{{Infobox settlement <!--See the table at Infobox settlement for all fields and descriptions of usage--> <!-- Basic info --> |official_name = karkando |other_name = |native_name = कारकाँदो |nickname = |settlement_type = Village development committee |motto = <!-- images and maps --> |image_skyline = |image_caption = |image_flag = |image_seal = |image_map = |mapsize = |map_caption = |pushpin_map = Nepal Lumbini Province# Nepal |pushpin_label_position = bottom |pushpin_mapsize = 300 |pushpin_map_caption = Location in Lumbini Province <!-- Location --> |subdivision_type = Country |subdivision_name = {{flag|Nepal}} |subdivision_type1 = Zone |subdivision_name1 = Bheri Zone |subdivision_type2 = District |subdivision_name2 = Banke District <!-- Politics --> |government_footnotes = |government_type = |leader_title = |leader_name = |leader_title1 = <!-- for places with, say, both a mayor and a city manager --> |leader_name1 = |established_title = <!-- Settled --> |established_date = <!-- Area --> |unit_pref = <!--Enter: Imperial, if Imperial (metric) is desired--> |area_footnotes = |area_total_km2 = <!-- ALL fields dealing with a measurements are subject to automatic unit conversion--> |area_total_sq_mi = <!-- Population --> |population_as_of = 1991 |population_footnotes = |population_note = |population_total = 4582 |population_density_km2 = auto |population_blank1_title = Ethnicities |population_blank2_title = Religions <!-- General information --> |timezone = Nepal Time |utc_offset = +5:45 |timezone_DST = |utc_offset_DST = |coordinates = {{coord|28.09|81.64|type:adm2nd_region:NP_source:unmaps-enwiki|display=inline,title}} |elevation_footnotes = <!--for references: use <ref> </ref> tags--> |elevation_m = <!-- Area/postal codes & others --> |postal_code_type = <!-- enter ZIP code, Postcode, Post code, Postal code... --> |postal_code = |area_code = |blank_name = |blank_info = |website = |footnotes = }} '''Khaskarkando''' is a town in Banke District in the Bheri Zone of south-western Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 4,582 and had 769 houses in the town.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.digitalhimalaya.com/collections/nepalcensus/form.php?selection=1 |title=Nepal Census 2001 |work=Nepal's Village Development Committees |publisher=Digital Himalaya |accessdate=2008-08-29 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081012163506/http://www.digitalhimalaya.com/collections/nepalcensus/form.php?selection=1 |archivedate=2008-10-12 }}</ref> Now, it is a part of Nepalgunj sub-metropolitan city.
==Government== The purpose of Village Development Committees like Khaskarkando is to organise village people structurally at a local level and create a partnership between the community and the public sector for an improved service delivery system. A VDC has a status as an autonomous institution and authority for interacting with the more centralised institutions of governance in Nepal. In doing so, the VDC gives village people an element of control and responsibility in development, and also ensures proper utilization and distribution of state funds and a greater interaction between government officials, NGOs and agencies. The village development committees within a given area will discuss education, water supply, basic health, sanitation and income and will also monitor and record progress which is displayed in census data.<ref name="VDC">{{Cite news|url=http://www.scspeb.sdnpk.org/village_development_committee.htm |title=Village Development Committee |magazine=Society for Community Support for Primary Education in Balochistan |accessdate=2008-11-25 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090201014059/http://www.scspeb.sdnpk.org/village_development_committee.htm |archivedate=2009-02-01 }}.</ref>
In VDCs there is one elected chief, usually elected with over an 80% majority. From each ward, there is also a chief that is elected along with these there are also four members elected or nominated.<ref name="VDC"/>
==Media== To Promote local culture Khaskarkando has one FM radio station Bheri Aawaj - 95.6 MHz Which is a Community radio Station.
==References== {{Reflist}}
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==External links== *{{cite web|url=https://brighthopeacademy.business.site/|title=Bright Hope Academy|access-date=2021-02-24|archive-date=2021-06-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210613165219/https://brighthopeacademy.business.site/|url-status=dead}}
Category:Populated places in Banke District Category:Towns in Nepal