Dilasaini Explained

Official Name:Dilasaini
Other Name:Dilashainee (डिलाशैनी)
Native Name:डिलासैनि
Settlement Type:Gaunpalika
Pushpin Map:Nepal
Pushpin Label Position:bottom
Pushpin Mapsize:300
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Nepal
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Nepal
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:Sudurpashchim Province
Subdivision Type2:District
Subdivision Name2:Baitadi District
Population As Of:1991
Population Total:3207
Population Density Km2:auto
Population Blank1 Title:Ethnicities
Population Blank2 Title:Religions
Population Blank2:Hindu
Timezone:Nepal Time
Utc Offset:+5:45
Coordinates:29.65°N 80.6°W

Dilasaini is a former village development committee that is now a Rural Municipality in Baitadi District in Sudurpashchim Province of western Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 4,828 and had 849 houses in the village.[1] There is one plus two (affiliated to HSEB), two high schools and many primary schools in the VDC. This VDC is bordered by Mathairaj, Gokuleshwor, Rudreswor and Rim VDC and Darchula district in the northwest.This VDC is named after a local deity (a manifestation of Hindu Goddess Durga). The temple of this devi is located in Dhamigaun which is one of the wards of the VDC. This temple is famous in far-western Nepal for the sacrifice of huge number of bull buffaloes on occasion of Dashain.

References

  1. Web site: Nepal Census 2001 . Nepal's Village Development Committees . . 2008-08-26 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20081012163506/http://www.digitalhimalaya.com/collections/nepalcensus/form.php?selection=1 . 2008-10-12 .