Gandaki Province

Gandaki Province (Nepali: गण्डकी प्रदेश [ɡʌɳɖʌki]), is one of the seven federal provinces of Nepal. It was established by the current constitution of Nepal. The province consists of 11 districts in total.

Gandaki Province गण्डकी प्रदेश Gandaki Province
Province
From Top left to right Annapurna, Phewa Lake, Upper Mustang, Tilicho Lake, Manakamana Temple, Muktinath Temple, Machapuchare and Gorkha Durbar
Location of Gandaki Province
Mustang Myagdi Baglung Manang Kaski Parbat Gorkha Lamjung Syangja Tanahun Nawalpur Bagmati Lumbini China Karnali India Map of Gandaki Province, Nepal
Coordinates: 28°12′34″N 83°59′29″E
Country	Nepal
Formation	20 September 2015
Capital city	Pokhara
Largest city	Pokhara
Districts	11
Government
• Type	Self governing province
• Body	Government of Gandaki Province
• Governor	Prithvi Man Singh Gurung
• Chief Minister	Krishna Chandra Nepali (NC)
• High Court	Pokhara High Court
• Provincial Assembly	Unicameral (60 seats)
• Parliamentary constituencies	18
Area
• Total	21,504 km2 (8,303 sq mi)
• Rank	4th
Population  (2021)
• Total	2,479,745
• Rank	6th
• Density	120/km2 (300/sq mi)
• Rank	6th
Time zone	UTC+5:45 (NST)
Geocode	NP-FO
Official language	Nepali/Khas kura
Other Official language(s)	1.Gurung 2.Magar
HDI	0.567 (medium)
HDI rank	2nd
Literacy	74.81%
Sex ratio	83.84 ♂ /100 ♀ (2011)
GDP	3.12 billion USD
GDP rank	5th
Website	gandaki.gov.np

Geography

Pokhara is the province's capital city. It borders the Tibet Autonomous Region of China to the north, Bagmati Province to the east, Karnali Province to the west, and Lumbini Province and Bihar of India to the south. The total area of the province is 21,504 km² - about 14.57% of the country's total area.

Population

According to the 2011 census, the population of the province was 2,403,757.

Politics

The newly elected Provincial Assembly adopted Gandaki Province as the permanent name by replacing its initial name Province no. 4 in July 2018. Krishna Chandra Nepali is the present chief minister of Gandaki Province.