Khotang District


Khotang District is one of 14 districts of Province No. 1 of eastern Nepal. The district, with Diktel as its district headquarters, covers an area of and has a population of 206,312. The district has been bordered by Bhojpur District in the east, Udayapur district in the south, Okhaldhunga district in the west and Solukhumbu district in the North.

History

Before the unification of Nepal, Khotang District was a part of Majha Kirat or Khambuwan. The land area between two rivers from Dudh Koshi to Arun was Majha Kirat and it was under suzerainty of Sen King of Chaudandigadhi.
During Rana rule, Nepal had 32 districts and the current Khotang District was divided into two previous districts. Half of the north part of the current Khotang district was part of East No. 3 and half of southern part of current Khotang was part of East No. 4. In 1962 the traditional 32 districts were divided into 75 districts thus Khotang county of East No. 4 and some counties from "East No. 3" merged and made the current Khotang District.

Geography and climate

Geographically, Khotang is a hilly district of Eastern Nepal. It lies on the coordinates of 260° 50" N to 270° 28" N latitude and 860° 26" E to 860° 58" E longitude. Coordinates of the center is 27° 11' 60.00" N and 86° 46' 59.99" E. Total area of the district is. The elevations of the district is 152 m to 3620 m from the sea level. Sunkoshi River and Dudh Koshi river makes natural borders in the North, West and South and a series of hills and small river makes border separating it from Bhojpur District in East. Approximately 56% of the district area is covered with forest. And about 42% of the district area is under cultivation.
Climate ZoneElevation Range% of Area
Lower Tropicalbelow 300 meters 0.7%
Upper Tropical300 to 1,000 meters
1,000 to 3,300 ft.		31.5%
Subtropical1,000 to 2,000 meters
3,300 to 6,600 ft.		49.1%
Temperate2,000 to 3,000 meters
6,400 to 9,800 ft.		16.3%
Subalpine3,000 to 4,000 meters
9,800 to 13,100 ft.		 1.6%

Demographics

At the time of the 2011 Nepal census, Khotang District had a population of 206,312. Of these, 50.1% spoke Nepali, 16.5% Chamling, 4.4% Magar, 3.9% Tamang, 3.7% Bantawa, 3.5% Sampang, 2.7% Newari, 2.5% Dumi, 2.2% Puma, 1.9% Thulung, 1.5% Wambule, 1.3% Nachhiring, 0.9% Koch, 0.8% Rai, 0.6% Sherpa, 0.5% Tilung and 0.5% Khaling as their first language.
43.0% of the population in the district spoke Nepali, 1.1% Bantawa and 0.6% Chamling as their second language.

Administration

Khotang District is administered by Khotang District Coordination Committee. The Khotang DCC is elected by Khotang District Assembly. The head of Khotang DCC is Mr. Kamal Bhimraj Khadka and Mrs. Indrakala Khadka is deputy head of Khotang DCC.
Khotang District Administration Office under Ministry of Home Affairs co-operate with Khotang DCC to maintain peace, order and security in the district. The officer of District Administration office called CDO and current CDO of Khotang DAO is Bishnuhari Upadhyay
Khotang District Court is a Judicial court to see the cases of people on district level.
AdministrationNameHeadWebsite
LegislativeDistrict Coordination CommitteeMr. Bobby Chamling
ExecutiveDistrict Administration OfficeMr. Shaligram Sharma Paudel
JudicialDistrict CourtMr. Matrika Prasad Acharya

Division

The district consists of 10 Municipalities, out of which two are urban municipalities and eight are rural municipalities. These are as follows:
#Local bodyNepaliPopulation Area MayorDeputy MayorWardsWeb
1Diktel Rupakot Majhuwagadhiरूपाकोट मझुवागढी46903246.5115
2Halesi Tuwachungहलेसी तुवाचुङ29532280.1711
3Khotehangखोटेहाङ22474164.099
4Diprungदिप्रुङ20175136.487
5Aiselukharkaऐंसेलुखर्क16097125.937
6Jantedhungaजन्तेढुँगा15444128.626
7Kepilasgadhiकेपिलासगढी15288191.287
8Barahpokhariबराहपोखरी14349141.66
9Rawabesiरावाबेसी1336997.446
10Sakelaसाकेला1159497.995

Former divisions (1962-2015)

Prior to the restructuring of the district, Khotang District consisted of the following municipalities and Village development committees: