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.

## 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 km<sup>2</sup> - 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.

## Infobox (settlement)

- **name**: Gandaki Province
- **native name**: गण्डकी प्रदेश
- **other name**: Gandaki Province
- **settlement type**: Provinces of Nepal, Province
- **image map**: Gandaki in Nepal 2015.svg
- **mapsize**: 300px
- **map caption**: Location of Gandaki Province
- **map caption1**: Map of Gandaki Province, Nepal
- **subdivision type**: List of sovereign states, Country
- **seat type**: Capital city
- **seat**: Pokhara
- **seat1 type**: Largest city
- **seat1**: Pokhara
- **parts type**: List of districts of Nepal, Districts
- **parts style**: para
- **p1**: Gandaki Province#Districts, 11
- **governing body**: Provincial governments of Nepal, Government of Gandaki Province
- **leader title**: Governor (Nepal), Governor
- **leader name**: Prithvi Man Gurung, Prithvi Man Singh Gurung
- **leader title1**: Chief minister (Nepal), Chief Minister
- **leader name1**: Krishna Chandra Nepali (Nepali Congress, NC)
- **leader title2**: High Court
- **leader name2**: Pokhara High Court
- **leader title3**: Provincial Assembly of Gandaki Province, Provincial Assembly
- **leader name3**: Unicameralism, Unicameral (60 seats)
- **leader title4**: House of Representatives (Nepal), Parliamentary constituencies
- **leader name4**: 18
- **established title**: Formation
- **established date**: 20 September 2015
- **area total km2**: 21504
- **area rank**: Provinces of Nepal#List of provinces, 4th
- **population as of**: 2021
- **population total**: 2479745
- **population rank**: List of Nepalese provinces by Population, 6th
- **population density km2**: auto
- **population density rank**: List of Nepalese provinces by Population, 6th
- **blank name sec1**: Languages of Nepal, Official language
- **blank info sec1**: Nepali language, Nepali/Khas kura
- **blank1 name sec1**: Languages of Nepal, Other Official language(s)
- **blank1 info sec1**: 1.Gurung language, Gurung
2.Magar language, Magar
- **blank1 name sec2**: Human Development Index, HDI
- **blank1 info sec2**: 0.567 ()
- **blank2 name sec2**: HDI rank
- **blank2 info sec2**: List of Nepalese provinces by Human Development Index, 2nd
- **blank3 name sec2**: Literacy
- **blank3 info sec2**: 74.81%
- **blank4 name sec2**: Human sex ratio, Sex ratio
- **blank4 info sec2**: 83.84 males, ♂ /100 females, ♀ (2011)
- **blank5 name sec2**: GDP
- **blank5 info sec2**: 3.12 billion USD
- **blank6 name sec2**: List of Nepalese provinces by GDP, GDP rank
- **blank6 info sec2**: List of Nepalese provinces by GDP, 5th
- **timezone**: Nepal Time, NST
- **utc offset**: +5:45
- **geocode**: NP-FO
- **government type**: Autonomy, Self governing province