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25-477: The upper part of the gorge is also called Thak Khola after the local Thakali people who became prosperous from trans-Himalayan trade. Geologically, the gorge is within a structural graben . The gorge separates the major peaks of Dhaulagiri (8,167 m or 26,795 ft) on the west and Annapurna (8,091 m or 26,545 ft) on the east. The portion of the river directly between Dhaulagiri and Annapurna I (7 km or 4.3 mi downstream from Tukuche)

50-626: A trade route between India and Tibet for centuries. Today, it is part of a popular trekking route from Pokhara to Muktinath , part of the Annapurna Circuit . The gorge is within the Annapurna Conservation Area. The pass at the head of the Kali Gandaki Gorge: Its 19th-century name was Kore La . The modern name is not known with certainty. Below is a quotation from Sven Hedin 's visit to

75-650: A unicameral legislature, like that of the other provinces in Nepal. The tenure of the provincial assembly is of five years. The Provincial Assembly of Gandaki Province is temporarily housed at the Urban Development Training Centre in Pokhara . Further information: Gandaki Provincial Assembly Gandaki has 36 provincial assembly seats under FPTP. ( Cabinet ) ( Cabinet ) ( Cabinet ) ( Cabinet ) Article 195 of

100-784: A total of 948,028 males and 1,144,124 females recorded in 2011. The urban population of the region is 1,452,186 (60.5%) and the rural population is 943,652 (39.5%). About 50.1% of the population in the province are independent population. Caste/ethnicities in Gandaki Province Hill Brahmins are the largest community with 21.26% of the population. Other aboriginal Khas communities include Khas/ Chhetri (13.13%), Kami (8.66%), Sarki (4.10%), Damai (3.84%), Thakuri (1.61%) and Kumal (1.49%). The Janajati groups are Magar (18.79%), Gurung (11.30%), Newar (4.23%), Tamang (2.03%), Tharu (1.68%) and Bhujel (1.27%). Languages of Gandaki province (2011) According to

125-400: Is 21,504 km - constituting 14.57% of Nepal's total area. According to the latest census , the population of the province was 2,479,745. The newly elected Provincial Assembly adopted Gandaki Province as the permanent name by replacing its initial name Province No. 4 on 27 April 2023. Surendra Raj Pandey is the present chief minister of Gandaki Province. Gandaki Province was named after

150-563: Is about 14.66% of the total area of Nepal. The state extends between 27°-20' N ~ 29°-20' N latitude and 82° 52' E ~ 85°-12' E longitude. In terms of terrain, the province is spread over the Himalayan, Hilly and Terai region of Nepal; 5,919 km (26.8%) of the area falls under the Himalayan region , 14,604 km (67.2%) of the area falls under the Hilly region and 1,310 km (6%) of

175-523: Is at an elevation of 2,520 m (8,270 ft), which is 5,571 m (18,278 ft) lower than Annapurna I. As tectonic activity has forced the mountains higher, the river has cut through the uplift. This region is known for shaligram fossils, revered by Hindus as one of five non-living forms of Vishnu . The Kali Gandaki river source coincides with the Tibetan border and Ganges - Brahmaputra watershed divide. The river then flows south through

200-620: Is eroding its valley. Some time or other, perhaps in a hundred thousand years, the Ganges system will have extended its tentacles to the bank of the Tsangpo, and then will be formed a bifurcation which, in the course of time, will bring about a total revolution in the proportions of the two rivers and their drainage areas." Thakali people The Thakali ( Nepali : थकाली pronounced [tʰʌkali] ) are an ethnolinguistic Tibeto-Burman ethnic group of Nepal .They also are regarded as

225-549: Is one of the seven federal provinces established by the current constitution of Nepal which was promulgated on 20 September 2015. Pokhara is the province's capital city. It borders the Tibet Autonomous Region in Southwest China to the north, Bagmati Province to the east, Karnali Province to the west, and Lumbini Province and Bihar of India to the south. The total area of the province

250-599: The 2011 Nepal census there are total 88 languages spoken in Gandaki Province. Nepali / Gorkhali/ Khas Kura is the most-spoken language, by 72.67% of the population. 9.85% speak Kham Magar , 8.70% Gurung , 1.72% Newar , 1.48% Tharu and 1.42% Tamang . The Language Commission of Nepal has recommended Magar , Gurung and Bhojpuri as official language in the province. The commission has also recommended Tharu , Nepal Bhasa and Tamang to be additional official languages, for specific regions and purposes in

275-477: The Constitution of Nepal provides provincial assemblies the power to form special committees in order to manage working procedures. Main article: 2nd Gandaki Provincial Assembly § Members The economy of the province is largely dependent on tourism. 9 out of 11 districts of Gandaki Province are connected via surfaced roads. Road connections to Mustang and Manang are unsurfaced and can be impassable during

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300-628: The Kore-la, where the height is 15,292 feet or 4662 metres asl. And from the pass there is a headlong descent to the Kali Gandak, an affluent of the Ganges. By means of a canal cut through the Kore-la the Brahmaputra might be turned into the Ganges. Northern India needs water for irrigation, but the gain would perhaps be small, for the Brahmaputra in Assam would be as much diminished as the Ganges

325-550: The Thakali people as a subgroup within the broader social group of mountain/hill nationalities ( janajāti ). At the time of the 2011 Nepal census , 13,215 people (0.0% of the population of Nepal) were Thakali. The distribution of Thakali people by province was as follows: The population of Thakali people was higher than national average (0.0%) in the following districts: Gandaki Province Gandaki Province ( Nepali : गण्डकी प्रदेश [ɡʌɳɖʌki] ) Listen ),

350-558: The ancient kingdom of Mustang . It flows through a sheer-sided, deep canyon immediately south of the Mustang capital of Lo Manthang , then widens as it approaches Kagbeni where high Himalayan ranges begin to close in. The river continues southward past Jomsom , Marpha , and Tukuche to the deepest part of the gorge about 7 km (4.3 mi) south of Tukuche in the area of Lete . The gorge then broadens past Dana and Tatopani toward Beni . The Kali Gandaki gorge has been used as

375-522: The area falls under the Terai region . (°F) (°C) (°F) (°C) Precipitation (mm/in) Religion in Gandaki Province The province has a population of 2,403,016 which is just about 9.06% of the total population of Nepal. The population density is about 110 persons per square kilometre. The province has a population growth rate of -0.33%. The sex ratio is 89 males for 100 females, with

400-608: The chapter of the killing of Shankhachuda. Gandaki province was once home to the Chaubisi Rajya , the 24 kings, of which Gorkha was one. From Gorkha, Prithvi Narayan Shah arose to unify all the kingdoms and expand to include all of present-day Nepal. Gandaki Province was known as "Gandak Kshetra" which was established in 1956. Gandak Kshetra was composed by grouping the then 4 districts. Those 4 districts are now divided into many districts. Gandak Kshetra had total area of 5,400 square miles (14,000 km ) and total population

425-513: The headwaters of the Kali Gandaki in 1904. He points out that the pass is only 96 m (315 ft) above the south bank of the Tsangpo as it flows peacefully a few kilometres to the north in Tibet: "We stand on the frontier between Tibet and Nepal. Behind us to the north we have flat, level land on the southern bank of the Tsangpo. We have mounted only 315 feet [96 metres] from the river to

450-928: The major festivals of Thakalis. Dhnom is the title of the Thakali priest who performs the work of the local shaman . The madal , khaprang and thamken are their main musical instruments. There are four groups who consider themselves Thakali; all four castes are different according to the Census of Nepal. They are Teen Gauley (the Thakali from Thini, Syang and Chimang villages), Marphali (Thakali from Marpha village, further subclassified as Hirachan , Pannachan , Jwarchan , and Lalchan ), Chaar Jaat or "four castes" ( Sherchan , Tulachan , Bhattachan , Gauchan ) and Thakali (those Thakali from Southern Mustang, Tukuche, and Jomsom). These groups consider themselves to be part of different castes but all still Thakali. The customs, culture, dress and festivals of each differ slightly. The Central Bureau of Statistics of Nepal classifies

475-599: The province. Gandaki province is divided into 11 districts, which are listed below. A district is administered by the head of the District Coordination Committee and the District Administration Officer. The districts are further divided into municipalities or rural municipalities. The municipalities include one metropolitan city and 26 municipalities. There are 58 rural municipalities in the province. Districts in

500-466: The province: The Provincial Assembly of Gandaki Province is formed under Article 175 of the Constitution of Nepal 2015 which guarantees a provincial legislative for each province in the country. The first provincial elections were conducted for all seven provinces in Nepal and the elections in Gandaki Province was conducted for 60 seats to the assembly. The first meeting of the provincial assembly

525-714: The richest caste of Nepal.The traditional area of the Thakali community is called Thak-sat-se or the Thak Khola region and lies in the Kali Gandaki River valley in the Mustang District , Gandaki Province in western Nepal. According to the 2001 census, the Thakali population of around 12,973 constituted only 0.06% of Nepal's population. By the 2011 Nepal census , there were 13,215 Thakali people in Nepal. The Lhafewa (Barha Barse Kumbha Mela), Toranlha (ancestral worship) and Falo (Kumar Yatra) are

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550-460: The river Gandaki , which is a major river in the province. This river has important links with historical Hindu civilization. The Gandaki river is mentioned in the ancient Sanskrit epic Mahabharata . It has been said that Valmiki wrote the great epic Ramayana here. It is also believed to be the birthplace of Luv & Kush. Its evolution is described in Shiva Purana, Kumarakhand, in

575-402: Was 12 Lakhs. The four districts were: In 1962, the administrative system was restructured again and the "Kshetras" system was canceled. The country was restructured into 75 development districts and those districts were grouped into zones. In 1972 area of the Gandaki Province named Western Development Region . It had 3 zones and 16 districts. The province has an area of 21,773 km which

600-838: Was held on 4 February 2018. Netra Nath Adhikari from Maoist Centre was elected as the first speaker of the provincial assembly, and Srijana Sharma from CPN (UML) as the first deputy speaker of the provincial assembly. The Governor acts as the head of the province while the Chief Minister is the head of the provincial government. The Chief Judge of the Pokhara High Court is the head of the judiciary. The present Governor, Chief Minister and Chief Judge are Sita Kumari Poudel (governor), Surendra Raj Pandey (chief minister) and Purushottam Bhandari. The province has 60 provincial assembly constituencies and 18 federal House of Representative constituencies . Gandaki Province has

625-408: Was increased. Tibet would be opened. A new road would be opened for the invasion of India from the north, and therefore on the whole it is perhaps best for all parties concerned to leave things as they are. But the changes here indicated will some time come to pass without artificial aid, for the tentacles of the Kali Gandak are eating back northwards into the mountains much more quickly than the Tsangpo

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