Kalikot District


Kalikot District, a part of Karnali province, is one of the seventy-seven districts of Nepal. The district, with Manma as its district headquarters, covers an area of, had a population of 105,580 in 2001 and 136,948 in 2011. In September 2005, in a bid to encourage a change in social attitudes, the government announced that it would provide rice to any family that had recently had a girl born.

Geography and Climate

Demographics

At the time of the 2021 Nepal census, Kalikot District had a population of 145,292. 11.43% of the population is under 5 years of age. It has a literacy rate of 72.72% and a sex ratio of 1011 females per 1000 males. 55,896 lived in municipalities.
Khas people make up a majority of the population with 98% of the population. Khas Dalits make up 28% of the population. Hill Janjatis, mainly Magars, make up 1% of the population.
At the time of the 2021 census, 73.24% of the population spoke Nepali and 26.17% Khash as their first language. Khash is the dialect of Nepali spoken in Karnali Province. In 2011, 99.5% of the population spoke Nepali as their first language.
Hinduism is the predominant religion, practiced by 99.79% of the population.

Administration

The district consists of nine municipalities, out of which three are urban municipalities and six are rural municipalities. These are as follows:
Prior to the restructuring of the district, Kalikot District consisted of the following municipalities and Village development committees:
[Image:NepalKalikotDistrictmap.png|thumb|right|280px|Map of the VDCs in Kalikot District]