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{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2020}}
{{Infobox settlement
| type                     = [[Districts of Nepal|District]]
| name                     = डडेल्धुरा (Dadeldhura)
| motto                    = 
| image_skyline            = Dadeldhura Bazar.jpg
| image_alt                = Dadeldhura Sudurpashchim Beda basne thaulocator.png
| map_alt                  = 
| map_caption              = Location of Dadeldhura District
| image_map1               = 
| mapsize1                 = 
| map_alt1                 = 
| map_caption1             = 
| coordinates              = 
| coordinates_footnotes    = 
| subdivision_type         = Country
| subdivision_name         = [[Nepal]]
| subdivision_type1        = [[Provinces of Nepal|Province]]
| subdivision_name1        = [[Sudurpashchim Province]]
| parts_type               = [[Local self-government in Nepal|Municipality]]
| parts_style              = coll
| p1                       = 
| p2                       = 
| established_title        = Established
| established_date         = 
| seat_type                = Admin HQ.
| seat                     = [[Amargadhi]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Amargadhi Municipality |url=http://amargadhimun.gov.np/en |publisher=The Government of Nepal |access-date=1 September 2018}}</ref>
| leader_title             = Chief District Officer
| leader_name              = Mohan Raj Joshi <ref>{{cite web |title=Staff Profile of DAO |url=https://daodadeldhura.moha.gov.np/member/mohan-raj-joshi |publisher=The Government of Nepal |access-date=23 November 2022}}</ref>
| leader_party             = 
| leader_title1            = Administrative Officer
| leader_name1             = Hem Prasad Dhakal
| leader_title2            = Elected member of House of Representative
| leader_name2             = '''Sher Bahadur Deuba'''
| leader_title3            = [[Provincial Assembly (Nepal)|Provincial constituencies]]
| leader_name3             = 
| government_footnotes     = 
| government_type          = [[District Coordination Committee|Coordination committee]]
| governing_body           = [[District Coordination Committee|DCC]], Dadeldhura
| area_footnotes           = 
| area_total_km2           = 1538
| area_note                = 
| area_rank                = 
| elevation_footnotes      = 
| elevation_m              = 
| elevation_min_m          = 
| elevation_max_m          = 
| population_footnotes     = <ref name="National Population and Housing Census 2011(National Report)">{{cite news|title=National Population and Housing Census 2011(National Report) |url=http://cbs.gov.np/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/National%20Report.pdf |access-date=1 November 2012 |agency=Government of Nepal |publisher=[[Central Bureau of Statistics (Nepal)|Central Bureau of Statistics]] |date=November 2012 |ref=Central Bureau of Statistics |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130418041642/http://cbs.gov.np/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/National%20Report.pdf |archive-date=18 April 2013 }}</ref>
| population_total         = 142094
| population_as_of         = 2011
| population_density_km2   = auto
| population_note          = 
| population_rank          = 
| blank_name_sec1          = [[Languages of Nepal|Main Language(s)]]
| blank_info_sec1          = [[Doteli language|Dotyali]]
| blank_name_sec2          = [[Roads in Nepal|Major highways]]
| blank_info_sec2          = 
| timezone1                = [[Nepal Time|NPT]]
| utc_offset1              = +05:45
| postal_code_type         = Postal Codes
| postal_code              = 
| area_code_type           = Telephone Code 096
| area_code                = 
| website                  = 
| footnotes                = 
| blank1_name_sec1         = Other languages
| blank1_info_sec1         = [[Nepali language|Nepali]], [[Magar language|Magar]]
| official_name            = Dadeldhura District
}}

'''Dadeldhura''' ({{langx|ne|डडेल्धुरा}}), a part of [[Sudurpashchim Province]], is one of the seventy-seven districts of Nepal. The district, with [[Dadeldhura]] as its district headquarters, covers an area of {{cvt|1,538|km2}} and had a population of 126,162 in 2001<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.digitalhimalaya.com/collections/nepalcensus/form.php?selection=1 |title=Nepal Census 2001 |work=Nepal's Village Development Committees |publisher=[[Digital Himalaya]] |access-date=12 December 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081012163506/http://www.digitalhimalaya.com/collections/nepalcensus/form.php?selection=1 |archive-date=12 October 2008 }}</ref> and 142,094 in 2011.<ref name="National Population and Housing Census 2011(National Report)" />
[[File:Ugratara temple Dadeldhura .jpg|thumb|[[Ugratara Temple]], [[Dadeldhura]], [[Nepal]]]]

The region has a mountainous landscape that contains many religious temples. The district is seldom visited by tourists but contains local routes to Mt Kailash in Tibet, RaRa Lake in Mugu district (Typically this is not the route to Rara lake), and the last remaining remnants of the Far Western Malla Kingdom. Nagi Malla was the last royal to live here before the Nepalese unification. {{citation needed|date=September 2018}}

The spoken language is Doteli (Dotyali) and the majority of inhabitants are Hindu. Dadeldhura is one of the most developed district among the other hilly districts in the far western region. Dadeldhura is the hometown of former prime minister of Nepal Hon. [[Sher Bahadur Deuba]].

==Geography and climate==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! [[Geography of Nepal#Climate|Climate Zone]]<ref>
{{Citation
 
 | title = The Map of Potential Vegetation of Nepal – a forestry/agroecological/biodiversity classification system
 | series = Forest & Landscape Development and Environment Series 2-2005 and CFC-TIS Document Series No. 110.
 | year = 2005
 | url = http://curis.ku.dk/ws/files/20497354/de2_001.pdf
 | isbn = 87-7903-210-9
 | access-date = 22 November 2013}}
</ref>
! Elevation range
! % of Area
|-
| Lower [[Tropical climate|Tropical]]
| below 300 meters (1,000&nbsp;ft)
| &nbsp;0.6%
|-
| Upper Tropical
| 300 to 1,000 meters<br>1,000 to 3,300&nbsp;ft.
| 34.7%
|-
| [[Subtropics|Subtropical]]
| 1,000 to 2,000 meters<br>3,300 to 6,600&nbsp;ft.
| 55.8%
|-
| [[Temperate climate|Temperate]]
| 2,000 to 3,000 meters<br>6,400 to 9,800&nbsp;ft.
| &nbsp;8.9%
|}The highest temperature ever recorded in Dadeldhura was {{convert|34.3|°C}} on June 20, 2012, while the lowest temperature ever recorded was {{convert|-5.0|°C}} in January 2008.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Extremes Temperatures January |url=http://www.dhm.gov.np/uploads/climatic/141534966Ext%20temp%20of%20January.pdf |access-date=February 3, 2021 |language=en}}</ref>
{{Weather box
|width = auto
|location = Dadeldhura (1991-2020, extremes 1978-present)
|metric first = y
|single line = y
|Jan record high C = 25.5
|Feb record high C = 25.5
|Mar record high C = 33.3
|Apr record high C = 33.5
|May record high C = 32.3
|Jun record high C = 34.3
|Jul record high C = 32.4
|Aug record high C = 30.1
|Sep record high C = 28.5
|Oct record high C = 28.8
|Nov record high C = 25.0
|Dec record high C = 25.0
|Jan high C = 14.6
|Feb high C = 16.2
|Mar high C = 20.4
|Apr high C = 24.2
|May high C = 26.3
|Jun high C = 26.4
|Jul high C = 24.6
|Aug high C = 24.4
|Sep high C = 24.3
|Oct high C = 22.7
|Nov high C = 19.5
|Dec high C = 16.6
|year high C = 21.7
|Jan mean C = 9.2
|Feb mean C = 10.7
|Mar mean C = 14.5
|Apr mean C = 18.2
|May mean C = 20.5
|Jun mean C = 21.6
|Jul mean C = 21.1
|Aug mean C = 20.9
|Sep mean C = 20.0
|Oct mean C = 17.2
|Nov mean C = 13.7
|Dec mean C = 10.9
|year mean C = 16.5
|Jan low C = 3.7
|Feb low C = 5.2
|Mar low C = 8.6
|Apr low C = 12.2
|May low C = 14.6
|Jun low C = 16.7
|Jul low C = 17.5
|Aug low C = 17.3
|Sep low C = 15.7
|Oct low C = 11.7
|Nov low C = 7.9
|Dec low C = 5.1
|year low C = 11.3
|Jan record low C = -5.0
|Feb record low C = -2.5
|Mar record low C = -1.0
|Apr record low C = 3.0
|May record low C = 6.8
|Jun record low C = 7.8
|Jul record low C = 8.0
|Aug record low C = 10.8
|Sep record low C = 10.6
|Oct record low C = 1.4
|Nov record low C = 3.0
|Dec record low C = -4.2
|precipitation colour = green
|Jan precipitation mm = 50.4
|Feb precipitation mm = 65.2
|Mar precipitation mm = 50.2
|Apr precipitation mm = 46.2
|May precipitation mm = 82.0
|Jun precipitation mm = 183.1
|Jul precipitation mm = 327.8
|Aug precipitation mm = 309.5
|Sep precipitation mm = 183.2
|Oct precipitation mm = 31.7
|Nov precipitation mm = 7.5
|Dec precipitation mm = 13.4
|year precipitation mm = 1350.2
|unit precipitation days = 0.1 mm
|Jan precipitation days = 4.1
|Feb precipitation days = 4.6
|Mar precipitation days = 4.7
|Apr precipitation days = 6.0
|May precipitation days = 9.2
|Jun precipitation days = 13.0
|Jul precipitation days = 20.0
|Aug precipitation days = 20.5
|Sep precipitation days = 11.2
|Oct precipitation days = 1.9
|Nov precipitation days = 1.0
|Dec precipitation days = 1.2
|year precipitation days = 97.4
|source 1 = Department Of Hydrology and Meteorology<ref>{{cite web
|url = http://www.dhm.gov.np/climate/
|title = Climate Files
|publisher = Department Of Hydrology and Meteorology
|accessdate = February 3, 2021
}}</ref>
|source 2 = [[NOAA]]<ref name=NOAA>{{cite web
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20240229102056/https://www.nodc.noaa.gov/archive/arc0216/0253808/2.2/data/0-data/Region-2-WMO-Normals-9120/Nepal/CSV/Dadeldhura_44404.csv
|archive-date = 29 February 2024
|url = https://www.nodc.noaa.gov/archive/arc0216/0253808/2.2/data/0-data/Region-2-WMO-Normals-9120/Nepal/CSV/Dadeldhura_44404.csv
|title = Dadeldhura Climate Normals 1991–2020
|publisher = [[National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration]]
|access-date = 29 February 2024}}</ref>
}}

==Demographics==
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|1981 |86,853	
|1991 |104,647
|2001 |126,162
|2011 |142,094
|2021 |139,420
}}
At the time of the [[2011 Nepal census]], Dadeldhura District had a population of 142,094.

As their first language, 92.6% spoke [[Doteli]], 5.4% [[Nepali language|Nepali]], 1.1% [[Magar language|Magar]], 0.2% [[Magar Kham language|Kham]], 0.2% [[Raute language|Raute]], 0.1% [[Maithili language|Maithili]] and 0.1% other languages.<ref>[https://nepalmap.org/data/table/?table=LANGUAGE&primary_geo_id=district-13&geo_ids=district-13,province-7,country-NP NepalMap Language]</ref>

Ethnicity/caste: 53.6% were [[Chhetri]], 15.8% [[Bahun|Hill Brahmin]], 10.6% [[Kami (caste)|Kami]], 4.5% [[Sarki (ethnic group)|Sarki]], 3.8% [[Damai]]/Dholi, 3.6% [[Magars|Magar]], 2.5% [[Thakuri]], 1.8% Sanyasi/Dasnami, 1.6% [[Lohar (caste)|Lohar]], 0.9% [[Newar people|Newar]], 0.2% [[Badi people|Badi]], 0.2% other [[Dalit]], 0.2% [[Raute people|Raute]], 0.2% [[Yadav]], 0.1% [[Gurung people|Gurung]], 0.1% [[Tharu people|Tharu]], and 0.2% others.<ref>[https://nepalmap.org/data/table/?table=CASTE&primary_geo_id=district-13&geo_ids=district-13,province-7,country-NP NepalMap Caste]</ref>

Religion: 98.9% were [[Hinduism in Nepal|Hindu]], 0.7% [[Buddhism in Nepal|Buddhist]] and 0.3% [[Christianity in Nepal|Christian]].<ref>[https://nepalmap.org/data/table/?table=RELIGION&primary_geo_id=district-13&geo_ids=district-13,province-7,country-NP NepalMap Religion]</ref>

Literacy: 65.0% could read and write, 2.6% could only read and 32.3% could neither read nor write.<ref>[https://nepalmap.org/data/table/?table=LITERACY_SEX&primary_geo_id=district-13&geo_ids=district-13,province-7,country-NP NepalMap Literacy]</ref>
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==Administration==
The district consists of seven [[List of cities in Nepal|municipalities]], out of which two are urban municipalities and five are [[Gaupalika|rural municipalities]]. These are as follows:<ref>{{cite web |title=स्थानिय तह |url=http://103.69.124.141/ |publisher=Ministry of Federal Affairs and General Administration |access-date=1 September 2018 |language=ne |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180831065451/http://103.69.124.141/ |archive-date=31 August 2018 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* [[Amargadhi|Amargadhi municipality]]
* [[Parshuram, Dadeldhura|Parshuram municipality]]
* [[Aalitaal Rural Municipality]]
* [[Bhageshwar Rural Municipality]]
* [[Navadurga Rural Municipality]]
* [[Ajaymeru Rural Municipality]]
* [[Ganyapadhura Rural Municipality]]

=== Former village development committees ===
Prior to the restructuring of the district, Dadeldhura District consisted of the following [[Village development committee (Nepal)|Village development committees]]:
[[Image:NepalDadeldhuraDistrictmap.png|thumb|Map of the VDCs in Dadeldhura District]]
{{div col|colwidth=18em}}
*[[Ajayameru]]
*[[Alital]]
*[[Amargadhi]]
*[[Ashigram]]
*[[Bagarkot]]
*[[Belapur, Nepal|Belapur]]
*[[Bhadrapur, Mahakali|Bhadrapur]]
*[[Bhageshwar]]
*[[Bhumiraj]]
*[[Chipur]]
*[[Dewal Dibyapur]]
*[[Ghatal]]
*[[Ganeshpur, Mahakali|Ganeshpur]]
*[[Gankhet]]
*[[Jogbuda]]
*[[Kailapalmandau]]
*[[Khalanga, Dadeldhura|Khalanga]]
*[[Koteli]]
*[[Manilek]]
*[[Mashtamandau]]
*[[Nawadurga]]
*[[Rupal, Nepal|Rupal]]
*[[Sahastralinga]]
*[[Samaiji]]
*[[Sirsha, Nepal|Sirsha]]
{{Div col end}}

==See also==
*[[Pasela]]

==References==
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{{Geographic location
|Centre = Dadeldhura
|North = [[Baitadi District]]
|Northeast = 
|East = [[Doti District]]
|Southeast = [[Kailali District]]
|South = [[Kanchanpur District]]
|Southwest = 
|West = India [[Champawat district]] ([[Uttrakhand]])
|Northwest = 
}}
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