Kalikot district is located in the hilly district of Karnali zone of Midwestern Development Region. The total area of this district is 1741 sq. Km i.e. 178030 hectares. The district is located at 2905 ”North to 29.028 North latitude and 810 28” East to 820 02 ”East longitude. The total population of the district is 130356 and the number of households is 21179. Of these, 65830 are females and 64526 are males. The average number of households is 6.26 and the population density is 59 km2. The district has 30 VDCs, 9 areas and only one constituency. It is bounded on the east by Jumla, on the west by Achham, on the north by Bajura and Mugu, and on the south by Dailekh and Jajarkot. Although there are various opinions regarding the naming of the district, it is believed that the name of the district was changed to Kalikot from the temple of Goddess Kali (Madu) located in Kalika village of Mugraha VDC in Kalikot district. The district has a temperate climate with a maximum summer temperature of 18,600C. And the minimum temperature in winter is 5.600 C. Has been reached. The average annual rainfall in this district is 730 ml. It has an elevation of 738 meters to 4790 meters above sea level.
Education: The main objective of education is to prepare citizens who can perform daily tasks with modern technology by embracing human values and beliefs. Therefore, the main objective of quality and achievable education is to prepare the manpower to compete at the local, national and international level by making appropriate adjustment of local knowledge and modern knowledge by keeping all the educational processes in line with the daily life of the common citizens and children. In line with this objective, educational institutions have been operating in this district as well. In particular, literacy campaigns, non-formal education, child development centers, primary, lower secondary, secondary, higher secondary and campus level study work are included. Kalikot district, which has only one campus and five higher secondary schools, has to go to neighboring districts including Jumla, Dailekh and Surkhet for higher education. Apart from this, you have to go to Nepalgunj and Kathmandu, the capital city of the country. The total literacy rate is 58.91 percent. 41.09 percent people are still deprived of education. The highest literacy rate in VDCs is 5096 in Phukot VDC. The total literacy rate is 3568 with 1406 females and 2172 males, while the lowest literacy rate is 3221 in Mumra VDC where 178 females and 234 males are the only 412 educated people. In Sukatiya VDC, which has the largest population, the number of illiterates is 136 among women and 710 among men.
Communication: Mobile (CDMA) service is available in all 30 VDCs of the district with 30 Village Development Committees. Only 215 land lines are concentrated in the district headquarters. 1250 GSM and 2500 CDMA are used under the mobile service. . Radio Nepal can be easily listened to from FM stations while new Karnali and Chulimalika community FMs are operating. Khadachakra daily newspaper is also being published from the local level.
Road: The main road of this district is Surkhet-Kalikot Karnali Highway which is 223 kilometers long. This road has touched Manm, Bhatar, Foimahadev, Daha, Pakha, Chhapre Juvitha, Rachuli Village Development Committees. Starting from Bangesimal of Surkhet, Sotkhola 24 km, Badichaur 26 km, Syaule 40 km, Lower Dungeshwar 64 km, Paduka 83 km, Ramaghat 94 km, Asaraghat 99 km, Rakum 118 km, Manm 130 km, Pili 173 km, Nagma 19 5 km. Km, Jumla Khalanga reaches 233 km and hangs. The entry point of this district on Karnali Highway is Bharta VDC and the last stop is Foimahadev VDC. This highway is 2000 meters above sea level. The nearest airports from this district are Kolti in Bajura and Jumla Airport in Jumla, which takes 3 days on foot and 1 day by car. Which road is not reliable in rainy season.
Details related to aquaculture, forest, livestock: More than half of the district covers 61.40% (111090.13 ha) forest area, pasture area 25.27% (45000 ha) and others 2.03% (3614). 01 hectare) area. Thus, out of the total area, only 18087.80 hectares (10.16%) of land is cultivable and cultivable. Twelve months of irrigation facilities are unlikely to be available in this district. Only 1541.35 hectares of land has been provided with 12 months of irrigation facilities while 12434.38 hectares of land is yet to be irrigated. It seems very important for the local bodies including the Water Users Committee and the Government of Nepal to pay attention to this in time. More than 90 percent of the district's population is engaged in agriculture. 70 percent of the people have only 0 to 5 ropanis of irrigated land and 77 percent of it is unirrigated area. In addition, more than 90 percent of the population suffers from hunger due to food deficiency. The maximum area under wheat in this district is 4800 hectares and the production is higher than other crops. Paddy is second in terms of area and maize is second in terms of production. According toMaize production is 2590 metric tons per year in 1730 hectares while paddy production is estimated to be 2225 metric tons in 2080 hectares. The condition of barley and millet seems to be good. Similarly, production of pulses, ginger, chilli, vesar, potato, seasonal and non-seasonal vegetables and other fruits has also been found to be good. The district also has a very suitable climate as a fruit crop: especially apples, oranges, lemons and okhar are considered to be the major fruits of the district. Kalikot district has the highest production of fruits. About 405 hectares of land produces 306 metric tons of apples annually in this district. Similarly, lemon comes in the second. In a total of 362 hectares of land, the annual production is 132 metric tons. In terms of production, out of a total of 305 hectares of land, 96.7 metric tonnes of oranges are in the third position in the annual production, while the other shows that the production is also good. Although animal husbandry is considered as an ancillary profession, agribusiness is an indispensable profession for those who pursue it. Which is directly related to agriculture. Especially in Kalikot district, which has dense forests and grasslands, animal husbandry business can get a good place. This profession can also play a strong role in economic prosperity. In all the VDCs of Kalikot district, animal husbandry is embraced as a business. Among the domestic animals in Kalikot district are cows, bullocks, buffaloes, sheep, from which manure for farming, milk for income, hemp, and horses and mules for transportation.
Description of tourist area: Major tourist and religious sites and temples of the district include Badimalika Temple, Chuli Malika Temple, Pug Malika Temple, Mahavua Shiva Temple, Panchdeval (built by Panch Pandavaddhara), Chulimalika Temple (between Manm, Pankha and Wadalkot) Tila Cave, (Ranchuli) Dhunge Bagaicha, Mahabu Mandir, Kalika Mandir, Krishna Mandir, Deuli, Ramaroshan, Pachal Jharna, Fugad Jharna, Pachchahari Jharna etc. are prominent. Located on the border of Kalikot and Bajura districts, the Badimalika temple is important both in terms of tourism and religion, which is even more important for Hindus. By protecting and promoting it in a systematic way, attracting external and internal tourism and expanding it as a tourist area, it will help in the income generation of the district and help in alleviating poverty. For which it is necessary to spread propaganda from different levels and streams. There is a strong possibility of attracting tourists to this district through various local cultural programs targeting the tourism year 2011.
Details of Industry Firms: According to the data provided by the Domestic and Small Industries Development Committee, Kalikot, there are 48 industries and firms operating in the district, 55 construction services and 90 businesses.
Main river and energy status: Kalikot district can be placed in the top category in terms of water resources. The Karnali, Nepal's longest river, flows through the Rakshasatal in Tibet, an autonomous region of China. Apart from this, Tila is also considered as a major river. Even small streams abound. According to the survey, the district can generate up to 1480 kilowatts of electricity if it can be used. There is a small hydropower project of 25 kg in Chilkhaya VDC and the people of Odanku small hydropower project are also able to consume electricity. There is a strong possibility of operating large hydropower projects from Karnali and Tila rivers. In this district, in the district headquarters and some VDCs, only a limited number of people have used cooking gas and kerosene from the solar system.
Health Status: The condition of this district is also weak in the health sector. It is not uncommon for Kalikot district to be the only hospital with a total of 15 beds. The district, which has a population ratio of 35,193 per doctor, has to go to Jumla and Surkhet as well as Nepalgunj to get the services of doctors. In Kalikot district, which has a total population of 132,593, it can be easily estimated that there is a dearth of health facilities in the district in proportion to the population. Statistics show that there is only one hospital with 15 beds in Kalikot district. Similarly, the number of health posts is 9 and the number of sub-health posts is 19. The health condition of Kalikot district needs to be greatly improved. Looking at the health situation in Kalikot district, it was found that in most of the VDCs, vaccinated women (based on the available data) were not given the required vaccine. Most of the women have the practice of giving birth in their own house with the help of a helper or a midwife. In the context of child health, it seems that children are vaccinated on time due to lack of awareness.
Geography: Cultivation is also seen on the slopes of the hilly range of Kalikot district. Due to the tendency of cultivating on sloping land without deforestation and cutting down trees indiscriminately, more erosion and landslides are taking place in this area.Landslides mainly affect VDCs along the Karnali River, settlements along the Tila River and small rivers. There are also many examples of annual rivers eroding land and causing damage to property.
(A) Northern Region: The soil of this hilly terrain is composed of fine sand, rock and loose red soil. In this type of soil, fruits like oranges, weather and grains like maize, sorghum, millet, barley etc. are found to flourish. The rocks here are fragile and are made up of Stone and Conglomerates.
(B) Central region: In this region (foothills of hilly terrain i.e. grazed ground) gravel, sand, loose, red light loam and slightly loamy soil is found. Ginger, sorghum, wheat, paddy and fruits like nivuwa, lemon etc. are found to flourish here and the soil of this region is generally sandy loam.
(C) Southern Region: This region, which is in a slightly flat terrain, has good fertility as it has all types of loamy, sandy, loamy soils. Although the soils of this region have been found to be slightly acidic, the fertility has not been affected. Land production capacity is very good in this area which has most of the irrigation facilities. The major crops are paddy, maize, millet, wheat and cash crops like zucchini, banana etc.
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