Palpa District

Pālpā Jillā पाल्पा जिल्ला
District
The District headquarters Tansen.
Location of Palpa
Country	Nepal
Region	Western (Pashchimanchal)
Zone	Lumbini
Headquarters	Tansen
Area
• Total	1,373 km^2 (530 sq mi)
Population (2011)
• Total	261,180
• Density	190/km^2 (490/sq mi)
Time zone	NPT (UTC+5:45)
Website	Official Website

Palpa District (Nepali: पाल्पा जिल्ला Listen , a part of Province No. 5, is one of the seventy-five districts of Nepal, a landlocked country of South Asia. The district, with Tansen as its headquarters, covers an area of 1,373 km² and has a population (2011) of 261,180.^[1]

Geography and Climate

Climate Zone[2]	Elevation Range	% of Area
Lower Tropical	below 300 meters (1,000 ft)	0.3%
Upper Tropical	300 to 1,000 meters 1,000 to 3,300 ft.	51.3%
Subtropical	1,000 to 2,000 meters 3,300 to 6,600 ft.	47.3%

Municipalities and VDCs

Map of Palpa District

Archale Argali Bahadurpur Bakamalang Baldengadhi Bandi Pokhara Barangdi Bhairabsthan Bhuwan Pokhari Birkot Baughapokharathok Baughagumba Chappani Chhahara Chidipani Chirtungdhara Darchha Darlamdanda

Deurali Devinagar Dobhan Galdha Gegha Gothadi Heklang Humin Hungi Jalpa Jhadewa Jhirubas Juthapauwa Jyamire Kachal

Kaseni Khaliban Khanichhap Khanigau Khasyoli Khyaha Koldanda Kusumkhola Madanpokhara Mainadi Masyam Mityal Mujhung Narayanmatales Palung Mainadi Phek Phoksingkot Pipaldanda Pokharathok

Rahabas Rampur Municipality Ringneraha Rupse Sahalkot Satyawati Siddheshwar Siluwa Somadi Tahu Tansen Municipality Telgha Timurekha Yamgha

Major Rivers

• Kali Gandaki River
• Tinau River
• Ridi River
• Purwa River
• Jhumsa River
• Dovan River

Major Lakes

• Satyawati Lake (1400m above sea level)
• Pravas Lake
• Sita Kunda

Places of Attraction

• Tansen is a historic city with palaces, temples, stupas and historic architecture.
• Rambha Devi Temple is one of the famous and religious place 31 km east of Tansen in Tahu VDC.
• Shrinagar Hill is spot for viewing high Himalayas. Dhawalagiri, Tukuche, Nilgiri, Annapurana,Himchuli and other mountains can be viewed from this place.
• Vhairabsthan Temple is a Shiva temple with huge trident, believed to be largest in Asia.
• Rishikesh Temple was built by the Kind Manimukunda Sen. According to Hindu mythology, this is the place where some part of body of Satidevei was cremated. It is famous for festival which occurs in 1st of Magh month when hidus come to take bath in Kali Gandaki River.
• Ranighat Palace (Ranimahal) is also called Tajmahal of Nepal due to similar stories behind the construction of this palace. It was constructed by General Khadka for her wife Tejkumari in 1893 AD.
• Argeli Palace was constructed by Juddha Shamsher and is considered a beautiful palace.
• Ramdi is a religious place in the bank of Kali Gandaki River. On the 1st of Baisakh there is a festival in this area.
• Forts like Kalika fort, Nuwakot fort, Bakumgadi Fort are historic place of attraction

Trivia

The shape of Palpa exactly looks like that of Nepal but that's a pretty useless fact.

See also

• Zones of Nepal
• Rampur, Palpa

References

1. "2011 Nepal census (National Report)" (PDF). Central Bureau of Statistics. Government of Nepal. Retrieved November 2012.
2. The Map of Potential Vegetation of Nepal - a forestry/agroecological/biodiversity classification system (PDF), . Forest & Landscape Development and Environment Series 2-2005 and CFC-TIS Document Series No.110., 2005, ISBN 87-7903-210-9, retrieved Nov 22, 2013 horizontal tab character in |series= at position 91 (help)

Districts of Nepal at statoids.com

External links

• UN map of VDC boundaries, water features and roads in Palpa

Coordinates: 27°52′0″N 83°33′0″E / 27.86667°N 83.55000°E