Dhaulakot

Dhaulakot
धौलाकोट
Village development committee
Dhaulakot

Location in Nepal

Coordinates: 29°57′N 80°37′E / 29.95°N 80.61°E / 29.95; 80.61Coordinates: 29°57′N 80°37′E / 29.95°N 80.61°E / 29.95; 80.61
Country    Nepal
Zone Mahakali Zone
District Darchula District
Population (1991)
  Total 2,094
Time zone Nepal Time (UTC+5:45)

Dhaulakot is a village development committee in Darchula District in the Mahakali Zone of western Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 2094 people living in 337 individual households.[1]

Dhaulakot is 13 kilometers from district headquarters Khalaga. There are nine wards in the VDC. Main villages of Dhoulakot VDC are Dokat, Naji, Shyaku,Chukpani, Tigram, and Chandakot.Template:Updated By: Deependra Bist (Tekendra)

The village of Dhaulakot has temples to the Hindu gods Hosker, Durga, Bhumiraj and Brahma. Famous temples and Jattra are Brahmandau, Hoskermandau, and Durgamandau. Other temples named Harichnd Devta and Ritghade Bubu are also situated at the bank of the Ritghad River.

References

  1. "Nepal Census 2001". Nepal's Village Development Committees. Digital Himalaya. Retrieved 19 November 2008.

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