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Parbat District

District in Gandaki Province, Nepal

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Parbat District (Nepali: पर्वत जिल्ला [pʌɾbʌt] ^ⓘ, is a hilly area of Nepal. It is a part of Gandaki Province and one of the seventy-seven districts of Nepal. The district, with Kusma as its district headquarters, covers an area of 494 km² (191 sq mi) and has a population (2001) of 157,826. It is the fourth-smallest district of Nepal with 47 village development committees (VDCs) currently (before Kushma Municipality was formed, the total VDCs were 55.).

The district is mainly known for the Gupteshwar Cave, which is visited by thousands of pilgrims during the Hindu festival of Shivaratri. Patheshwari Temple is a notable temple in Kushma located at Katuwa Chaupari in Kushma-09. Patheshwori Mandir has many sub-temples inside like Ram Janaki Mandir, Bhagwati, Devi, Hanuman, and others. Alapeshwar cave is a cave in this district. It is also noted for the Dahere Deurali Temple, which is visited by thousands of pilgrims during Bala Chaturdashi. Kamadhenu Mandir is another temple in Parbat district that is located in the Khurkot development committee. Recently the Modi hydro project of 10 M.W. has been constructed in this district. Parbat's biggest playground lies in Phalewas village named Majhi Chour and Indra Chour.

01Geography and climate

Parbat district has diversified geographical features. It extends from 28⁰ 00’ 19" N to 28⁰ 23’ 59" N latitude and 83⁰ 33’ 40" E to 83⁰ 49’ 30" E longitude

Climate Zone	Elevation Range	% of Area
Upper Tropical	300 to 1,000 meters 1,000 to 3,300 ft.	17.8%
Subtropical	1,000 to 2,000 meters 3,300 to 6,600 ft.	66.9%
Temperate	2,000 to 3,000 meters 6,400 to 9,800 ft.	14.0%
Subalpine	3,000 to 4,000 meters 9,800 to 13,100 ft.	1.4%

02Demographics

Historical population
Census year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1981	128,400	,
1991	143,547	+1.12%
2001	157,826	+0.95%
2011	146,590	−0.74%
2021	132,703	−0.99%

Source: Citypopulation

At the time of the 2021 Nepal census, Parbat District had a population of 130,887. 7.07% of the population is under 5 years of age. It has a literacy rate of 80.12% and a sex ratio of 1122 females per 1000 males. 58,569 (44.75%) lived in municipalities.

Khas people make up 79% of the population, of which Bahun (31%) are the largest group. Khas Dalits are 26% of the population. Hill Janjatis (mainly Magar and Gurung) are 17% of the population.

At the time of the 2021 census, 93.87% of the population spoke Nepali, 2.13% Gurung and 1.90% Magar as their first language. In 2011, 91.7% of the population spoke Nepali as their first language.

Religion in Parbat District (2021)
Religion			Percent
Hinduism			92.70%
Buddhism			5.28%
Christianity			0.59%
Prakriti			0.49%
Islam			0.47%
Bon			0.43%
Other or not stated			0.04%

03Political division

Entire Parbat district which had earlier 55 VDCs is now divided into 2 municipalities and 5 rural municipalities (gaunpalika) as listed below:

04Village development committees (VDCs) and municipalities

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Sources and credits

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