Banke District

Banke District
बाँके
Location of Banke District
Country Nepal
ProvinceLumbini Province
Administrative HeadquarterNepalganj
Government
 • TypeCoordination committee
 • BodyDCC, Banke
Area
 • Total2,337 km2 (902 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[1]
 • Total491,313
 • Density210/km2 (540/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+05:45 (Nepal Time)
Telephone Code081
LanguageNepali

Banke District (Nepali: बाँके जिल्ला, romanized: Bām̐kē jillā; [bãke] , a part of Lumbini Province, is one of the 77 districts of Nepal. The district, located in midwestern Nepal with Nepalganj as its district headquarters, covers an area of 2,337 km2 (902 sq mi) and had a population of 385,840 in 2001[2] and 491,313 in 2011.[1] There are three main cities in the Banke District: Nepalganj, Kohalpur and Khajura Bajaar.

  1. ^ a b "National Population and Housing Census 2011(National Report)" (PDF). Central Bureau of Statistics. Government of Nepal. November 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-04-18. Retrieved 4 January 2013.
  2. ^ "Nepal Census 2001". Nepal's Village Development Committees. Digital Himalaya. Archived from the original on 12 October 2008. Retrieved 12 December 2008.