Dhaulakot
व्याँस-५, धौलाकोट
Ward Rural Municipality
Dhaulakot
Nickname: 
"स्याँकु"
Motto: 
"कत्युरका राना दुध भात खाना बाह्र हात झकुलिका अठार हात ताना"
Dhaulakot is located in Nepal
Dhaulakot
Dhaulakot
Location in Nepal
Coordinates: 29°57′N 80°37′E / 29.95°N 80.61°E / 29.95; 80.61
Country   Nepal
ZoneMahakali Zone
DistrictDarchula District
Government
 • TypeMayor–council government
Area
 • Total10.52 km2 (4.06 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)
 • Total1,906
Time zoneUTC+5:45 (Nepal Time)
Websitehttps://byans-5.gov.np/

Dhaulakot is a village development committee in Darchula District in the Mahakali Zone of western Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 2094 people living in 337 individual households.[1]

Dhaulakot is 13 kilometers from district headquarters in Khalaga. There are nine wards in the VDC. Main villages of Dhoulakot VDC are Dokat, Naji, Shyaku, Chukpani, Tigram, and Chandakot.

The village of Dhaulakot has temples to the Hindu gods Durga, Mahadev (shiva), Brahma, Bhumiraj (Visnu) and Devi, Hosker, and Patauja. Famous temples and Jattra are Durgamandau, mahadevmandau, Hoskermandau, and Brahmandau. The famous jattra is jageni. Other temples named Harichnd Devta, shrichand devata, mangade bubu, and Ritghade Bubu are also situated at Dhaulakot VDC.

References

  1. ↑ "Nepal Census 2001". Nepal's Village Development Committees. Digital Himalaya. Archived from the original on 12 October 2008. Retrieved 19 November 2008.
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