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                Tanahun District

तनहुँ जिल्ला
Tanahun District
Location of Tanahu
Country	Nepal
Region	Western (Pashchimanchal)
Zone	Gandaki
Established	1872
Headquarters	Damauli
Area
• Total	1,546 km2 (597 sq mi)
Population (2001)
• Total	315,237
• Density	200/km2 (530/sq mi)
Time zone	NPT (UTC+5:45)

Tanahun District (Nepali: तनहुँ जिल्ला Listen (help·info)), a part of Gandaki Zone, is one of the seventy-five districts of Nepal, a landlocked country of South Asia. The district, with Damauli as its district headquarters, covers an area of 1,546 km² and has a population (2001) of 315,237. Previously the town of Bandipur was its district headquarters. This district lies in the middlemost of country Nepal. The Veda Vyas, or the writer of the holy Mahabharata was born in this district near its headquarters Damauli, at the meeting point of river Seti and Madi. That is why the headquarters is named as Vyas Municipality.

Geography and Climate

Climate Zone[1]	Elevation Range	% of Area
Lower Tropical	below 300 meters (1,000 ft)	2.3%
Upper Tropical	300 to 1,000 meters 1,000 to 3,300 ft.	88.0%
Subtropical	1,000 to 2,000 meters 3,300 to 6,600 ft.	8.8%

Village Development Committees (VDCs)

Map of the VDCs in Tanahu District

• Vyas Municipality
• Arunodaya
• Baidi
• Bandipur Municipality
• Barbhanjyang
• Basantapur
• Bhanu
• Bhanumati
• Bhimad
• Bhirkot
• Ambukhaireni
• Chhang
• Chhimkeswori
• Chhipchhipe
• Chok Chisapani
• Deurali
• Devghat
• Dharampani
• Firfire
• Gajarkot
• Ghansikuwa
• Jamune Bhanjyang
• Kahu Shivapur
• Keshavtar
• Kihun
• Kota
• Kotdarbar
• Kyamin
• Majhakot
• Manpang
• Purkot
• Raipur
• Ramjakot
• Ranipokhari
• Risti
• Rupakot
• Satiswara
• Shuklagandaki Municipality
• Saugatkot, Dhorphirdi
• Sundhara
• Syamgha
• Tanahunsur
• Thaprek
• Mirlung