Panchadewal Binayak

Panchadewal Binayak is a municipality in Accham District of Sudurpashchim Province in far western Nepal. It borders Kalikot District of Karnali Province to the east, Kamalbazar to the west, Ramaroshan to the north and Dailekh District to the south. The municipality came into being on 10 March 2017, when the Government of Nepal announced 744 local level units under the constitution of 2015, by merging the villages of Kuika (half part), Binayak, Kalikasthan, Layati, Toli, Pulletala, Warla and Kalekanda. It covers 147.75 square kilometres and is divided into nine wards. Census figures of 2011 show a population of roughly twenty-seven thousand, speaking mostly Nepali and Achhami, with Chhetri, Hill Brahmin and Kami the largest ethnic and caste groups, and almost all residents Hindu.