Introduction (खोटाङ परिचय)

Map of  Khotang (Diktel)
Total Area :  1,591 km2 (614 sq mi)
Website:  offical website  

District Name  : Khotang
District Headquarter       : Diktel
Elevation: 1530 m (5,020 ft.)
Zone : Sagarmatha (Mt. Everest)
Development Region: Eastern
Ecological Zone: Hill
Ecological Sub Region: Eastern hill
No. of VDCs: 76

             Khotang District a part of (Sagarmatha Zone, Mount Everest)  is one of the seventy-five districts of Nepal, a landlocked country of South Asia. The district, with Diktel as its district headquarters, covers an area of 1,591 km². Khotang is part of the area traditionally called Majh Kirat/Kirant (middle Kirat), home to indigenous ethnic Kirat Rai people. Apart from Rais, other ethnic groups and hill castes live in Khotang. Diktel is the headquarters of  Khotang District. At the time of the 1991 Nepal Census it had a population of 7,324 persons residing in 1,433 individual households. The town is located at 27°12′50″N 86°47′52″E and has an altitude of 1,530 metres (5,020 ft).

 View of Khotang (Diktel)
 
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