Dasharathchand

Dasharathchand is a municipality and the district headquarters of Baitadi District in Sudurpashchim Province. It is a hill town above the Mahakali River, close to the Indian border, and takes its name from the martyr and revolutionary Dashrath Chand, who lived from 1903 to 1941. The municipality was established in 1997, when the government created 22 municipalities, and it first merged six village development committees. After the 2017 restructuring of local government it absorbed further village committees and was reorganised into eleven wards. It now covers about 135 square kilometres. The Mahakali Highway links it to Dhangadhi in the south, and the town has two FM radio stations and a community station.