Districts of Nepal

The districts of Nepal (Nepali: जिल्ला - jillā) are the second level in the administrative subdivision of the country.

There are 77 districts that are grouped in 7 provinces. Within the districts are the municipalities and the rural municipalities.

List of districts by province

Koshi Province

Districts of Nepal

#	Name	Nepali	Headquarters	Geocode	Population (2011)	Area	Website
1	Bhojpur District	भोजपुर जिल्ला	Bhojpur	106	182,459	1,507 km²
2	Dhankuta District	धनकुटा जिल्ला	Dhankuta	107	163,412	0,892 km²
3	Ilam District	इलाम जिल्ला	Ilam	110	290,254	1,703 km²
4	Jhapa District	झापा जिल्ला	Bhadrapur	111	812,650	1,606 km²
5	Khotang District	खोटाँग जिल्ला	Diktel	105	206,312	1,591 km²
6	Morang District	मोरंग जिल्ला	Biratnagar	112	965,370	1,855 km²
7	Okhaldhunga District	ओखलढुंगा जिल्ला	Siddhicharan	104	147,984	1,074 km²
8	Panchthar District	पांचथर जिल्ला	Phidim	109	191,817	1,241 km²
9	Sankhuwasabha District	संखुवासभा जिल्ला	Khandbari	102	158,742	3,480 km²	Archived 2015-05-30 at the Wayback Machine
10	Solukhumbu District	सोलुखुम्बू जिल्ला	Salleri	103	105,886	3,312 km²
11	Sunsari District	सुनसरी जिल्ला	Inaruwa	113	763,497	1,257 km²
12	Taplejung District	ताप्लेजुंग जिल्ला	Taplejung	101	127,461	3,646 km²
13	Terhathum District	तेह्रथुम जिल्ला	Myanglung	108	113,111	0,679 km²
14	Udayapur District	उदयपुर जिल्ला	Gaighat	114	317,532	2,063 km²
	Koshi Province	प्रदेश नं. १	Biratnagar	1	4,534,943	25,905 km²	Madheah

Madhesh Province

Districts of Nepal

sr.	Districts	Headquarters	Nepali	Area (km2.)	Population (2011)[1]	Official Website
1	Saptari District	Rajbiraj	सप्तरी जिल्ला	1,363	639,284
2	Siraha District	Siraha	सिराहा जिल्ला	1,188	637,328
3	Dhanusa District	Janakpur	धनुषा जिल्ला	1,180	754,777
4	Mahottari District	Jaleshwar	महोत्तरी जिल्ला	1,002	627,580
5	Sarlahi District	Malangwa	सर्लाही जिल्ला	1,259	769,729
6	Bara District	Kalaiya	बारा जिल्ला	1,190	687,708
7	Parsa District	Birganj	पर्सा जिल्ला	1,353	601,017
8	Rautahat District	Gaur	रौतहट जिल्ला	1,126	686,723
	Madhesh Province	Janakpur	प्रदेश नं. २	9,661 km²	5,404,145

Bagmati Province

Districts of Nepal

sr.	Districts	Headquarters	Nepali	Area (km2.)	Population (2011)[1]	Official Website
1	Sindhuli District	Kamalamai	सिन्धुली जिल्ला	2,491	296,192
2	Ramechhap District	Manthali	रामेछाप जिल्ला	1,546	202,646
3	Dolakha District	Bhimeshwar	दोलखा जिल्ला	2,191	186,557
4	Bhaktapur District	Bhaktapur	भक्तपुर जिल्ला	119	304,651
5	Dhading District	Nilkantha	धादिङ जिल्ला	1,926	336,067
6	Kathmandu District	Kathmandu	काठमाडौँ जिल्ला	395	1,744,240
7	Kavrepalanchok District	Dhulikhel	काभ्रेपलान्चोक जिल्ला	1,396	381,937
8	Lalitpur District	Lalitpur	ललितपुर जिल्ला	385	468,132
9	Nuwakot District	Bidur	नुवाकोट जिल्ला	1,121	277,471
10	Rasuwa District	Dhunche	रसुवा जिल्ला	1,544	43,300
11	Sindhupalchok District	Chautara	सिन्धुपाल्चोक जिल्ला	2,542	287,798
12	Chitwan District	Bharatpur	चितवन जिल्ला	2,218	579,984
13	Makwanpur District	Hetauda	मकवानपुर जिल्ला	2,426	420,477
	Bagmati Province	Hetauda	प्रदेश नं. ३	20,300 km²	5,529,452

Gandaki Province

Districts of Nepal

sr.	Districts	Headquarters	Nepali	Area (km2.)	Population (2011)[1]	Official Website
1	Gorkha District	Gorkha	गोरखा जिल्ला	3,610	271,061
2	Kaski District	Pokhara	कास्की जिल्ला	2,017	492,098
3	Lamjung District	Besisahar	लमजुङ जिल्ला	1,692	167,724
4	Syangja District	Putalibazar	स्याङग्जा जिल्ला	1,164	289,148
5	Tanahun District	Damauli	तनहुँ जिल्ला	1,546	323,288
6	Manang District	Chame	मनाङ जिल्ला	2,246	6,538
7	Nawalpur District	Kawasoti	नवलपुर जिल्ला	1,043.1	310,864
8	Baglung District	Baglung	बागलुङ जिल्ला	1,784	268,613
9	Myagdi District	Beni	म्याग्दी जिल्ला	2,297	113,641
10	Parbat District	Kusma	पर्वत जिल्ला	494	146,590
11	Mustang District	Jomsom	मुस्ताङ जिल्ला	3,573	13,452
	Gandaki Province	Pokhara	गण्डकी प्रदेश	21,733 km²	2,403,757

Lumbini Province

Districts of Nepal

sr.	Districts	Headquarters	Nepali	Area (km2.)	Population (2011)[1]	Official Website
1	Kapilvastu District	Taulihawa	कपिलवस्तु जिल्ला	1,738	571,936
2	Parasi District	Ramgram	परासी जिल्ला	634.88	321,058
3	Rupandehi District	Siddharthanagar	रुपन्देही जिल्ला	1,360	880,196
4	Arghakhanchi District	Sandhikharka	अर्घाखाँची जिल्ला	1,193	197,632
5	Gulmi District	Tamghas	गुल्मी जिल्ला	1,149	280,160
6	Palpa District	Tansen	पाल्पा जिल्ला	1,373	261,180
7	Dang District	Ghorahi	दाङ जिल्ला	2,955	552,583
8	Pyuthan District	Pyuthan	प्युठान जिल्ला	1,309	228,102
9	Rolpa District	Liwang	रोल्पा जिल्ला	1,879	224,506
10	Eastern Rukum District	Rukumkot	पूर्वी रूकुम जिल्ला	1,161.13	53,018
11	Banke District	Nepalganj	बाँके जिल्ला	2,337	491,313
12	Bardiya District	Gulariya	बर्दिया जिल्ला	2,025	426,576
	Lumbini Province	Butwal	प्रदेश नं. ५	22,288 km²	4,499,272

Karnali Province

Districts of Nepal

sr.	Districts	Headquarters	Nepali	Area (km2.)	Population (2011)[1]	Official Website
1	Western Rukum District	Musikot	पश्चिमी रूकुम जिल्ला	1,213.49	154,272
2	Salyan District	Salyan	सल्यान जिल्ला	1,462	242,444
3	Dolpa District	Dunai	डोल्पा जिल्ला	7,889	36,700
4	Humla District	Simikot	हुम्ला जिल्ला	5,655	50,858
5	Jumla District	Chandannath	जुम्ला जिल्ला	2,531	108,921
6	Kalikot District	Manma	कालिकोट जिल्ला	1,741	136,948
7	Mugu District	Gamgadhi	मुगु जिल्ला	3,535	55,286
8	Surkhet District	Birendranagar	सुर्खेत जिल्ला	2,451	350,804
9	Dailekh District	Narayan	दैलेख जिल्ला	1,502	261,770
10	Jajarkot District	Khalanga	जाजरकोट जिल्ला	2,230	171,304
	Karnali Province	Birendranagar	कर्णाली प्रदेश	27,984 km²	1,570,418

Sudurpashchim Province

Districts of Nepal

sr.	Districts	Headquarters	Nepali	Area (km2.)	Population (2011)[1]	Official Website
1	Kailali District	Dhangadhi	कैलाली जिल्ला	3,235	775,709
2	Achham District	Mangalsen	अछाम जिल्ला	1,680	257,477
3	Doti District	Dipayal Silgadhi	डोटी जिल्ला	2,025	211,746
4	Bajhang District	Jayaprithvi	बझाङ जिल्ला	3,422	195,159
5	Bajura District	Martadi	बाजुरा जिल्ला	2,188	134,912
6	Kanchanpur District	Bhimdatta	कंचनपुर जिल्ला	1,610	451,248
7	Dadeldhura District	Amargadhi	डडेलधुरा जिल्ला	1,538	142,094
8	Baitadi District	Dasharathchand	बैतडी जिल्ला	1,519	250,898
9	Darchula District	Api	दार्चुला जिल्ला	2,322	133,274
	Sudurpashchim Province	Godawari	प्रदेश नं. ७	19,539 km²	2,552,517

Related pages

• Administrative divisions of Nepal
• Provinces of Nepal
• Development Regions of Nepal
• Zones of Nepal

References

1. 2011 Census District Level Detail Report Archived 2017-09-18 at the Wayback Machine, Central Bureau of Statistics.

Other websites

• Nepal Maps