Surkhet

Surkhet District is one of Nepal's seventy-five districts of Nepal located about 600km west of the national capital Kathmandu. Surkhet is one of ten districts in Province No. 6. The district's area is 2,451 km². It had 288,527 population in 2001 and 350,804 in 2011. Birendranagar is the district headquarters, nominated for capital of the proposed Bheri-Karnali state of the new federal republic.Geography and ClimateSurkhet Valley is one the Inner Terai Valleys of Nepal. Bordering districts are Jajarkot, Dailekh, and Achham to the north, Bardiya banke district and Kailali to the south, Salyan district to the east, and Doti to the west.Educationsome government educational institutes: Mid-Western University Education Campus Surkhet Model College Sahara Campus Siddhapaila Campus Jana HS School Shree Krishna Sanskrit and General H.S.SAmar Jyoti HS School Some Notable private institutes Bulbule Bheri Academy Uttarganga Karnali E.M. SchoolEager Bridge HS SchoolUsha Balvatika HS SchoolUnlike the cold weather of the Karnali mountain region and hot weather of the Outer Terai region, Surkhet has a more moderate climate. Winter temperatures drop to about 5 °C and in summer it goes up to 38 °C. Monsoon brings sufficient rainfall during the rainy season.