Palpa District (Nepali: पाल्पा जिल्लाListenⓘ, a part of Lumbini Province, is one of the seventy-seven districts of Nepal, a landlocked country of South Asia. The district, with Tansen as its headquarters, covers an area of 1,373 km2 (530 sq mi) and has a population (2011) of 261,180.[1]
Pālpā District
पाल्पा जिल्ला
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Mahabharat Range near Tansen. The High Himalayas are barely visible in the snow and cloud.
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| Country |  Nepal |
| Province | Lumbini Province |
| Admin HQ. | Tansen |
| Government | |
| • Type | Coordination committee |
| • Body | DCC, Pālpā |
| • Head | Santosh Lal Shrestha (Congress) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1,373 km2 (530 sq mi) |
| Population
(2011)
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| • Total | 261,180 |
| • Density | 190/km2 (490/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+05:45 (NPT) |
| Telephone Code | 075 |
| Website | Official Website |
Palpa District is not far from Pokhara and easily reached by bus. Palpa was the seat of the Hindu Sen kingdom that ruled over this region from the 16th century for almost 300 years so Headquarter of Palpa is called "Tansen" (Nepali: तानसेन)
| Climate Zone[2] | Elevation Range | % of Area |
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| Lower Tropical | below 300 meters (1,000 ft) | 0.3% |
| Upper Tropical | 300 to 1,000 meters 1,000 to 3,300 ft. |
51.3% |
| Subtropical | 1,000 to 2,000 meters 3,300 to 6,600 ft. |
47.3% |
At the time of the 2011 Nepal census, Palpa District had a population of 261,180.
As their first language, 61.9% spoke Nepali, 34.3% Magar, 2.0% Newari, 0.6% Kumhali, 0.3% Bote, 0.2% Urdu, 0.1% Bhojpuri, 0.1% Hindi, 0.1% Tharu and 0.1% other languages.[3]
Ethnicity/caste: 52.6% were Magar, 17.5% Hill Brahmin, 7.8% Chhetri, 6.7% Kami, 3.4% Newar, 3.2% Sarki, 2.6% Kumal, 1.9% Damai/Dholi, 1.4% Thakuri, 0.6% Gharti/Bhujel, 0.4% Musalman, 0.3% Bote, 0.3% other Dalit, 0.2% Gurung, 0.1% Badi, 0.1% Gaine, 0.1% Kathabaniyan, 0.1% Sanyasi/Dasnami, 0.1% Tharu and 0.2% others.[4]
Religion: 90.5% were Hindu, 7.8% Buddhist, 0.9% Christian, 0.5% Muslim, 0.2% Prakriti and 0.1% others.[5]
Literacy: 76.0% could read and write, 2.5% could only read and 21.4% could neither read nor write.[6]
| Census year | Pop. | ±% p.a. | |
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| 1981 | 214,442 | — | |
| 1991 | 236,313 | +0.98% | |
| 2001 | 268,558 | +1.29% | |
| 2011 | 261,180 | −0.28% | |
| 2021 | 242,423 | −0.74% | |
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| Source: Citypopulation[7] | |||
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