Kalikot District (Nepali: कालीकोट जिल्ला Listen), a part of Karnali province, is one of the seventy-seven districts of Nepal. The district, with Manma as its district headquarters, covers an area of 1,741 km (672 sq mi), had a population of 105,580 in 2001 and 136,948 in 2011. In September 2005, in a bid to encourage a change in social attitudes, the government announced that it would provide rice to any family that had recently had a girl born.

Climate Zone	Elevation Range	% of Area
Upper Tropical	300 to 1,000 meters 1,000 to 3,300 ft.	1.8%
Subtropical	1,000 to 2,000 meters 3,300 to 6,600 ft.	20.6%
Temperate	2,000 to 3,000 meters 6,400 to 9,800 ft.	39.4%
Subalpine	3,000 to 4,000 meters 9,800 to 13,100 ft.	37.3%
Alpine	4,000 to 5,000 meters 13,100 to 16,400 ft.	0.8%

Historical population

Census year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1981	87,638	—
1991	88,805	+0.13%
2001	105,580	+1.75%
2011	136,948	+2.64%
2021	144,917	+0.57%
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At the time of the 2011 Nepal census, Kalikot District had a population of 136,948.

As their first language, 99.5% spoke Nepali, 0.3% Magar and 0.1% other languages.

Ethnicity/caste: 28.8% were Chhetri, 25.1% Thakuri, 17.7% Kami, 17.1% Hill Brahmin, 5.1% Damai/Dholi, 3.2% Sarki, 1.0% Sanyasi/Dasnami, 0.5% Kumal, 0.5% Lohar, 0.4% Magar, 0.1% Badi, 0.1% other Dalit, 0.1% Teli and 0.2% others.

Religion: 99.8% were Hindu, 0.1% Buddhist and 0.1% Christian.

Literacy: 56.7% could read and write, 4.5% could only read and 38.7% could neither read nor write.

The district consists of nine municipalities, out of which four are urban municipalities and five are rural municipalities. These are as follows:

• Khandachakra Municipality
• Raskot Municipality
• Tilagufa Municipality
• Pachaljharana Rural Municipality
• Sanni Triveni Rural Municipality
• Narharinath Rural Municipality
• Shubha Kalika Rural Municipality
• Mahawai Rural Municipality
• Palata Rural Municipality

Prior to the restructuring of the district, Kalikot District consisted of the following municipalities and Village development committees:

• Zones of Nepal
• Paudhur
• List of natural monuments in Kalikot

• UN map of VDC boundaries, water features and roads in Kalikot
• "Districts of Nepal". Statoids.

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