# Kaike Municipality, Dolpa District, Karnali Province > Source: https://wherepedia.org/nepal/karnali/dolpa/kaike/ Municipality · Dolpa District # Kaike Kaike is a local level (municipality or rural municipality) of Nepal in Dolpa District, Karnali Province. It covers **466.6 km²**. 52 named villages and localities are recorded here, and 16 mapped services such as hospitals, banks and schools. - 467km² - 16mapped services - 2,958 mtypical elevation ## Where is Kaike? Kaike lies in [Dolpa District](https://wherepedia.org/nepal/karnali/dolpa/), [Karnali Province](https://wherepedia.org/nepal/karnali/), [Nepal](https://wherepedia.org/nepal/). It borders 6 other municipalities: [Chharka Tangsong](https://wherepedia.org/nepal/karnali/dolpa/chharka-tangsong/), [Dhorpatan](https://wherepedia.org/nepal/gandaki/myagdi/dhorpatan/), [Dhorpatan](https://wherepedia.org/nepal/lumbini/rukum-east/dhorpatan/), [Dolpo Buddha](https://wherepedia.org/nepal/karnali/dolpa/dolpo-buddha/), [Shey Phoksundo](https://wherepedia.org/nepal/karnali/dolpa/shey-phoksundo/) and [Thulibheri](https://wherepedia.org/nepal/karnali/dolpa/thulibheri/). By area it is the 57th largest of 775 municipalities in Nepal. It covers 5.9% of [Dolpa District](https://wherepedia.org/nepal/karnali/dolpa/). The centre of Kaike is about 265 km in a straight line from Kathmandu, the capital. The centre point is at 28.9219° N, 82.9899° 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 Kaike Open gazetteers list **52 villages, towns and localities** in Kaike. Settlements here lie between about 2,351 m and 6,360 m above sea level (median 2,958 m). - Baiji Bada - Baijibara - Banthada - Banthadagaun - Beluwa - Byas - Byas Risi - Byasi - Chaygra Siyala Byasi - Chhoredada Gaun - Chilpara - Daisa - Dharapani - Gan - Guliyula - Gumba Gaun Baijibada - Gumba Gaun Byasi - Gumbagaon - Gumbatara - Gumbāgāũ - Kapla - Khani Gumba Gaun - Khanigaon - Khanigaun - Kola - Kolagaun - Laina Odar - Lamchar - Lamgumbagaun - Lawan - Leparma - Lāmgumbāgāũ - Musi Khola - Putha Hiu Chuli - Rikkwa - Riwa - Rupa - Sahartārā - Samjan - Samtalin - Sima - Tachin - Tachingaun - Tajanpalti - Tarakot - Than - Thanjam - Tupatara - Tārākoṭ - Ungur - Urutola - Yalakot 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 Kaike Named natural and historic features inside Kaike, from the GeoNames gazetteer. ### Water 18 rivers and streams; 2 lakes. - Bhārbuṅ Kholā - Byās Gāḍ - Chhamkuni Daha - Chhuchumbā Kholā - Chhudi̇̄ Kholā - Chhyudā Kholā - Chhyugar Kholā - Chāyā Kholā - Gehe Kholā - Khiriṅ Kholā - Kāpari̇̄ Kholā - Musi̇̄ Kholā - Nāurpāni̇̄ Kholā - Riṣi̇̄ Kholā - Sarmathāṅ Tāl - Tilā Kholā - Tārtār Kholā - Yalmesi̇̄ Kholā - Yālākoṭ Kholā - Ṭhāḍā Gāḍ ### Hills and mountains 7 peaks; 2 glaciers. - Putā Himāl · 5,701 m - Kāṅg Ṭokal · 5,543 m - Sunā Glacier · 5,445 m - Dogari̇̄ Himāl · 5,395 m - Sāmjāṅ · 5,390 m - Puthā Hiū Chuli̇̄ · 5,377 m - Hirā Tātuṅ Glacier · 5,366 m - Kwālā Lek · 5,243 m - Jhyārko Dhilā Lek · 5,229 m 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 Kaike and the best time to visit Using the climate of Dolpa District, the warmest month is Jul (average 9 °C) and the coolest is Jan (-9 °C), after allowing for this place being about 292 m lower than the climate reference point (about 6.5 °C per 1,000 m). About 1,064 mm of rain falls in a year; the wettest month is Jul (301 mm) and the driest Nov (4 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 -9 21 Feb -8 30 Mar -4 29 Apr 0 30 May 4 70 Jun 8 169 Jul 9 301 Aug 9 225 Sep 7 136 Oct 2 41 Nov -2 4 Dec -6 8 Source: [NASA POWER climatology, retrieved 2026-10-29](https://power.larc.nasa.gov/). ## Nearest hospital, bank and fuel from Kaike Need Nearest mapped Distance Hospital Health Post · Kaike 3.9 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=28.88894&mlon=82.97686#map=17/28.88894/82.97686) Bank Nepal Bank · Thulibheri 9.9 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=28.95359&mlon=82.89490#map=17/28.95359/82.89490) Hotel Bagar base camp · Kaike 4.6 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=28.88050&mlon=82.99498#map=17/28.88050/82.99498) School Bed Byas Basic School · Kaike 1.3 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=28.93001&mlon=82.98085#map=17/28.93001/82.98085) College Jajarkot Polytechnic School · Tripurasundari 15 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=28.98733&mlon=82.85230#map=17/28.98733/82.85230) Police station APF Dolpa · Thulibheri 9.1 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=28.94644&mlon=82.90061#map=17/28.94644/82.90061) 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 Kaike Places mapped inside Kaike in open map data, by type — each number opens the full list with locations. - Hospitals1 - Hotels2 - Schools13 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 Dolpa District - Chharka Tangsong - Dolpo Buddha - Jagadulla - Mudkechula - Shey Phoksundo - Thulibheri - Tripurasundari ## Quick answers - Where is Kaike?In Dolpa District, Karnali Province, Nepal - What borders Kaike?Chharka Tangsong, Dhorpatan, Dhorpatan, Dolpo Buddha, Shey Phoksundo and Thulibheri - How many villages are in Kaike?52 named settlements (GeoNames, OpenStreetMap) - What is the elevation of Kaike?Settlements lie between 2,351 m and 6,360 m - What is the highest point in Kaike?Putā Himāl (5,701 m, GeoNames elevation model) - Where is the nearest hospital to Kaike?Health Post, about 3.9 km from the centre - Where is the nearest bank to Kaike?Nepal Bank, about 9.9 km from the centre - How many hospitals are in Kaike?1 mapped - What is the P-code of Kaike?NP0662405 (OCHA common operational dataset)