Palpa District

Pālpā District
पाल्पा जिल्ला
Mahabharat Range near Tansen. The High Himalayas are barely visible in the snow and cloud.
Mahabharat Range near Tansen. The High Himalayas are barely visible in the snow and cloud.
Country Nepal
ProvinceLumbini Province
Admin HQ.Tansen
Government
 • TypeCoordination committee
 • BodyDCC, Pālpā
 • HeadSantosh Lal Shrestha (Congress)
Area
 • Total1,373 km2 (530 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)
 • Total261,180
 • Density190/km2 (490/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+05:45 (NPT)
Telephone Code075
WebsiteOfficial Website

Palpa District (Nepali: पाल्पा जिल्लाListen, a part of Lumbini Province, is one of the seventy-seven districts of Nepal, a landlocked country of South Asia. The district, with Tansen as its headquarters, covers an area of 1,373 km2 (530 sq mi) and has a population (2021) of 245,027.[1]

Palpa District is not far from Pokhara and easily reached by bus. Palpa was the seat of the Hindu Sen kingdom that ruled over this region from the 16th century for almost 300 years so Headquarter of Palpa is called "Tansen" (Nepali: तानसेन)

  1. ^ "2011 Nepal census (National Report)" (PDF). Central Bureau of Statistics. Government of Nepal. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-05-25. Retrieved November 22, 2013.