About Dhading

Dhading district, a part of Bagmati zone, is one of the seventy-five districts of Nepal. Dhading besi is district headquarters, covers an area of 1,926 km² and has a population (2001) of 338,658. The district extends from 27º 40\' N to 28º 14\' N Latitude and 84º E to 85º 1\' East longitude and is surrounded by Gorkha district in the west, Kathmandu and Nuwakot the east, Makawanpur and Chitwan in the south and Rasuwa district in the north. The transnational \"King Prithivi Highway\" connecting Kathmandu and Pokhara runs through the southarn portion of the district making for easy access to the Kathmandu valley. The road parallels the \"Trishuli\" River. Dhading is 80% farmland and 20% forest. The people of the district are primarily Bhramin and Chetri in the south and Tamang and Gurung in the north, with much of the center Newari. It is divided into 50 Village Development Committees and 3 electoral constituencies. The district represents perfectly Nepal’s multi-ethnic, multi-lingual and multi-religious environment with Tamang ethnic group (21.5%), Hindu religion (74%) and Nepali language(72.2%). Dhading comes in 55th position among 75 districts of Nepal in Human Development Index with literacy rate of 42.72% (female literacy being 33%), life expectancy of 58.6 years, Infant Mortality Rate of 101.7 per 1000 live births, and Child Mortality Rate of 91.9 per 1000 live births.