Dolakha District at a Glance Tongue Twisters

1. Dolakha Boundary

East : Solukhumbhu and Ramechhap district
West : Sindhupalchok and Kavreplanchauk districts
North : China (Tibet) boarder
South : Ramechhap district

2. Location
North Latitude : 270 28″ – 280 0″
East Longitude : 850 50″ – 860 32″
Region : Central Development.
Zone : Janakpur
District : Dolakha
Head Quarter : Charikot .

3. Total area of the district : 2191 Sq. Km.

4. Distance from capital : 133 km.

5. Highest peak of the district : 7134 m (Gaurishankar)

6. Lowest place of the district : 732 m (Sitali)

7. Political division:
No of Constituency : 2
No of Ilaka (Area) : 11
No of Municipality : 1
No of VDCs : 51

8. Land Utilization
Total arable land : 56683 Ha. (26.45%)
Total forest area : 101500 Ha. ( 47.37%)
Total pastureland : 29500 Ha. (13.77%)
Total snow land : 5665 Ha. (2.64%)
Total barren land : 13740 Ha. (6.41%)
Area coverage by water : 7068 Ha. (3.30%)
Others : 131 Ha. (0.06%)
Total : 214287 Ha. (100%)

9. Land Holdings
Landless : 398 HH
Land with 3 Ropanies : 7100 HH
Land with 3 to 10 Ropanies : 14412 HH
Land with 11 to 20 Ropanis : 10979 HH
Land with 20 to 30 Ropanis : 4932 HH
More than 30 Ropanis 2124 HH
Total : 39945 HH

10. Population : 217218 (2001 A.D.)
Male : 108170
Female : 109048
Total House holds : 39945
Average family Size : 5.43/HH
Population density : 91.14 Person/ sq. km.
Population growth rate : 2.5 % per annum

11. ProfessionAgriculture : 91.90%
Administration : 0.8%
Technician : 1.40 %
Industries/Productive : 4.70%
Others : 1.2%

12. HH and Population According to Caste
S.N Caste HH Population
1. Chhetri 15164 82796
2. Tamang 5990 32699
3. Brahman 4085 2300
4. Newar 3592 19609
5. Thami 2875 15695
6. Sherpa 2284 12468
7. Kami 1397 7626
8. Jirel 870 4749
9. Damai 822 4487
10. Magar 627 3423
11. Sharki 602 3286
12. Sunuwar 426 2326
13. Gurung 281 1534
14. Yogi 215 1175
15. Majhi 95 519
16. Bhujel 50 273
17. Surel 33 180
18. Others 537 2073
Total 39945 217218

13. Language
Nepali : 71.71 %
Tamang : 15.03 %
Sherpa : 5.73 %
Jirel : 2.18 %
Newari : 1.75%
Sunuwar : 1.07 %
Others : 2.53 %

14. Religion
Hindu : 71.05 %
Bouddha : 28.53 %
Others : 0.36%

15. Education
Literacy Rate : 48.98
Male : 61.74
Female : 36.23
Number of Primary School : 297
Number of lower secondary School : 34
Number of Secondary : 39
Number of higher Secondary School : 5
Number of Campus : 3
Number of technical School : 2
Number of Pre-Primary/Primary Students : 45678
Number of Lower secondary students : 8527
Number of secondary school : 3159
Number of Higher secondary Students : 469
Number of campus students : 433
Number of technical school student : 309
Number of total teachers : 1283
Number female teacher : 172

16. Health
Number of Sub health post : 43
Number of health post : 10
Number of primary health center : 1
Number of hospital : 2
Family Planning : 11.3 %
Crude birth rate : 35.6/ Thousand
Crude mortality rate : 10.1/Thousand
Child mortality rate : 66/Thousand
Infant Mortality Rate : 49.5/thausannd
Fertility Rate 4.385
Maternal mortality rate : 350 / Lakh
HH with toilet : 31.9 %
Average marriage age (girls) : 19.5 Year
Drinking water by pipeline : 73.79%
Drinking water by Other sources : 26.21 %

17. Transport and communication
Post Offices (District, Ilaka & VDC level) : 54
Number of Telephone : 500
Black Topped Road : 86.06 KM
Graveled Road : 20.00KM.
Earthen Road : 73KM
Tracked Road : 40 km.

18. Electricity
National Greed : 4772 HH
Micro-hydro : 361 HH
Peltric Set : 50 HH
Solar : 40 HH

19. Crop Cover Area and Production (Average per year)
Crop    Area (Hac.) Product (Mt.)
Paddy     3100        7751
White    5400           8640
Maize    5356       9855
Millet     3593    3887
Potato   2403    16821
Vegetable  1200    8344

20. Livestock Production (Average per year)
S.N Description Quanity
1 Cheese 39000 kg.
2 Milk 12161 mt.
3 Meat 2166 mt
4 Eggs 1119100 Nos
5 Makhan 12500 kg.
6 Woll 11188 kg.
7 Leather 6174 kg.

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About Charikot & Jiri

                                    Jiri Bazar

Between Charikot and Jiri the road descends to 845 metres and to our surprise is bordered by plantations of sugar-cane. Above these slopes are forests of dark oak, fir and pine, interspersed with tangles of bracken and fem all in the embrace of clinging orchids and coloured in the springtime by the rhododendrons, the national flower of our mountain land.

Mosses cling to the shaded rocks and in the forests are wild strawberries, loganberries, red berries and thyrne. The shy Nepal Babbler chitters away ‘Wich, Wich, Wich’ in the damp, dark woods below the hir of the mountain eagle whilst in the early autumn foaming white waterfalls rush over the river moulded rocks.
Some of these lichen and moss-covered banks hide crevices in which lurk black krates, orange and black patterned rock snakes and the dull green grass snake. Higher up and even higher are the slate-grey cliffs where the yellow flowered gorse clings to the hst breath of life between the hostile rocks. Higher still lies the Himalaya an abode of snow against a sky sometimes of azure, sometimes turquoise or even clouded, brooding and forbidding all intervention from below.

Against the winds of this world the prayer flags dance in a plea for communion with the divine which only can offer solace in the immensity that is time on the face of the highest mountains on earth.

Manjushree Park

Though decrepit with lack of maintenance, the Manjushree Park. will spring up to life as soon as you step in. It will start whispering love-poetry through the branches of its old and wise trees. If you have an inclination to pen down verses, you might even end up writing some poems. But be careful, the ground is slippery. The dry grass will try its best to upset your balance. But then, it is a harmless mischief. Even if you slip and fall down six times or even a dozen times as I did, donнt curse the area. For there are forest-gods hovering around, and you might end-up infuriating them.

Quite naturally, as Dolakha has been at peace since a long time. And the logic of conflict is something that they cannot understand, unless as some form of madness, spiritual illness, or moral pestilence.

Bhimeswor Temple

The Bhimeswor temple is not a new name to the god-fearing throughout the nation. People pour in every week from the capital and from various other districts to offer prayers to the God. During their visit, they donнt forget to ask one famous question, “Is the God sweating?” For they all have heard that if Bhimeswor sweats, that means something big is to happen. And that may be good or bad.

Legend has it that the despairing Lord Shiva traveled though this area, carrying the corpse of His beloved Sati Devi. The corpse of the goddess had decayed so badly that a piece of her flesh detached and fell down the gorges immediately north of Dolakha. Thus sprang up the temple of Tripura Sundari. Talk to the priest and he will confide that a certain golden icon was stolen from this beautiful temple years ago. Hence, the misfortune that has befallen the country ever since.

Produces Electricity to Chho Rolpa

15 KW electricity has been produced at Chho Rolpa Lake, situated at Rolwaling of Gaurishanker VDC-1, estimated to be the highest place on earth to have produced electricity.The Chho Rolpa Lake is situated at 4,580 meters.
The metrology department started this micro-hydel project to facilitate three employees stationed there to transmit news about the lake, which was once thought to explode
. The 15-KW electricity produced has helping the employeesof Danger Control Project which has been financially supported by Netherlands Development Agency. Earlier,20-KW electricity used to be produced at Thorang Pass, which is situated 4,500 m.
Nurbu Sherpa, ex-VDC chairman of GauriShanker VDC-1, expressed happiness over the commissioning of the micro-hydel Project.
He said that the news is good for all the residents of Dolakha, as the project falls under an important tourist place in the district.
It would obviously help the tourism sector in the district. He said that some per cent of the electricity being produced should be sold to locals.
Sherpa said that Na Gaun and Beding villages are not far from the site of the project.If the lake explodes,both Na Gaun and Beding along with Niware village would be in utmost danger.If proper care is to be taken for social and environmental welfare of the villages, electricity should be provided, Sherpa said. If wire is strung up for four to five KM, around 300 citizens could be benifited, he expressed.
Technicians however said that electricity produced is just for the three employees of the project.It would require another project to provide electricity to locals, they opined. The technicians said that they don’t have such plans as of yet, but said that around 100 KW of electricity could be produced from the lake technically.
Balaju Mechanical Workshop has taken charge of producing electricity from the lake and technicians said that it is a challenging job to produce electricity from a place where water gets accumulated all year round.

Natural resources

Water resource
Tamakoshi, Charnawoti,, Gumukhola, Singati khola, Doltikhola, Gopikhola, Ghyangkhola, Andherikhola, Miltikhola, Khimtikhola.

Forest Resource
Chiraito, Pakhanbet, Thulo Okhati, Nagbeli, Jatamashi, Allo, Majito, Sunpati, Argeli,


Wild animals
Tiger, Bear, Rabbit, Deer, Jackal ect.
Religious and tourism place
Temple of Bhimeshwor, Temple of Kalinchwok, Panch pokhari, Jatapokhari, Hill of Shailung, Beding Village, Gaurishankar, Chhorolpa glacier lack, Deulangeshor mahadev
Status of small and cortege Industries

Bear on Agriculture based	: 268
Bear on Forest based	: 76
Bear on Service based	: 283
Bear on Tourism	: 10
Bear on Mine	: 9
Bear on Others	: 61
Total	: 707

Mythical Dolakha

Dolakha has it all for the inquiring and the attentive. If you are with someone who knows the area like his palm-lines, there is every chance that you will soon understand the changing ethos of the place. The towns neat and well-regulated life steeped in age-old traditions.

The fresh air, the tourist spots that are almost voluble about their ancient tales, and the simple, believing people immediately send to rest the typical desperation of the resident of a metropolis. Perhaps that is why the Maoists spared the town, influenced by the spell of its feminine beauty.

In ancient times when Nepal had a profitable trade relationship with Tibet, this was the route that merchants used. It was then that this town rose to prosperity. There are still some houses belonging to those times. According to some locals, the town has more or less faithfully maintained its past appearance. Apparently, as soon as trade and commerce dried up, Dolakha ceased to age. Despite the time-ravaged houses, the town is young, and so are its sons who constitute one of the most reliable work forces for odd jobs in the capital.

When Laxman was injured and the great ape-god Hanuman was asked to bring a certain medicinal herb for the rescue, the mighty ape-god hovered on the sky above Dolakha, say the locals. Probably the beauty of the region dulled his sense of judgement and he ended up taking a chunk of a hill near the Gaurishanker mountain. “You can still see a chunk missing there,” says Rakesh Shrestha of Ccho-Rolpa Tours and Tavels. And even though you cannot clearly make out the pointed spot due to the distance, you will be surprised to find that your mind has all of a sudden acquired extra creativity. In a flash of a second, you have conjured up the image of the ape-god performing that wondrous feat.