# Dhorpatan Municipality, Myagdi District, Gandaki Province > Source: https://wherepedia.org/nepal/gandaki/myagdi/dhorpatan/ Municipality · Myagdi District # Dhorpatan Dhorpatan is a local level (municipality or rural municipality) of Nepal in Myagdi District, Gandaki Province. It covers **178.0 km²**. 4 named villages and localities are recorded here, and 1 mapped services such as hospitals, banks and schools. - 178km² - 1mapped services - 3,104 mtypical elevation ## Where is Dhorpatan? Dhorpatan lies in [Myagdi District](https://wherepedia.org/nepal/gandaki/myagdi/), [Gandaki Province](https://wherepedia.org/nepal/gandaki/), [Nepal](https://wherepedia.org/nepal/). It borders 6 other municipalities: [Chharka Tangsong](https://wherepedia.org/nepal/karnali/dolpa/chharka-tangsong/), [Dhawalagiri](https://wherepedia.org/nepal/gandaki/myagdi/dhawalagiri/), [Dhorpatan](https://wherepedia.org/nepal/gandaki/baglung/dhorpatan-np0443598/), [Dhorpatan](https://wherepedia.org/nepal/lumbini/rukum-east/dhorpatan/), [Kaike](https://wherepedia.org/nepal/karnali/dolpa/kaike/) and [Tamankhola](https://wherepedia.org/nepal/gandaki/baglung/tamankhola/). By area it is the 225th largest of 775 municipalities in Nepal. It covers 7.8% of [Myagdi District](https://wherepedia.org/nepal/gandaki/myagdi/). The centre of Dhorpatan is about 238 km in a straight line from Kathmandu, the capital. The centre point is at 28.6205° N, 83.1296° E. Source: [Survey Department of Nepal (http://ngiip.gov.np/index.php), UN Resident Coordinators Office in Nepal (https://un.org.np/) via OCHA HDX, administrative boundaries (COD-AB, CC BY-IGO)](https://data.humdata.org/dataset/cod-ab-npl). ## Villages and localities in Dhorpatan Open gazetteers list **4 villages, towns and localities** in Dhorpatan. Settlements here lie between about 2,988 m and 4,192 m above sea level (median 3,104 m). - Barse Block - Gothichaur Kharka - Gurjaghat - Pāti̇̄ālnā Source: [GeoNames (CC BY 4.0) — settlements, natural and historic features](https://www.geonames.org/); [© OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), Geofabrik extract — named settlements](https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright). ## Landscape and landmarks of Dhorpatan Named natural and historic features inside Dhorpatan, from the GeoNames gazetteer. ### Water 3 rivers and streams; 1 lake. - Barse Kholā - Bhujunge Beralia Tāl - Kāpe Kholā - Simudar Kholā ### Forests and nature 1 wildlife reserve. - Dhorpatan Hunting Reserve Source: [GeoNames (CC BY 4.0) — settlements, natural and historic features](https://www.geonames.org/). Places of worship are not listed. Elevations are from the GeoNames terrain model and are approximate. ## Weather in Dhorpatan and the best time to visit Using the climate of Myagdi District, the warmest month is Jul (average 6 °C) and the coolest is Jan (-8 °C), after allowing for this place being about 1,311 m higher than the climate reference point (about 6.5 °C per 1,000 m). About 1,316 mm of rain falls in a year; the wettest month is Jul (358 mm) and the driest Nov (3 mm). No month is both mild and dry, so plan around the rains. - Jan - Feb - Mar - Apr - May - Jun - Jul - Aug - Sep - Oct - Nov - Dec Month Average °C Rain mm Jan -8 16 Feb -7 23 Mar -4 30 Apr 0 42 May 3 103 Jun 5 218 Jul 6 358 Aug 5 264 Sep 4 190 Oct -0 63 Nov -4 3 Dec -6 6 Source: [NASA POWER climatology, retrieved 2026-10-29](https://power.larc.nasa.gov/). ## Nearest hospital, bank and fuel from Dhorpatan Need Nearest mapped Distance Hospital Health Post · Kaike 33 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=28.88894&mlon=82.97686#map=17/28.88894/82.97686) Bank Rastriya Badijya Bank · Chharka Tangsong 31 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=28.89660&mlon=83.18922#map=17/28.89660/83.18922) Hotel Thakur · Dhorpatan 10 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=28.60670&mlon=83.02624#map=17/28.60670/83.02624) School Shree Naudhare Basic School · Dhorpatan 17 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=28.65805&mlon=82.96115#map=17/28.65805/82.96115) Source: [Overture Maps places (CDLA-Permissive-2.0) and © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)](https://overturemaps.org/). Straight-line distance from the centre of the division, within 40 km. ## Hospitals, banks and other services in Dhorpatan Places mapped inside Dhorpatan in open map data, by type — each number opens the full list with locations. - Hotels1 Source: [Overture Maps places (CDLA-Permissive-2.0) and © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)](https://overturemaps.org/). Coverage depends on what has been mapped; contact details are not shown. ## Other municipalities in Myagdi District - Annapurna - Beni - Dhawalagiri - Malika - Mangala - Raghuganga ## Quick answers - Where is Dhorpatan?In Myagdi District, Gandaki Province, Nepal - What borders Dhorpatan?Chharka Tangsong, Dhawalagiri, Dhorpatan, Dhorpatan, Kaike and Tamankhola - How many villages are in Dhorpatan?4 named settlements (GeoNames, OpenStreetMap) - What is the elevation of Dhorpatan?Settlements lie between 2,988 m and 4,192 m - Where is the nearest hospital to Dhorpatan?Health Post, about 33 km from the centre - Where is the nearest bank to Dhorpatan?Rastriya Badijya Bank, about 31 km from the centre - What is the P-code of Dhorpatan?NP0444598 (OCHA common operational dataset)