# Taplejung District, Koshi Province – Municipalities

> Source: https://wherepedia.org/nepal/koshi/taplejung/

District · Koshi Province 

# Taplejung District

Taplejung District is a district of Nepal in Koshi Province. It had an estimated **124,619 people** in 2023 on 3,632 km² (about 34 per km²). It is divided into 9 municipalities. 1,101 named villages and localities are recorded here, and 142 mapped services such as hospitals, banks and schools.

- 124,619people (2023)
- 3,632km²
- 9municipalities
- 142mapped services

## How many people live in Taplejung District?

Taplejung District had an estimated **124,619 people** in 2023 — 2.4% of Koshi Province, 67th of 77 districts. There are 974 women for every 1,000 men (below the Koshi Province figure of 1,053). Spread over 3,632 km², that is about **34 people per km²**, 70th of 77 districts.

26.3% of people are children under 15 and 6.2% are 65 or older; the median age is about 27 years (it is 28 across Koshi Province). For every 100 people of working age (15–64) there are 48 children and older people.

0–4 ****10,670**

5–9 ****11,124**

10–14 ****10,947**

15–19 ****12,616**

20–24 ****12,889**

25–29 ****13,135**

30–34 ****10,190**

35–39 ****7,287**

40–44 ****6,349**

45–49 ****6,140**

50–54 ****5,932**

55–59 ****5,252**

60–64 ****4,307**

65–69 ****3,131**

70–74 ****2,125**

75–79 ****1,339**

80+ ****1,186**

Source: [Census of population via OCHA HDX, population 2023 (COD-PS, CC BY-IGO)](https://data.humdata.org/dataset/cod-ps-npl).

## Where is Taplejung District?

Taplejung District lies in [Koshi Province](https://wherepedia.org/nepal/koshi/), [Nepal](https://wherepedia.org/nepal/). It borders 3 other districts: [Panchthar District](https://wherepedia.org/nepal/koshi/panchthar/), [Sankhuwasabha District](https://wherepedia.org/nepal/koshi/sankhuwasabha/) and [Terhathum District](https://wherepedia.org/nepal/koshi/terhathum/). By area it is the 4th largest of 77 districts in Nepal. It covers 13.9% of [Koshi Province](https://wherepedia.org/nepal/koshi/). The centre of Taplejung District is about 247 km in a straight line from Kathmandu, the capital. It is about 85 km from Dhankutā, the main town of Koshi Province. The centre point is at 27.6105° N, 87.8215° 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).

## Municipalities of Taplejung District

Municipality Area km² Localities Services 

[Aatharai Tribeni](https://wherepedia.org/nepal/koshi/taplejung/aatharai-tribeni/) 89 98 0 

[Maiwakhola](https://wherepedia.org/nepal/koshi/taplejung/maiwakhola/) 137 99 30 

[Meringden](https://wherepedia.org/nepal/koshi/taplejung/meringden/) 210 129 0 

[Mikwakhola](https://wherepedia.org/nepal/koshi/taplejung/mikwakhola/) 442 110 2 

[Pathivara Yangwarak](https://wherepedia.org/nepal/koshi/taplejung/pathivara-yangwarak/) 92 118 3 

[Phaktanlung](https://wherepedia.org/nepal/koshi/taplejung/phaktanlung/) 1,852 202 12 

[Phungling](https://wherepedia.org/nepal/koshi/taplejung/phungling/) 125 138 88 

[Sidingba](https://wherepedia.org/nepal/koshi/taplejung/sidingba/) 205 132 2 

[Sirijanga](https://wherepedia.org/nepal/koshi/taplejung/sirijanga/) 479 167 5 

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); [GeoNames (CC BY 4.0) — settlements, natural and historic features](https://www.geonames.org/); [Overture Maps places (CDLA-Permissive-2.0) and © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)](https://overturemaps.org/).

## Villages and localities in Taplejung District

Open gazetteers list **1,101 villages, towns and localities** in Taplejung District. Settlements here lie between about 503 m and 7,187 m above sea level (median 1,666 m).

- Aathrai Tribeni
- Agedin
- Agegau
- Agegaun
- Agu
- Ahale
- Ajbun
- Ajibung
- Alainche
- Alai̇̃che
- Ale
- Alubari
- Amale
- Ambatar
- Ambebun
- Ambote
- Amjilosa
- Amjilosa / Amjilesah
- Amrewa
- Anbebung
- Angedin
- Angepa
- Angu
- Ankhop
- Anmbebung
- Arkhaule
- Arubote
- Asahangpati
- Asahanpati
- Asare
- Aunsihat
- Awajundada
- Awajundanda
- Aũsihāṭ
- Babahan
- Babahang
- Badahare
- Bagalegaun
- Bagarpani
- Bahitar
- Baiheni
- Baishakhe
- Baketar
- Balan
- Balang
- Banande
- Bangelam
- Banje
- Banjhogara
- Banjhogare
- Banketar
- Bansbote
- Baralgau
- Baralgaun
- Barbote
- Baridhap
- Barule
- Barundin
- Batase
- Bejambu
- Betangu
- Bhainse
- Bhaise
- Bhalukhop
- Bhanjyan
- Bhanjyang
- Bhattaraigau
- Bhattaraigaun
- Bhañjyāṅ
- Bhaīse
- Bhirgau
- Bhirgaun
- Bhirgaun (Baldan)
- Bhirkuna
- Bhi̇̄rgāũ
- Bhotegau
- Bhotegaun
- Bhoṭegāũ
- Bhusune
- Bipudhap
- Biraut
- Bismure
- Bodok
- Boharadin
- Boje
- Bojhe
- Bokhim
- Buduksin
- Buduksing
- Buduksiṅ
- Bundhak
- Bungdhak
- Bungkuleng
- Bunguwa
- Bunkulun
- Bunrun
- Bunrung
- Burumkhim
- Buṅdhāk
- Buṅkuluṅ
- Buṅruṅ
- Bābāhāṅ
- Bāiheṇi
- Bālaṅ
- Bā̃je
- Bā̃jhogarā
- Bā̃ketār
- Bā̃sbote
- Chage
- Chaksibote
- Challe
- Chambrun
- Chambrung
- Changa
- Change
- Charpate
- Chaukedada
- Chaukedanda
- Chawa
- Chawakhu
- Chhange
- Chhatedhunga
- Chherengdanda
- Chhereṅḍā̃ḍā
- Chhija
- Chhiruwa
- Chichuwa
- Chichyan
- Chichyang
- Chichyāṅ
- Chilangse
- Chilanse
- Chilāṅse
- Chimphak
- Chinabun
- Chinabung
- Chinābuṅ
- Chiphawa
- Chiphewa
- Chiphewā
- Chirwa
- Chitre
- Chokpur
- Chongjungma
- Chonjtunma
- Choṅjtuṅmā
- Chunbung
- Chunchibun
- Chungchibung
- Chungwa
- Chunwa
- Chuṅbuṅ
- Chuṅchibuṅ
- Chuṅwā
- Chā̃ge
- Chā̃gā
- Dadagau
- Dalaicha
- Dalicha
- Damaidareli
- Danabari
- Dandagaun
- Dandakharka
- Deulinge
- Deurali
- Deurali Bhanjyan
- Dhade
- Dhadgau
- Dhande
- Dhandgaun
- Dhap
- Dhoke
- Dhungesaghu
- Dhungesanghu
- Dhupaure
- Dhupidada
- Dhupidanda
- Dhupiḍā̃ḍā
- Dibun
- Dibung
- Dibuṅ
- Dilmuni
- Dingla
- Dinla
- Diṅlā
- Dobhan
- Dobhān
- Dokane
- Dol
- Domekhang
- Dube
- Dudile
- Dumle
- Dumrise
- Dunggin
- Dungin
- Dungla
- Dunja
- Dunla
- Duwa
- Duwan
- Duwā̃
- Duńgin
- Duṅlā
- Ekbanse
- Ekbase
- Ekbā̃se
- Ekhedin
- Ekim
- Ekpakhe
- Eku
- Ekube
- Ethebu
- Gagre
- Gairi
- Ganduwa
- Ghaiyabaree
- Ghaiyābāri̇̄
- Ghangjen Sara
- Ghattepari
- Ghontau
- Ghoretar
- Ghumaune
- Ghunsa
- Ghunsā
- Gimmigela
- Gorja
- Gowatar
- Gowater
- Guheli
- Gyabla
- Hadikharka
- Handewa
- Handrun
- Handrung
- Hangboreng
- Hangdewa
- Hangjamma
- Hangkhebung
- Hangpang
- Hangphabung
- Hanjamma
- Hankhebun
- Hanpan
- Hansetemba
- Hanumane Dada
- Hapu Khola
- Harandi
- Hattikhawa
- Hellok
- Hilude
- Himadin
- Hinchhebun
- Hinchhebung
- Hireba
- Hirebu
- Hiringtar
- Hirintar
- Hiriṅṭār
- Hiruwadin
- Hiunde
- Hiũde
- Hobok
- Hoksiri
- Hoktake
- Hukuma
- Huputar
- Hwanghonge
- Hwhanthonge
- Hwhāṅhoṅge
- Hāndruṅ
- Hāṅboruṅ
- Hāṅdewā
- Hāṅjammā
- Hāṅkhebuṅ
- Hāṅphābuṅ
- Hāṅpāṅ
- Ikhabu
- Ikham
- Imakham
- Inkham
- Inladauda
- Inlagaun
- Inmakham
- Iphibun
- Iphibung
- Jagmale
- Jaredanda
- Jareḍā̃ḍā
- Jaritar
- Jhingsang La
- Jodidanda
- Jogi̇̄ḍā̃ḍā
- Jongim
- Jongin
- Juketar
- Kabely
- Kabre
- Kachure
- Kade
- Kagate
- Kalidanda
- Kalikhola
- Kamidanda
- Kamphilan
- Kamphilang
- Kamsan
- Kamsang
- Kande
- Karabari
- Karkigau
- Karkigaun
- Karkitar
- Kartike
- Kasturee
- Kasturī
- Katahare
- Kattike
- Katunje
- Kaule
- Kellok
- Kelok
- Kenem
- Kerabari
- Khahare
- Khaireni
- Khalte
- Khamlun
- Khamlung
- Khampiyok
- Khamsaden
- Khanaktar
- Khandin
- Khandinbe
- Khandingbe
- Khangdin
- Khangpachen
- Khani
- Khanigau
- Khanigaun
- Khansakpa
- Khanānākṭār
- Kharkagau
- Kharkagaun
- Kharpatak
- Kharte
- Khaṅdin
- Kheban
- Khebang
- Khebāṅ
- Kheden
- Khejenim
- Kheklebung
- Kheklebuṅ
- Khemakham
- Khese
- Khesewa
- Khesibun
- Khesibung
- Khesibuṅ
- Khiruwa
- Khodambu
- Khoklin
- Khokling
- Khokliṅ
- Khokse
- Kholme
- Khopi
- Khopikharka
- Khopre
- Khoyang
- Khoyāṅ
- Khupatal
- Khurpadin
- Khurukla
- Khuwa
- Khuwaga
- Khuwakholagaun
- Khuwatar
- Khuwāgu
- Khwang
- Khwāṅ
- Khāmluṅ
- Khāndiṅbe
- Khānīgāũ
- Khāṅpāchen
- Kichungma
- Kichuṅmā
- Kiling
- Kiliṅ
- Kirat Chuli (Tent Peak)
- Kisongma
- Kisoṅmā
- Koksali
- Koldada
- Koldanda
- Kolḍā̃ḍā
- Koyabun
- Koyabung
- Koyābuṅ

…and 701 more.

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 Taplejung District

Named natural and historic features inside Taplejung District, from the GeoNames gazetteer.

### Water

154 rivers and streams; 49 lakes.

- Amjī Kholā
- Bharauti̇̃ Kholā
- Bhasme Kholā
- Bhasme Kholā
- Bhute Pokhari̇̄
- Bhādi̇̄ Kholā
- Birḍhuṅgā Pokhari̇̄
- Biṭṭuṅgā Pokhari̇̄
- Bākim Kholā
- Chenjam Pokhari̇̄
- Chhahare Pokhari̇̄
- Chheche Pokhari̇̄
- Chherchen Kholā
- Chhuchuṅ Pokhari̇̄
- Chhuchā Pokhari̇̄
- Chhudātāṅkā Kholā
- Chhā Kholā
- Chhā̃gā Kholā
- Chinābuṅ Kholā
- Chuṅbā Kholā
- Chāwā Kholā
- Dabalā Pokhari̇̄
- Daint Pokhari̇̄
- Deurali̇̄ Pokhari̇̄

…and 179 more.

### Hills and mountains

22 glaciers; 19 mountain passes; 15 peaks; 7 mountains.

- Kānchenjunga · 8,509 m
- Kāṅbāchen · 7,835 m
- Kumbhakarna · 7,601 m
- Nepāl Peak · 7,134 m
- Pholesobi̇̄ Thoṅje · 6,554 m
- Gimmigelā · 6,357 m
- Nuyklā Lāchuṅ · 6,355 m
- Tāṅgā · 6,351 m
- Kāṅ Lā · 6,222 m
- Merrā · 6,202 m
- Boktoh · 6,032 m
- Nupchu Peak · 6,006 m
- Jhiṅsāṅ Glacier · 5,818 m
- West Laṅpo Glacier · 5,736 m
- Kañchaniaṅghā Glacier · 5,674 m
- Chijimā Glacier · 5,533 m
- Merrā Glacier · 5,496 m
- Pāthibharā Glacier · 5,483 m
- Chhyātuṅdiṅgā Glacier · 5,399 m
- Tso Galcier · 5,358 m
- Ramdāṅ Glacier · 5,232 m
- Khāṅlānānmā Glacier · 5,205 m
- Chābuk Glacier · 5,171 m
- Pābukṭār · 5,159 m

…and 39 more.

### Forests and nature

3 forests; 1 nature reserve.

- Andrabuṅ Forest
- Kanchenjunga Conservation Area
- Riyā Sāmbā Forest
- Thāmkharka Forest

### Getting around

1 airport; 1 bridge.

- Khā̃ḍkuḍe Bridge
- Taplejung Airport

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 Taplejung District and the best time to visit

In Taplejung District, the warmest month is Jul (average 12 °C) and the coolest is Jan (-3 °C). About 1,098 mm of rain falls in a year; the wettest month is Jul (293 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 -3 5 

Feb -1 11 

Mar 2 26 

Apr 5 51 

May 8 108 

Jun 11 160 

Jul 12 293 

Aug 11 233 

Sep 10 160 

Oct 6 46 

Nov 3 3 

Dec -1 3 

Source: [NASA POWER climatology, retrieved 2026-10-29](https://power.larc.nasa.gov/).

## Hospitals, banks and other services in Taplejung District

Places mapped inside Taplejung District in open map data, by type — each number opens the full list with locations.

- Hospitals4
- Banks6
- Hotels80
- Schools47
- Colleges and universities1
- Restaurants4

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.

## Quick answers

- Where is Taplejung District?In Koshi Province, Nepal
- What is the population of Taplejung District?124,619 (2023 estimate)
- What is the median age in Taplejung District?About 27 years (2023 estimate)
- What is the population density of Taplejung District?About 34 people per km²
- What borders Taplejung District?Panchthar District, Sankhuwasabha District and Terhathum District
- How many villages are in Taplejung District?1,101 named settlements (GeoNames, OpenStreetMap)
- What is the elevation of Taplejung District?Settlements lie between 503 m and 7,187 m
- What is the highest point in Taplejung District?Kānchenjunga (8,509 m, GeoNames elevation model)
- How many hospitals are in Taplejung District?4 mapped
- How many banks are in Taplejung District?6 mapped
- What is the P-code of Taplejung District?NP0101 (OCHA common operational dataset)