Okhaldhunga District

Okhaldhunga District
ओखलढुङ्गा जिल्ला
Kosh Bhanjyang, Okhaldhunga
Kosh Bhanjyang, Okhaldhunga
Location of Okhaldhunga in dark yellow
Location of Okhaldhunga in dark yellow
Country Nepal
ProvinceKoshi Province
Admin HQ.Siddhicharan Municipality
Government
 • TypeCoordination committee
 • BodyDCC, Okhaldhunga
 • Chief District OfficerDil Kumar Tamang [1]
Area
 • Total1,074 km2 (415 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)
 • Total147,984
 • Density140/km2 (360/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+05:45 (NPT)
Main Language(s)Nepali language (official)
Rai, Sunuwar language
Websiteddcokhaldhunga.gov.np/en/

Okhaldhunga District (Nepali: ओखलढुङ्गा जिल्लाListen) is one of 14 districts of Koshi Province in eastern Nepal. The district, with the municipality of Okhaldhunga as its district headquarters, covers an area of 1,074.5 km2 (414.9 sq mi) and had a population of 156,702 in 2001 and 147,984 in 2011.[2]

Okhaldhunga is the birthplace of Siddhicharan Shrestha. Shrestha, known as the Yug Kawi of Nepal (poet of the era), is a famous Nepali poet and is primarily known for his poem and song Mero Pyāro Okhalḍhungā (My dear Okhaldhunga).

Okhaldunga name originated from this big old Mortar/Okhal in Nepali
  1. ^ "CDO Profile". www.daookhaldhunga.moha.gov.np.
  2. ^ Household and population by districts, Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS) Nepal Archived July 31, 2013, at the Wayback Machine