Kaski District


Kaski District. The Annapurna Range in the northern side is always full of snow. The scenery of northern mountains, gorge of Seti River, Davis Falls, natural caves, Fewa Lake, Begnas Lake and Rupa Lake are both natural resources and tourist attractions.

Etymology

Regarding Booring the origin of the name Kaski, there are many hypotheses; among them:
It is believed that human settlement in Kaski was there from Pre-historic period. Many historian refer Kaski; word to be from Kāshyāp Rishi. The civilisation inside the valley started with Khās Rulers.

Politics

All the governance and development of Kaski District are handled mainly by District Development Committee Kaski.

Culture

The district is full of people with multi-language, multi-religion and multiple cultures. Different people have different foods, dresses and norms based on their caste and religion. Many places offer Home Stay for internal as well as international tourists along with performance of local dance according to caste and cultures.
According to the census of 2068 Kaski district has people of about 84 castes, 44 languages and 11 religions. The dressing style of people here matches with national dress. The main foods of people here are Dal-Bhat Tarkari, Roti, and Dhindo. The district is the common place of different castes such as Gurung, Brahmin, Chhetri, Newar, Thakali, kumal and many more.

Sports

According to the District Sport Committee, Kaski District have one stadium, named Pokhara Rangashala, of about 417 Ropani of area and capacity of 21,000 spectators. Kaski has its reputation in generating sportsmen in the country.

Tourism

Dhampus is a village and Village Development Committee in Kaski District in the Gandaki Zone of northern-central Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 2,753 persons living in 547 individual households. It is gradually turning into a tourist destination. It has the Australian Base Camp with views of the peaks Annapurna, Dhaulagiri And Machhapuchhre.

Geography and Climate

Climate ZoneElevation Range% of Area
Upper Tropical300 to 1,000 meters
1,000 to 3,300 ft.		18.6%
Subtropical1,000 to 2,000 meters
3,300 to 6,600 ft.		29.4%
Temperate2,000 to 3,000 meters
6,400 to 9,800 ft.		16.6%
Subalpine3,000 to 4,000 meters
9,800 to 13,100 ft.		12.1%
Alpine4,000 to 5,000 meters
13,100 to 16,400 ft.		14.8%
Nivalabove 5,000 meters7.4%
Trans-Himalayan3,000 to 6,400 meters
9,800 to 21,000 ft.		0.6%

Demographics

At the time of the 2011 Nepal census, Kaski District had a population of 492,098. Of these, 78.5% spoke Nepali, 11.9% Gurung, 2.2% Magar, 2.2% Newari, 1.5% Tamang, 0.7% Bhojpuri, 0.6% Hindi and 0.5% Maithili as their first language.
19.4% of the population in the district spoke Nepali and 1.1% Gurung as their second language.

Administration

The district consists of one metropolitan city and four rural municipalities. These are as follows: