Khanchikot
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|official_name = Khanchikot
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|native_name = कान्छीकोट
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|pushpin_map = Nepal Lumbini Province# Nepal
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|pushpin_map_caption = Location in Lumbini Province
|subdivision_type = Country
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|subdivision_type1 = Zone
|subdivision_name1 = Lumbini Zone
|subdivision_type2 = District
|subdivision_name2 = Arghakhanchi District
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|population_as_of = 1991
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|population_total = 4628
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|population_blank2 =Hindu
|timezone = Nepal Time
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Khanchikot is a market center in Sandhikharka Municipality of Arghakhanchi District. The district lies in the Lumbini Zone of Western Nepal. The former village development committee (VDC) was converted into a municipality on 18 May 2014 by merging the existing Sandhikharka, Bangla, Narapani, Khanchikot, Keemadada, Argha and Dibharna VDCs.{{cite web|url=http://www.myrepublica.com/portal/index.php?action=news_details&news_id=74336 |title=72 new municipalities announced |publisher=My Republica.com |accessdate=2014-06-10 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140618191026/http://www.myrepublica.com/portal/index.php?action=news_details&news_id=74336 |archivedate=2014-06-18 }}{{cite web|url=http://www.ekantipur.com/the-kathmandu-post/2014/05/08/news/govt-announces-72-new-municipalities/262559.html|title=Government announces 72 new municipalities|publisher=The Kathmandu Post|accessdate=2014-06-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006084717/http://www.ekantipur.com/the-kathmandu-post/2014/05/08/news/govt-announces-72-new-municipalities/262559.html|archive-date=2014-10-06|url-status=dead}} At the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 4,628 individuals and had 930 houses.{{Cite web|url=http://www.digitalhimalaya.com/collections/nepalcensus/form.php?selection=1 |title=Nepal Census 2001 |work=Nepal's Village Development Committees |publisher=Digital Himalaya |accessdate=2008-08-23 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081012163506/http://www.digitalhimalaya.com/collections/nepalcensus/form.php?selection=1 |archivedate=2008-10-12 }}
Climate
{{Weather box|width=auto
|metric first=y
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|collapsed = Y
|location = Khanchikot, elevation {{convert|1801|m|ft|abbr=on}}, (1991–2020 normals)
|Jan high C = 14.2
|Feb high C = 16.1
|Mar high C = 19.8
|Apr high C = 23.3
|May high C = 24.4
|Jun high C = 24.4
|Jul high C = 23.5
|Aug high C = 23.9
|Sep high C = 23.5
|Oct high C = 22.0
|Nov high C = 19.1
|Dec high C = 15.9
| year high C =
|Jan mean C = 9.4
|Feb mean C = 11.0
|Mar mean C = 15.3
|Apr mean C = 18.8
|May mean C = 20.2
|Jun mean C = 20.9
|Jul mean C = 20.4
|Aug mean C = 20.7
|Sep mean C = 20.0
|Oct mean C = 17.8
|Nov mean C = 14.6
|Dec mean C = 11.4
| year mean C =
|Jan low C = 4.5
|Feb low C = 5.8
|Mar low C = 10.8
|Apr low C = 14.3
|May low C = 15.9
|Jun low C = 17.3
|Jul low C = 17.3
|Aug low C = 17.5
|Sep low C = 16.5
|Oct low C = 13.5
|Nov low C = 10.0
|Dec low C = 6.9
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|precipitation colour = green
|Jan precipitation mm = 26.9
|Feb precipitation mm = 35.4
|Mar precipitation mm = 30.2
|Apr precipitation mm = 36.6
|May precipitation mm = 105.7
|Jun precipitation mm = 280.0
|Jul precipitation mm = 495.1
|Aug precipitation mm = 390.0
|Sep precipitation mm = 269.2
|Oct precipitation mm = 67.2
|Nov precipitation mm = 12.5
|Dec precipitation mm = 23.6
|year precipitation mm =
|source 1 = Department of Hydrology and Meteorology{{cite web
| url = https://www.dhm.gov.np/climate-services/climate%20reports/monthly-reports
| title = Climate Division (Climate Analysis Section)
| publisher=Department of Hydrology and Meteorology
| access-date = 10 February 2025}}
|source 2 = JICA (precipitation){{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 = 6 June 2024}}
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