Kalika | |
Native Name: | कालिका |
Settlement Type: | Village Development Committee |
Pushpin Map: | Nepal Gandaki Province#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: | Gandaki Zone |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Kaski District |
Population As Of: | 1991 |
Population Total: | 4688 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
Population Blank2 Title: | Religions |
Timezone: | Nepal Time |
Utc Offset: | +5:45 |
Coordinates: | 28.23°N 84.07°W |
Kalika is a town and Village Development Committee in Kaski District in the Gandaki Zone of northern-central Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 4,688 persons living in 949 individual households.[1]
The Thulakot and Chitrakot hills are the historically important places of Kalika VDC. Kalika Temple in Kalikasthan was established by Raj Shah in the 15th century.