Chhedagad

Chhedagad is an urban municipality in Jajarkot District of Karnali Province, Nepal. Its total area is 284.20 square kilometres and the 2011 census counted 35,295 residents, all of whom gave Nepali as their first language. The municipality is divided into 13 wards. It came into existence when the Government of Nepal announced 744 local level units under the new constitution on 10 March 2017, merging the former village development committees of Salma, Dasera, Suwanauli, Pajaru, Jhapra and Karkigaun, and its headquarters is at Karkigaun. About 46 percent of residents were Chhetri, and nearly all, 99.6 percent, were Hindu. Literacy was 57.9 percent in 2011.