http://www.citypopulation.de/en/nepal/admin/ |website=www.citypopulation.de |language=en}}</ref> |graph-pos = bottom |graph-width = |graph-height = |percol = |cols = |perrow = |rows = |1981 |257,905 |1991 |417,891 |2001 |616,697 |2011 |775,709 |2021 |911,155 }}

At the time of the [[2021 Nepal census]], Kailali District had a population of 904,666. 7.77% of the population is under 5 years of age. It has a literacy rate of 77.61% and a sex ratio of 1087 females per 1000 males. 682,430 (75.43%) lived in municipalities.<ref name="provincialreport">{{Cite web |title=Provincial/District/Local reports: Sudurpaschim Province |url=https://censusnepal.cbs.gov.np/results/files/result-folder/province/Sudurpaschim_Province_census_report.pdf |access-date= |website=Census Nepal 2021 |publisher=[[Central Bureau of Statistics (Nepal)|Central Bureau of Statistics]]}}</ref>

{{Pie chart |thumb = left |caption=Castes/ethnic groups in Kailali district (2021)<ref name="caste"/> |label1 = [[Tharu people|Tharu]] |value1 = 36.00 |color1 = olive |label2 = [[Chhetri]] |value2 = 23.83 |color2 = red |label3 = [[Bahun]] |value3 = 12.94 |color3 = orange |label4 = [[Kami (caste)|Kami]] |value4 = 8.77 |color4 = salmon |label5 = [[Thakuri]] |value5 = 4.58 |color5 = crimson |label6 = [[Magars|Magar]] |value6 = 3.45 |color6 = darkturquoise |label7 = [[Damai]] |value7 = 2.84 |color7 = darksalmon |label8 = [[Rana Tharu people|Rana Tharu]] |value8 = 2.41 |color8 = olivedrab |label9 = [[Sarki (caste)|Sarki]] |value9 = 1.49 |color9 = lightsalmon |label10 = Other Hill Janjati |value10 = 1.06 |color10 = teal |label11 = Others |value11 = 2.63 |color11 = grey }}

Khas people make up a majority of the population with 55% of the population. Tharus and Rana Tharus are the largest minority (and largest single community) with 38% of the population. Hill Janjatis, mainly Magars, are 5% of the population.<ref name="caste">{{Cite web |title=Table 1: Caste/Ethnicity and sex |url=https://censusnepal.cbs.gov.np/results/downloads/caste-ethnicity |access-date=2024-03-16 |website=Census Nepal 2021 |publisher=[[Central Bureau of Statistics (Nepal)|Central Bureau of Statistics]]}}</ref>

{{Pie chart |caption = Languages of Kailali district (2021)<ref name="mothertongue"/> |thumb = right |label1 = [[Nepali language|Nepali]] |value1 = 36.47 |color1 = orange |label2 = [[Tharu languages|Tharu]] |value2 = 35.86 |color2 = maroon |label3 = [[Doteli]] |value3 = 14.16 |color3 = sienna |label4 = Achhami |value4 = 4.33 |color4 = #e8954c |label5 = [[Rana Tharu language|Rana Tharu]] |value5 = 2.27 |color5 = firebrick |label6 = [[Magar language|Magar]] |value6 = 1.15 |color6 = orchid |label7 = Bajhangi |value7 = 0.90 |color7 = #cc996e |label8 = Others |value8 = 4.86 |color8 = grey }}

At the time of the 2021 census, 36.47% of the population spoke [[Nepali language|Nepali]], 35.86% [[Tharu languages|Tharu]], 14.16% Doteli, 4.33% Achhami, 2.27% [[Rana Tharu language|Rana Tharu]], 1.15% [[Magar language|Magar]] and 0.90% Bajhangi as their first language.<ref name="mothertongue">{{Cite web |title=Table 5: Mother tongue and sex |url=https://censusnepal.cbs.gov.np/results/downloads/caste-ethnicity |access-date= |website=Census Nepal 2021 |publisher=[[Central Bureau of Statistics (Nepal)|Central Bureau of Statistics]]}}</ref> In 2011, 27.3% of the population spoke Nepali as their first language.<ref>[https://nepalmap.org/data/table/?table=LANGUAGE&primary_geo_id=district-30&geo_ids=district-30,province-7,country-NP NepalMap Language]</ref>

{{bar box | title = Religion in Kailali District (2021)<ref name="religion">{{Cite web |title=Table 5: Religion and sex |url=https://censusnepal.cbs.gov.np/results/downloads/caste-ethnicity |access-date=2024-03-16 |website=Census Nepal 2021 |publisher=[[Central Bureau of Statistics (Nepal)|Central Bureau of Statistics]]}}</ref> | titlebar = #Fcd116 | left1 = Religion | right1 = Percent | float = left | bars = {{bar percent|[[Hinduism in Nepal|Hinduism]]|darkorange|95.91}} {{bar percent|[[Christianity in Nepal|Christianity]]|dodgerblue|2.06}} {{bar percent|[[Buddhism in Nepal|Buddhism]]|Yellow|1.31}} {{bar percent|[[Islam in Nepal|Islam]]|green|0.64}} {{bar percent|Other or not stated|black|0.08}} }}

==Administration== The district consists of 13 Local Levels, of which one is a sub-metropolitan city, six are urban municipalities and six are [[Gaupalika|rural municipalities]]. These are as follows:<ref>{{cite web |title=स्थानिय तह |url=http://103.69.124.141/ |publisher=Ministry of Federal Affairs and General Administration |access-date=1 September 2018 |language=ne |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180831065451/http://103.69.124.141/ |archive-date=31 August 2018 |url-status=dead }}</ref> * [[Dhangadhi|Dhangadhi Sub-Metropolitan City]] * [[Lamki Chuha Municipality]] * [[Tikapur|Tikapur Municipality]] * [[Ghodaghodi Municipality]] * [[Bhajani|Bhajani Municipality]] * [[Godawari, Kailali|Godawari Municipality]] * [[Gauriganga Municipality]] * [[Janaki Rural Municipality (Kailali District)|Janaki Rural Municipality]] * [[Bardagoriya Rural Municipality]] * [[Mohanyal|Mohanyal Rural Municipality]] * [[Kailari Rural Municipality]] * [[Joshipur|Joshipur Rural Municipality]] * [[Chure Rural Municipality]]

==See also== * [[Sainik Awasiya Mahavidyalaya Teghari Kailali]] * [[Sudurpashchim Province]]

==References== {{Reflist}} {{Current Nepalese Chief Ministers and Governors}}

==External links== {{commons}} * {{statoids|id=ynp|title=Districts of Nepal}}

{{Geographic location |Centre = Kailali |North = [[Doti District]] |Northeast = [[Surkhet District]] ([[Karnali Province]]) |East = [[Bardiya District]] ([[Lumbini Province]]) |Southeast = |South = {{flagicon|India}} [[Lakhimpur Kheri district]] ([[Uttar Pradesh|UP]]) |Southwest = |West = [[Kanchanpur District]] |Northwest = [[Dadeldhura District]] }} {{Kailali District}} {{Districts of Nepal}}

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