Districts in Provinces Of Nepal – List of 77 Districts and Provinces

Schedule 4 of the Constitution of Nepal divided Nepal into 7 Provinces on 20th September 2015. At that time, there were 75 districts in Nepal. Eventually, the Government decided to divide Rukum and Nawalparasi into two districts on April 26, 2017. Now there is a total of 77 districts in Nepal.

If you are in search of the districts in provinces of Nepal, the following is the list of districts in each province of Nepal.

List of Districts in Province No. 1

The total number of Districts in Province No. 1 is 14. The following are the districts in Province No. 1.

S.N	Name of Districts in Province No.1	Area in Square Kilometer
1	Taplejung	3645.05
2	Solukhumbu	3359.39
3	Sankhuwasabha	2499.85
4	Udayapur	2300.33
5	Morang	1728.06
6	Ilam	1706.72
7	Jhapa	1619.92
8	Khotang	1592.11
9	Bhojpur	1527.35
10	Panchthar	1252.06
11	Sunsari	1136.80
12	Okhaldhunga	1091.86
13	Dhankuta	901.10
14	Terhathum	672.40

List of Districts in Madhesh Province (Province no. 2)

The total number of Districts in Madhes Province is 8. This province is Terai regional comprising the following districts.

1. Bara
2. Dhanusa
3. Mahottari
4. Parsa
5. Rautahat
6. Saptari
7. Sarlahi
8. Siraha

List of Districts in Bagmati Province (Province no. 3)

There is a total of 13 districts in the Bagmati province. The following is the list of Districts in Bagmati Province.

1. Bhaktapur District
2. Chitwan
3. Dhading
4. Dolakha
5. Kathmandu
6. Kavrepalanchok
7. Lalitpur
8. Makawanpur
9. Nuwakot District
10. Ramechhap
11. Rasuwa
12. Sindhuli
13. Sindhupalchok

List of Districts in Gandaki Province (Province no. 4)

There are 11 districts in Gandaki Province. The following is the list of all districts in Gandaki Province.

1. Baglung
2. Gorkha
3. Kaski
4. Lamjung
5. Manang
6. Mustang
7. Myagdi
8. Nawalparasi (Bardaghat Susta Purva)
9. Parbat
10. Syangja
11. Tanahu District

List of Districts in Lumbini Province (Province no. 5)

There is a total of 12 districts in Lumbini Province. The following is the list of all districts in Lumbini Province Nepal.

1. Arghakhanchi
2. Banke
3. Bardiya
4. Dang
5. Gulmi
6. Kapilvastu
7. Nawalparasi (Bardaghat Susta Paschim)
8. Palpa
9. Pyuthan
10. Rolpa
11. Purbi Rukum
12. Rupandehi

List of Districts in Karnali Province (Province no. 6)

Karnali is considered to be the most backward province of Nepal. In Karnali Province, there are 10 districts. Karnali is also the largest province of Nepal. The following is the list of Districts in Karnali Province.

1. Dailekh District
2. Dolpa District
3. Humla District
4. Jajarkot District
5. Jumla District
6. Kalikot District
7. Mugu District
8. Rukum Paschim District
9. Salyan District
10. Surkhet District

List of Districts in Sudur-Paschim Province (Province no. 7)

There are 9 districts in Sudur-Paschim Province (Province no. 7). The following is the list of Districts in the Sudur-Paschim Province.

1. Achham
2. Baitadi
3. Bajhang
4. Bajura
5. Dadeldhura
6. Darchula
7. Doti
8. Kailali
9. Kanchanpur

That was the complete list of Districts in each province of Nepal. If you have to remember the numbers, you can see the following chart.

Number of Districts in Each Province

Name of Province	Numbers of Districts
Province No. 2 (Madhesh)	8
Province No. 7 (Sudur-Paschim)	9
Province No. 6 (Karnali)	10
Province No. 4 (Gandaki)	11
Province No. 5 (Lumbini)	12
Province No. 3 (Bagmati)	13
Province No. 1	14

Numbers of Districts in Province of Nepal

Largest Districts in Nepal by Area

SN	Districts	Area in Square Kilometer
1	Dolpa	7,889
2	Humla	5,655
3	Taplejung	3,646
4	Gorkha	3,610
5	Mustang	3,573
6	Mugu	3,535
7	Sankhuwasabha	3,480
8	Bajhang	3,422
9	Solukhumbu	3,312
10	Kailali	3,235

Largest Districts in Nepal by Area

Smallest Districts in Nepal by Area

SN	Districts	Area in Square Kilometer
1	Bhaktapur	119
2	Lalitpur	385
3	Kathmandu	395
4	Parbat	494
5	Terhathum	679
6	Dhankuta	891
7	Mahottari	1,002
8	Okhaldhunga	1,074
9	Nuwakot	1,121
10	Rautahat	1,126

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