Dipayal Silgadhi

Dipayal Silgadhi
दिपायल सिलगढी नगरपालिका
Municipality
Dipayal Silgadhi
Location in Nepal
Coordinates: 29°16′N 80°56′E / 29.267°N 80.933°E / 29.267; 80.933Coordinates: 29°16′N 80°56′E / 29.267°N 80.933°E / 29.267; 80.933
Country    Nepal
District Doti District
Government
 • Mayor Manju Malasi (NCP)
 • Deputy Mayor Shivaraj Khadka (NCP)
Area
 • Total 72 km2 (28 sq mi)
Elevation 1,310 m (4,300 ft)
Population (2011[1])
 • Total 23,416
 • Density 330/km2 (840/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+5:45 (Nepal Time)
Postal code 10801
Area code(s) 094
Website http://dipayalsilgadhimun.gov.np

Dipayal Silgadhi is a municipality and the district headquarter of Doti District in Province No. 7 of Nepal. Previously, it also served as the headquarter of the Far-Western Development Region. It lies in the Lesser Himalayas on the bank of Seti River. At the time of the 2011 Nepal census it had a population of 32,941 people living in 7,447 individual households.[2]

Transportation

Seti Highway begins in Dipayal Silgadhi, linking it to Amargadhi, from where the Terai region of Nepal can be reached on Mahakali Highway .

Media

Radio Nepal has a regional station in Dipayal Silgadhi which transmits various programs of mass interest. Silgadhi based Tribeni FM 94.4 MHz, Radio Shaileswori 105.9 MHz are the F.M. station here to serve people. Among them Tribeni FM and Radio Shaileswori are Community radio Station.

References

  1. ↑ General Bureau of Statistics, Kathmandu, Nepal, Nov. 2012
  2. ↑ "National Population and Housing Census 2011" (PDF). Central Bureau of Statistics. November 2017. Retrieved 1 May 2018.
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