Tanahun district is situated at almost in the middle of the entire Nepal and a part of the Gandaki Pradesh. It is one of the seven federal provinces which are recently established by the present constitution of Nepal. It is one of the seventy-seven districts of Nepal. In the east it borders with Gorkha, in the south with Chitwan and Nawalparasi, in the west with Kaski and Syanja and part of the Kaski and Lamjung in the North.
Tanahun is one of the main district which is with full of historical, cultural and religious destinations including the birth place of SageVedvyas and Bhanu Bhakta Acharya, a Nepali poet and literary writer. The district consists of 4 urban municipalities and 6 rural municipalities. Four urban municipalities include Bhanu, Bhimad, Byas, Shuklagandaki and the rest of the rural municipalities include: AnbuKhaireni, Devghat, Bandipur, Rhishing, Ghiring, and Myagde.
Etymology of Tanahun
According to the various scholars, different reasons and historical insight are presented in terms of original name of the district. According to the different information and research, the name of Tanahun is originated from Tanahunsur and the three other peaks situated nearby areas where the state security system was looked after in the history. Based on this fact, these three peaks nearby the Tanahunsur are known as Tanangu and later it became Tanahun. In the Sanskrit texts within the Vasudev Rasananda, the meaning of Tanahu is also written as ‘Tritangu Rajadhanoya’, the capital of Tritangu.
Geography and Climate
Geography: The district covers about 65.5 km from north to south and 43.7 km from east to west with total area of 1,546 km2 (597 sq.m). The district coordinates and location types include the following:
- Latitude: 27.91667
- Longitude: 84.25
- Latitude (DMS): 27° 55′ 0 N
- Longitude (DMS): 84° 15′ 0 E
Climate
|
Climate Zone |
Elevation Range |
% of Area |
|
Lower Tropical |
below 300 meters (1,000 ft) |
2.3% |
|
Upper Tropical |
300 to 1,000 meters (1,000 to 3,300 ft) |
88.0% |
|
Subtropical |
1,000 to 2,000 meters (3,300 to 6,600 ft.) |
8.8% |
It consists of the Chure (1.15%) to the south and the Mid-hills (98.85%) to the north with the total terrain combined with forestry area of 78,111 hectares (50.52%), while the agricultural area is 56,061 hectares (42.08%), the grazing area occupies 4,306 hectares (2.7%) and other areas occupy 7,121 hectares (4.62%).
Elevation of major places
|
Place |
Altitude(m) |
Place |
Altitude(m) |
|
Devghat |
187 M |
Mirlungkot |
1484 M |
|
Kota |
210 M |
Raipurkot |
1541 M |
|
Damauli |
370 M |
Tanahunsur |
1900 M |
|
Bandipur |
1030 M |
Saugatkot |
2214 M |
|
Manung |
1065 M |
Chimkeswari |
2134 M |
|
Manapang |
1070 M |
Kotatham |
1630 M |
According to the climate, the rainfall is 2058 mm. The maximum temperature in Tanahun is about 41 degrees Celsius and minimum temperature is about 3 degrees Celsius.
Population, Religion, Education
According to the national census of 2068, the total population of the country is 3,23,288. Out of this total population, about 179,878 (55.64%) is female and 143,410 (44.36%) is male.
On the basis of caste and Religion
The educational institutions in the districts
The Literacy rate in the district is 74.8%. Out of this figure, about 67.9% women and 83.7% men are literate.
|
Primary schools |
Lower secondary |
Secondary |
Higher secondary |
Campuses |
|
379 |
103 |
102 |
62 |
13 |
According to the Human Development Index, Tanahun district is also the leading district so that Tanahun can be establish as one of the major cultural tourism destinations nationally and internationally by protecting and promoting religious and cultural diversity. So the good initiative by we people can identify this place to the national and international level.