# Dhalkebar

_Village development committee in Janakpur Zone, Nepal_

Canonical: https://diginpl.com/places/dhalkebar
Last updated: 2026-11-03

> Dhalkebar is a neighborhood or town in Mithila Municipal Area lying on East-West Highway. Previously it was a separate village development committee in Dhanusa District. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 7,797 persons living in 1374 individual households.

## Quick facts

- **Type:** ward of Nepal ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3411817#P31))
- **Located in:** Dhanusha District (district of Nepal) › Madhesh Province (province of Nepal) ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3411817#P131))
- **Coordinates:** 26.9500, 85.8000

## About

On 2 December 2014 Mithila Municipality was declared merging Dhalkebar VDC, Begadawar VDC, Naktajhij VDC with it.

The 400-220 KV Dhalkebar substation over 13 bighas of land, built with an investment of Rs 2.20 billion by the Government of Nepal and Electricity Authority, is the first substation in Nepal based on the 400 KV system.

## Questions

**Where is Dhalkebar located?**  
Dhalkebar is located in Dhanusha District, Madhesh Province, Nepal.

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## Sources

- [Wikipedia (English): Dhalkebar](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dhalkebar) — [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)
- [Wikipedia (Nepali): ढल्केबर](https://ne.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%A2%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%B0) — [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)
- [Wikidata item Q3411817](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3411817) — [CC0 1.0](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)

## Licence and attribution

Text from the Wikipedia article Dhalkebar, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page's text is shared under the same licence. Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

## Cite this page

"Dhalkebar". DigiNepal. Last updated 3 November 2026. https://diginpl.com/places/dhalkebar. Retrieved 4 November 2026.