Kalikot District

Kalikot District
कालीकोट जिल्ला
Jite Gadhi over the Karnali in Kalikot district
Jite Gadhi over the Karnali in Kalikot district
Nickname: 
त्रिबेणी Tribeņī
Location of Kalikot District (dark yellow) in Karnali
Location of Kalikot District (dark yellow) in Karnali
Country Nepal
ProvinceKarnali Province
Admin HQ.Manma (today part of Khandachakra Municipality)
Government
 • TypeCoordination committee
 • BodyDCC, Kalikot
Area
 • Total1,741 km2 (672 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)
 • Total136,948
 • Density79/km2 (200/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+05:45 (NPT)
Websiteddckalikot.gov.np

Kalikot District (Nepali: कालीकोट जिल्ला Listen), a part of Karnali province, is one of the seventy-seven districts of Nepal. The district, with Manma as its district headquarters, covers an area of 1,741 km2 (672 sq mi), had a population of 105,580 in 2001 and 136,948 in 2011. In September 2005, in a bid to encourage a change in social attitudes, the government announced that it would provide rice to any family that had recently had a girl born.[1]