Barakot

Barakot बाराकोट
Ward
Country	Nepal
Zone	Mahakali Zone
District	Baitadi District
Municipality	Dasharathchanda
Population (1991)
• Total	2,389
• Religions	Hindu
Time zone	Nepal Time (UTC+5:45)

Barakot is a ward (ward number 10) in Dasharathchanda municipality, in Baitadi District in the Mahakali Zone of western Nepal. Earlier it was a village development committee (VDC). At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 2,389 and had 462 houses in the village.

The ward consist of villages Chauda, Jhaka, Barakot, and Bhatala with Bhatala being the largest village with over 50 households. Majority of the dwellers are Hindu Rajputs (Bisht). Other casts include Brahmins (Bhatt), Rajputs (Chand, Budal) and some deprived classes (Dalits--Damayee, Chunara etc.).

There is a 10+2 school-- Shree Daneshwar Higher Secondary School at Barakot. Barakot also has a primary level school at Bhatala named Shree Gyaneshwar Primary School.

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References

1. ↑ "Nepal Census 2001". Nepal's Village Development Committees. Digital Himalaya. Retrieved 2008-08-25. 

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