Dasharathchand
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{{Infobox settlement
|official_name = Dasharathchand
|other_name =
|native_name = दशरथचन्द
|nickname =
|settlement_type = Municipality
|motto =
|image_skyline = File:Baitadi (12).JPG
|imagesize = 300
|image_caption = Hill station, Dashrathchanda
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|image_map =
|mapsize = 300
|map_caption =Diviaional map of Dashrathchanda Municipality
|pushpin_map = Nepal Sudurpashchim Province#Nepal
|pushpin_label_position = bottom
|pushpin_mapsize = 300
| pushpin_map_caption =Location of Dasharathchanda in Sudurpashchim
|subdivision_type = Country
|subdivision_name = Nepal
|subdivision_type1 = Province
|subdivision_name1 = Sudurpashchim Province
|subdivision_type2 = District
|subdivision_name2 = Baitadi District
|subdivision_type3 = Wards
|subdivision_name3 = 11
|government_footnotes =
|government_type = Mayor-council
|leader_title = Mayor
|leader_name = Puskar Raj Joshi
|leader_title1 = Deputy Mayor
|leader_name1 = Kausalia Chand
|established_title = Established
|established_date = 1997
|unit_pref =
|area_footnotes =
|area_total_km2 = 135.15
|area_total_sq_mi =
|population_as_of = 2011
|population_footnotes =
|population_note =
|population_total = 34,575
|population_density_km2 = auto
|population_blank1_title = Ethnicities
|population_blank2_title = Religions
|population_blank2 =Hindu
|timezone = NST
|utc_offset = +5:45
|timezone_DST =
|utc_offset_DST =
|coordinates = {{coord|29|33|17|N|80|25|36|E|display=inline}}
|elevation_footnotes =
|elevation_m =
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|postal_code_type = Postal code
|postal_code = 10200
|area_code = 095
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|blank_info =
|website = {{URL|dasharathchandmun.gov.np}}
|footnotes =
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Dasharathchand is a municipality and the district headquarter of Baitadi District in Sudurpashchim Province of Nepal. It is a hill station above Mahakali River close to the Indian border. At the time of the 2011 Nepal census it had a population of 34,575 people living in 7,257 individual households.{{cite web|title=National Population and Housing Census 2011|url=http://cbs.gov.np/image/data/2017/Population_Ward_Level_753_Local_Unit.pdf|publisher=Central Bureau of Statistics|accessdate=1 May 2018|date=November 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180127085017/http://cbs.gov.np/image/data/2017/Population_Ward_Level_753_Local_Unit.pdf|archive-date=27 January 2018|url-status=dead}}
Background
Dasharatchand municipality was established in 1997 at the time, when the government of Nepal established a total of 22 Municipalities.{{cite web |url=https://nepal.unfpa.org/sites/default/files/pub-pdf/PopulationMonographVolume3.pdf |title=Population Monograph of Nepal Vol-3 |date=2014 |website= |publisher=Central Bureau of Statistics |access-date=3 February 2021}}
Six VDCs were merged while establishing this municipality. Those VDCs were: Dashrathchanda, Khalanga, Tripurasundari, Thalegada, Jogannath and Barakot.{{cite web |url=http://dasharathchandmun.gov.np/ |title=Official website of Dashrathchanda Municipality |date= |website= |publisher=Dashrathchanda Municipality |access-date=3 February 2021}} According to the 2011 Nepal census its total population was 17,427 and total area was {{convert|55.01|km2}}. It was divided into 13 wards.{{cite web |url=https://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/sources/census/wphc/Nepal/Nepal-Census-2011-Vol1.pdf |title=National Population and Housing Census 2011 (National Report) |date= |website= |publisher=Central bureau of statistics |access-date=3 February 2021}}
In March 2017, the Government of Nepal restructured all the local level bodies of Nepal into 753 new local level structures.{{cite news |url= https://thehimalayantimes.com/nepal/new-local-level-structure-comes-effect-today/ |title= New local level structure comes into effect from today |date=10 March 2017 |website=www.thehimalayantimes.com |publisher=The Himalayan Times |access-date=17 July 2018}}{{cite web |url= http://kathmandupost.ekantipur.com/news/2017-03-11/new-local-level-units-come-into-existence.html |title= New local level units come into existence |date=11 March 2017 |website=www.kathmandupost.ekantipur.com |publisher= |access-date=18 July 2018}} The previous Gurukhola, Dehimandau, Durga Bhabani, portion of Durgasthan, Gwallek and Nagarjun VDCs merged to the former Dashrathchanda Municipality and rearranged it into 11 wards. Now total population of the Dashrathchanda Municipality is 34,575 individuals and total area is {{convert|135.15|km2}}.{{cite web |url= http://mofald.gov.np/sites/default/files/News_Notices/Final%20District%201-75%20Corrected%20Last%20for%20RAJPATRA.pdf |title=District Corrected Last for RAJAPATRA |date= |website=www.mofald.gov.np |publisher= |access-date=17 July 2018}}
Media
To promote local culture, Dasharathchanda has two FM radio stations{{Snd}} Saugat F.M. (103.6 MHz) and Radio Sunsher (106.6 MHz). There is also Radio Nwedeu,{{Clarify|date=April 2019|reason=Freq?}} a community radio station.{{citation needed|date=June 2018}}
Transportation
Mahakali Highway links Dasharathchand to Dhangadhi in the South and Api Municipality in the North.{{cite book |title=Nepal Country Study Guide{{Snd}} Strategic Information and Developments |date=2012 |publisher=IBP USA |pages=197–200}}
Climate
{{Weather box|width=auto
|metric first=y
|single line=y
|collapsed = Y
|location = Dasharathchand, elevation {{convert|1635|m|ft|abbr=on}}
|Jan high C = 14.6
|Feb high C = 17.0
|Mar high C = 21.5
|Apr high C = 28.0
|May high C = 30.2
|Jun high C = 29.2
|Jul high C = 25.8
|Aug high C = 25.6
|Sep high C = 25.2
|Oct high C = 23.3
|Nov high C = 18.0
|Dec high C = 15.0
| year high C =
|Jan mean C = 9.1
|Feb mean C = 10.8
|Mar mean C = 15.3
|Apr mean C = 20.2
|May mean C = 22.5
|Jun mean C = 23.2
|Jul mean C = 21.7
|Aug mean C = 21.5
|Sep mean C = 20.6
|Oct mean C = 17.7
|Nov mean C = 12.5
|Dec mean C = 9.6
| year mean C =
|Jan low C = 3.9
|Feb low C = 4.8
|Mar low C = 9.3
|Apr low C = 12.5
|May low C = 14.8
|Jun low C = 17.2
|Jul low C = 17.5
|Aug low C = 17.5
|Sep low C = 16.0
|Oct low C = 12.0
|Nov low C = 7.0
|Dec low C = 4.1
| year low C =
|precipitation colour = green
|Jan precipitation mm = 41.3
|Feb precipitation mm = 57.1
|Mar precipitation mm = 56.5
|Apr precipitation mm = 55.1
|May precipitation mm = 128.2
|Jun precipitation mm = 198.4
|Jul precipitation mm = 307.9
|Aug precipitation mm = 260.8
|Sep precipitation mm = 161.1
|Oct precipitation mm = 46.3
|Nov precipitation mm = 7.8
|Dec precipitation mm = 27.4
|year precipitation mm =
| source 1 = FAO{{cite web
| url = https://www.fao.org/land-water/land/land-governance/land-resources-planning-toolbox/category/details/fr/c/1028000/
| title = World-wide Agroclimatic Data of FAO (FAOCLIM)
| publisher= Food and Agriculture Organization of United Nations
| access-date = 28 October 2024}} JICA{{cite web
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20240406020323/https://openjicareport.jica.go.jp/pdf/12147286_01.pdf
| archive-date = 6 April 2024
| url = https://openjicareport.jica.go.jp/pdf/12147286_01.pdf
| title = ネパール国 全国貯水式水力発電所マスタープラン調査 ファイナルレポート
| publisher=Japan International Cooperation Agency
| access-date = 28 October 2024}}
}}
References
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{{Baitadi District}}
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External links
- https://dasharathchandmun.gov.np/en
Category:Populated places in Baitadi District
Category:Municipalities in Baitadi District
Category:Nepal municipalities established in 1997
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