Ramechhap District
Climate Zone Elevation Range % of Area
Upper Tropical 300 to 1,000 meters 1,000 to 3,300 ft 18.0%
Subtropical 1,000 to 2,000 meters 3,300 to 6,600 ft 42.1%
Temperate 2,000 to 3,000 meters 6,400 to 9,800 ft 21.0%
Subalpine 3,000 to 4,000 meters 9,800 to 13,100 ft 6.7%
Alpine 4,000 to 5,000 meters 13,100 to 16,400 ft 3.6%
Nival above 5,000 meters 7.3%
Geography and climate
Ramechhap District (), a part of Province No. 3, is one of the seventy-seven districts of Nepal, a landlocked country of South Asia. The district, known as Kirat Ramechhap, with Manthali as its district headquarters, covers an area of and has a population (2011) of 202,646 and a density of 137.4 per km. According to LLRCNepal there are now eight local administrations in the district: Manthali Municipality, Ramechhap Municipality, Umakunda Rural Municipality, Khandadevi Rural Municipality, Gokulganga Rural Municipality, Doramba Rural Municipality, Likhu Rural Municipality and Sunapati Rural Municipality. The district has the highest population of the endangered native group the Kusunda and has the lowest population growth rate in Nepal.