surkhet

Surkhet is a district in
the Bheri Zone of the
Mid-Western
Development Region of
Nepal. Birendranagar is
the administrative
headquarter of Surkhet
as well as the whole Mid-
Western Development
Region. Surkhet District
lies within the Surkhet
Valley, which is about 50
km² in size, and is
approximately 400
kilometers west of the
Nepalese capital of
Kathmandu.
The temperature ranges
from 5°C to 38°C from
summer to winter.
Inhabitants
Before its own identity as
an independent district,
it used to be in the
district of Dailekh.
Surkhet is hub to remote
districts like Dailekh,
Kaalikot, Jumla, Mugu,
Jajarkot, and Salyan.
Recently because of
insurgency, many people
have migrated to
Surkhet from these
districts.
The majority of the
people are Brahmin and
Chettris, and there are
minorities which are
Newar, Magar, Tharu,
Sunaar, and Kaami.
Eighty percent of the
people are Hindu. Others
are Buddhists, Christians,
and Muslims.
Infrastructure
Surkhet is accessible by
air service and roads
from various parts of the
country. Ratna highway
links it to the rest of
Nepal. Karnali highway,
recently constructed and
being black topped, will
link Surkhet to the
remote Western region
Karnali. An air service
connects Surkhet to
Kathmandu, Nepalgunj,
Jumla and several other
districts.
There are three colleges
which provide education
up to Master's level.
There are many 10+2
which teach science,
management,
humanities, rural
development, education
etc. There are various
institutions which
provide technical
education like
veterinary, overseer,
computer assistant,
assistant health worker,
ANM, etc.
A university is proposed
to be constructed in
surkhet valley which will
provide cheap and
quality education to
people in this region.
It has a regional hospital
which provides basic
medication for its
people. The main
occupation is farming.
There are many NGOs
and INGOs working in
this area for
development. The INF
Surkhet Programme is
one of the oldest
organizations working in
the health and
development sector.
There are other INGOs
like GTZ, DFID, DANIDA,
US Aid.
Tourism
Tourist attractions are
places like Kakrebihar,
Bulbule, Deutibajai,
Mangalgadhi,
Gothikanda, Ghantaghar,
Bheri river and many
other places with
religious as well as
historic values.
Kakrebihar is the
remains of an old
Buddhist Monastery
(palace), which is in the
list of national heritage
sites in Nepal. Bheri river
is a well known
destination for rafting.
Birendranagar is a
beautiful city which is
among very few cities in
Nepal built under a
master plan. People have
access to a good network
of roads as compared to
other mid-sized cities in
Nepal which makes
transportation easy. But
due to lack of proper
attention from the
government and donor
agencies in looking after
this beautiful heritage
city, there has not been
sufficient effort to make
it look more beautiful
and establish it as a
popular tourist
destination.
External links
"MeroSurkhet.com -
It's My Surkheti Soul"
MeroSurkhet.com
"Welcome To Surkhet
Valley"
Namastesurkhet.com
Surkhetonline.com
Surkhet.com
Top ↑ Home
Random
Top
View this page on
regular Wikipedia
Edit
History
End
Permanently disable
mobile site
Text is available under
the Creative Commons
Attribution/Share-Alike
License
; additional terms may
apply. See Terms of Use
for details. Wikipedia is a
registered trademark of
the Wikimedia
Foundation, Inc.
, a non-profit
organization.