Dhalkebar Explained

Official Name:Dhalkebar
Native Name:ढल्केवर
Settlement Type:neighborhood
Pushpin Map:Nepal Madhesh Province#Nepal
Pushpin Label Position:bottom
Pushpin Mapsize:300
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Province
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Nepal
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:Province No. 2
Subdivision Type2:District
Subdivision Name2:Dhanusa District
Subdivision Type3:Municipal area
Subdivision Name3:Mithila Municipality
Population As Of:2011
Population Total:11445
Population Density Km2:auto
Population Blank1 Title:Ethnicities
Population Blank2 Title:Religions
Timezone:Nepal Time
Utc Offset:+5:45
Coordinates:26.9333°N 142°W

Dhalkebar is a neighborhood or town in Mithila Municipal Area lying on East-West Highway. Previously it was a separate village development committee in Dhanusa District. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 7,797 persons living in 1374 individual households.[1]

On 2 December 2014 Mithila Municipality was declared merging Dhalkebar VDC, Begadawar VDC, Naktajhij VDC with it.[2]

The 400-220 KV Dhalkebar substation over 13 bighas of land, built with an investment of Rs 2.20 billion by the Government of Nepal and Electricity Authority, is the first substation in Nepal based on the 400 KV system.[3]

References

  1. Web site: Nepal Census 2001 . Nepal's Village Development Committees . . 1 September 2008 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20081012163506/http://www.digitalhimalaya.com/collections/nepalcensus/form.php?selection=1 . 12 October 2008 .
  2. Web site: Government announced 61 municipalities . 3 December 2014 . www.kathmandupost.ekantipur.com . 17 July 2018.
  3. Web site: 2021-02-01 . Prime Minister inaugurates Nepal’s largest Dhalkebar substation . 2024-09-06 . NepalEnergyForum . en-US.

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