List of districts of Nepal


Districts in Nepal are second level of administrative divisions after provinces. Districts are subdivided in municipalities and rural municipalities. There are seven provinces and 77 districts in Nepal.
After the state's reconstruction of administrative divisions, Nawalparasi District and Rukum District were divided into Parasi District and Nawalpur District, and Eastern Rukum District and Western Rukum District respectively.
District official include:
During the time of king Rajendra Bir Bikram Shah and prime minister Bhimsen Thapa, Nepal was divided into 10 districts. All areas east of Dudhkoshi River were one district, Dhankuta.
Rana regime :
During the time of prime minister Bir Shumsher Jang Bahadur Rana Nepal was divided into 32 districts and Doti, Palpa and Dhankuta were 3 gaunda . Hilly region had 20 districts and Terai had 12 districts.
Even after Bir Shumsher Jang Bahadur Rana to the end of Rana rule in Nepal in 1951 and till the proclamation of new constitution of Kingdom of Nepal in 1962, Nepal remained divided into 32 districts. Each had a headquarters and Bada Haqim as its head. From 1951 to 1962 many acts and constitutions passed which shows name of districts as below:
Districts Before 1956
Districts from 1956 to 1962
Panchayat era :
In 1962, the reorganisation of traditional 32 districts into 14 zones and 75 development Districts.
District Panchayat was one of the four administrative divisions of Nepal during the Panchayat System. During the Panchayat time the country was divided into 75 districts and now 2 districts are added by dividing Nawalparasi and Rukum into 2 districts. Now the total number of districts is 77.
District Development Committee :
Composed of elected members at the district level. It was responsible for formulating district-level development policies. It was established in 1990, following the end of the Panchayat system.

Districts under new administration

As of 20 September 2015 Nepal is divided into 7 provinces. They are defined by schedule 4 of the new constitution, by grouping together the existing districts. Two districts, Rukum and Nawalparasi, are split in two parts ending up in two different provinces. The old District Development Committee replaced with District Coordination Committee.

Overview

List of districts by province

Province No. 1

NameNepaliHeadquartersArea Population Website
Bhojpur Districtभोजपुर जिल्लाBhojpur1,507182,459
Dhankuta Districtधनकुटा जिल्लाDhankuta892163,412
Ilam Districtइलाम जिल्लाIlam1,703290,254
Jhapa Districtझापा जिल्लाBhadrapur1,606812,650
Khotang Districtखोटाँग जिल्लाDiktel1,591206,312
Morang Districtमोरंग जिल्लाBiratnagar1,855965,370
Okhaldhunga Districtओखलढुंगा जिल्लाSiddhicharan1,074147,984
Panchthar Districtपांचथर जिल्लाPhidim1,241191,817
Sankhuwasabha Districtसंखुवासभा जिल्लाKhandbari3,480158,742
Solukhumbu Districtसोलुखुम्बू जिल्लाSalleri3,312105,886
Sunsari Districtसुनसरी जिल्लाInaruwa1,257763,497
Taplejung Districtताप्लेजुंग जिल्लाTaplejung3,646127,461
Terhathum Districtतेह्रथुम जिल्लाMyanglung679113,111
Udayapur Districtउदयपुर जिल्लाGaighat2,063317,532
Province No. 1प्रदेश नं० १Biratnagar25,905 km24,534,943

Province No. 2

DistrictsNepaliHeadquartersArea Population Official Website
Parsa Districtपर्सा जिल्लाBirganj1,353601,017
Bara Districtबारा जिल्लाKalaiya1,190687,708
Rautahat Districtरौतहट जिल्लाGaur1,126686,723
Sarlahi Districtसर्लाही जिल्लाMalangwa1,259769,729
Dhanusa Districtधनुषा जिल्लाJanakpur1,180754,777
Siraha Districtसिराहा जिल्लाSiraha1,188637,328
Mahottari Districtमहोत्तरी जिल्लाJaleshwar1,002627,580
Saptari Districtसप्तरी जिल्लाRajbiraj1,363639,284
Province No. 2प्रदेश नं० २Janakpur9,661 km25,404,416

Bagmati Pradesh

DistrictsNepaliHeadquartersArea Population Official Website
Sindhuli Districtसिन्धुली जिल्लाKamalamai2,491296,192
Ramechhap Districtरामेछाप जिल्लाManthali1,546202,646
Dolakha Districtदोलखा जिल्लाBhimeshwar2,191186,557
Bhaktapur Districtभक्तपुर जिल्लाBhaktapur119304,651
Dhading Districtधादिङ जिल्लाNilkantha1,926336,067
Kathmandu Districtकाठमाडौँ जिल्लाKathmandu3951,744,240
Kavrepalanchok Districtकाभ्रेपलान्चोक जिल्लाDhulikhel1,396381,937
Lalitpur Districtललितपुर जिल्लाLalitpur385468,132
Nuwakot Districtनुवाकोट जिल्लाBidur1,121277,471
Rasuwa Districtरसुवा जिल्लाDhunche1,54443,300
Sindhupalchok Districtसिन्धुपाल्चोक जिल्लाChautara2,542287,798
Chitwan Districtचितवन जिल्लाBharatpur2,218579,984
Makwanpur Districtमकवानपुर जिल्लाHetauda2,426420,477
Bagmati Pradeshवाग्मती प्रदेशHetauda20,300 km²5,529,452

Gandaki Pradesh

DistrictsNepaliHeadquartersArea Population Official Website
Baglung Districtबागलुङ जिल्लाBaglung1,784268,613
Gorkha Districtगोरखा जिल्लाGorkha3,610271,061
Kaski Districtकास्की जिल्लाPokhara2,017492,098
Lamjung Districtलमजुङ जिल्लाBesisahar1,692167,724
Manang Districtमनाङ जिल्लाChame2,2466,538
Mustang Districtमुस्ताङ जिल्लाJomsom3,57313,452
Myagdi Districtम्याग्दी जिल्लाBeni2,297113,641
Nawalpur Districtनवलपुर जिल्लाKawasoti1,043.1310,864
Parbat Districtपर्वत जिल्लाKusma494146,590
Syangja Districtस्याङग्जा जिल्लाPutalibazar1,164289,148
Tanahun Districtतनहुँ जिल्लाDamauli1,546323,288
Gandaki Pradeshगण्डकी प्रदेशPokhara21,733 km²2,403,757

Province No. 5

DistrictsNepaliHeadquartersArea Population Official Website
Kapilvastu Districtकपिलवस्तु जिल्लाTaulihawa1,738571,936
Parasi Districtपरासी जिल्लाRamgram634.88321,058
Rupandehi Districtरुपन्देही जिल्लाSiddharthanagar1,360880,196
Arghakhanchi Districtअर्घाखाँची जिल्लाSandhikharka1,193197,632
Gulmi Districtगुल्मी जिल्लाTamghas1,149280,160
Palpa Districtपाल्पा जिल्लाTansen1,373261,180
Dang Deukhuri Districtदाङ देउखुरी जिल्लाGhorahi2,955552,583
Pyuthan Districtप्युठान जिल्लाPyuthan1,309228,102
Rolpa Districtरोल्पा जिल्लाLiwang1,879224,506
Eastern Rukum Districtपूर्वी रूकुम जिल्लाRukumkot1,161.1353,018
Banke Districtबाँके जिल्लाNepalganj2,337491,313
Bardiya Districtबर्दिया जिल्लाGulariya2,025426,576
Province No. 5प्रदेश नं. ५Butwal22,288 km²4,499,272

Karnali Pradesh

DistrictsNepaliHeadquartersArea Population Official Website
Western Rukum Districtपश्चिमी रूकुम जिल्लाMusikot1,213.49154,272
Salyan Districtसल्यान जिल्लाSalyan1,462242,444
Dolpa Districtडोल्पा जिल्लाDunai7,88936,700
Humla Districtहुम्ला जिल्लाSimikot5,65550,858
Jumla Districtजुम्ला जिल्लाChandannath2,531108,921
Kalikot Districtकालिकोट जिल्लाManma1,741136,948
Mugu Districtमुगु जिल्लाGamgadhi3,53555,286
Surkhet Districtसुर्खेत जिल्लाBirendranagar2,451350,804
Dailekh Districtदैलेख जिल्लाNarayan1,502261,770
Jajarkot Districtजाजरकोट जिल्लाKhalanga2,230171,304
Karnali Pradeshकर्णाली प्रदेशBirendranagar27,984 km²1,570,418

Sudurpashchim Pradesh

DistrictsNepaliHeadquartersArea Population Official Website
Kailali Districtकैलाली जिल्लाDhangadhi3,235775,709
Achham Districtअछाम जिल्लाMangalsen1,680257,477
Doti Districtडोटी जिल्लाDipayal Silgadhi2,025211,746
Bajhang Districtबझाङ जिल्लाJayaprithvi3,422195,159
Bajura Districtबाजुरा जिल्लाMartadi2,188134,912
Kanchanpur Districtकंचनपुर जिल्लाBhimdatta1,610451,248
Dadeldhura Districtडडेलधुरा जिल्लाAmargadhi1,538142,094
Baitadi Districtबैतडी जिल्लाDasharathchand1,519250,898
Darchula Districtदार्चुला जिल्लाDarchula2,322133,274
Sudurpashchim Pradeshसुदूर-पश्चिम प्रदेशGodawari19,539 km²2,552,517