Sudurpashchim Pradesh is a province of Nepal located in westernmost part of Nepal. It is surrounded by Tibet of China in Northwest, Uttrakhand of India in West, Uttar Pradesh of India in South, Karnali Province in East and North. Lumbini Province touches it in South. Godawari is the capital city of the province.
Previously, Sudurpashchim Province was a development region of Nepal with the same territory. Far-Western Development Region was official name of this region. Sudurpashchimanchal was Nepali term of Far-Western region. The 9 districts were subgrouped into two zones, Mahakali and Seti.
Sudurpashchim is divided into 9 districts and districts are subdivided into Municipalities.
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Sudurpashchim is divided into 9 districts.
# | Map | Name | Nepali | Headquarters | Population (2011) | Area | Website |
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1 | Darchula District | दार्चुला जिल्ला | Darchula | 132484 | 2344.61 km2 | ||
2 | Bajhang District | बझाङ जिल्ला | Jayaprithvi | 194701 | 3394.21 km2 | ||
3 | Bajura District | बाजुरा जिल्ला | Badimalika | 134158 | 2300.34 km2 | ||
4 | Baitadi District | बैतडी जिल्ला | Dasharathchand | 250225 | 1496.04 km2 | ||
5 | Doti District | डोटी जिल्ला | Dipayal Silgadhi | 207070 | 2295.71 km2 | ||
6 | Achham District | अछाम जिल्ला | Mangalsen | 256188 | 11663.86 km2 | ||
7 | Dadeldhura District | डडेलधुरा जिल्ला | Amargadhi | 141004 | 1506.09 km2 | ||
8 | Kanchanpur District | कञ्चनपुर जिल्ला | Bheemdatta | 448503 | 1222.31 km2 | ||
9 | Kailali District | कैलाली जिल्ला | Dhangadhi | 766659 | 3292.35 km2 | ||
Sudurpashchim | सुदूरपश्चिम | Godawari | 2530988 | 19539 km2 |
There are two types of Municipality:
There is only 1 sub-metropolitan city in Sudurpashchim
Rank | Name | Nepali | District | Population (2011) | Area | Website |
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1 | Dhangadhi | धनगढी | Kailali District | 147741 | 261.75 |
There are 33 municipalities in Sudurpashchim.
Rank | Name | Nepali | District | Population (2011) | Area | Website |
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1 | Badimalika | बडीमालिका | Bajura | 16818 | 276 | |
2 | Triveni | त्रिवेणी | Bajura | 18363 | 170.32 | |
3 | Budhiganga | बुढीगङ्गा | Bajura | 21677 | 59.2 | |
4 | Budhinanda | बुडीनन्दा | Bajura | 18776 | 232.48 | |
5 | Jayaprithvi | जयपृथ्वी | Bajhang | 22191 | 166.79 | |
6 | Bungal | बुङ्गल | Bajhang | 33224 | 447.59 | |
7 | Mangalsen | मङ्गलसेन | Accham | 32331 | 220.14 | |
8 | Kamalbazar | कमलबजार | Accham | 23738 | 120.78 | |
9 | Sanfebagar | साँफेबगर | Accham | 33788 | 166.71 | |
10 | Panchadewal Binayak | पञ्चदेवल | Accham | 27485 | 147.75 | |
11 | Dipayal Silgadhi | दिपायल सिलगढी | Doti | 32941 | 162.62 | |
12 | Shikhar | शिखर | Doti | 31801 | 585.37 | |
13 | Tikapur | टीकापुर | Kailali | 76084 | 118.33 | |
14 | Ghodaghodi | घोडाघोडी | Kailali | 75586 | 354.45 | |
15 | Lamkichuha | लम्कीचुहा | Kailali | 75425 | 225 | |
16 | Bhajni | भजनी | Kailali | 51845 | 176.25 | |
17 | Godawari | गोदावरी | Kailali | 78018 | 308.63 | |
18 | Gauriganga | गौरिगङ्गा | Kailali | 5314 | 244.44 | |
19 | Bhimdatta | भिमदत्त | Kanchanpur | 104599 | 171.8 | |
20 | Punarbas | पुनर्वास | Kanchanpur | 53633 | 103.71 | |
21 | Bedkot | बेदकोट | Kanchanpur | 49479 | 159.92 | |
22 | Mahakali | महाकाली | Kanchanpur | 104599 | 171.8 | |
23 | Shuklaphanta | शुक्लाफाँट | Kanchanpur | 46834 | 162.57 | |
24 | Belauri | बेलौरी | Kanchanpur | 53544 | 123.37 | |
25 | Krishnapur | कृष्णपुर | Kanchanpur | 56643 | 252.75 | |
26 | Amargadhi | अमरगढी | Dadeldhura | 21245 | 139.33 | |
27 | Parshuram | परशुराम | Dadeldhura | 34983 | 414.07 | |
28 | Dashrathchanda | दशरथचन्द | Baitadi | 34575 | 135.15 | |
29 | Patan | पाटन | Baitadi | 30435 | 219.25 | |
30 | Melauli | मेलौली | Baitadi | 2545 | 119.43 | |
31 | Purchaudi | पुर्चौडी | Baitadi | 39174 | 198.52 | |
32 | Mahakali | महाकाली | Darchula | 21231 | 135.11 | |
33 | Shailyashikhar | शैल्यशिखर | Darchula | 22060 | 117.81 |
There are 54 rural municipalities in Sudurpashchim Province.
Dipayal High Court (Nepali : दीपयाल उच्च अदालत) is the high court of Sudurpashchim. The high court established according to the new constitution of Nepal. Article 139 of the constitution says “there shall be a High Court in each state”. Article 300 (3) : The High Courts set forth in Article 139 shall be established no later than one year after the date of commencement of this Constitution. The Appellate Courts existing at the time of commencement of this Constitution shall be dissolved after the establishment of such Courts. [1]
Government of Nepal transformed the existing appellate courts in Dipayal on 14 September 2016. As per the government decision, there will be extended bench in Mahendranagar under the high court in Dipayal. [2]
Prakash Dhungana has been appointed as the chief judge of Dipayal High Court in Sudurpashchim. [3]
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There are 9 District courts in Sudurpashchim. Each district has one District court.
Pradesh Sabha of Sudurpashchim is the unicameral legislative assembly. [6]
As per the CDC (Constituency Delimitation Commission) report, Sudurpashchim has 32 provincial assembly seats under FPTP. [7]
Districts | Constituencies |
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Bajura District | 2 |
Bajhang District | 2 |
Achham District | 4 |
Doti District | 2 |
Kailali District | 10 |
Kanchanpur District | 6 |
Dadeldhura District | 2 |
Baitadi District | 2 |
Darchula District | 2 |
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