| Dhaulakot | |
| Native Name: | व्याँस-५, धौलाकोट |
| Nickname: | "स्याँकु" |
| Settlement Type: | Ward Rural Municipality |
| Motto: | "कत्युरका राना दुध भात खाना बाह्र हात झकुलिका अठार हात ताना" |
| Mapsize: | 300px |
| Pushpin Map: | Nepal |
| Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
| Pushpin Mapsize: | 300 |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Nepal |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: |  Nepal |
| Subdivision Type1: | Zone |
| Subdivision Name1: | Mahakali Zone |
| Subdivision Type2: | District |
| Subdivision Name2: | Darchula District |
| Government Type: | Mayor–council government |
| Established Date: | 10.52 KM2 |
| Area Total Km2: | 10.52 |
| Population As Of: | 2011 |
| Population Total: | 1906 |
| Population Density Km2: | 0.0055/sq km |
| Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
| Timezone: | Nepal Time |
| Utc Offset: | +5:45 |
| Coordinates: | 29.95°N 80.61°W |
| Postal Code: | 10102 |
| Blank Name: | Machhapuchhre Bank Ltd. |
| Website: | https://byans-5.gov.np/ |
| Official Name: | Dhaulakot |
Dhaulakot is a village development committee in Darchula District in the Mahakali Zone of western Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 2094 people living in 337 individual households.[1]
Dhaulakot is 13 kilometers from district headquarters in Khalaga. There are nine wards in the VDC. Main villages of Dhoulakot VDC are Dokat, Naji, Shyaku, Chukpani, Tigram, and Chandakot.
The village of Dhaulakot has temples to the Hindu gods Durga, Mahadev (shiva), Brahma, Bhumiraj (Visnu) and Devi, Hosker, and Patauja. Famous temples and Jattra are Durgamandau, mahadevmandau, Hoskermandau, and Brahmandau. The famous jattra is jageni. Other temples named Harichnd Devta, shrichand devata, mangade bubu, and Ritghade Bubu are also situated at Dhaulakot VDC.