District Administration in Nepal
District Administration Office is a general administration of government in each district of Nepal. The government of Nepal appoints a Chief District Officer in each district to function as a Chief Administration Officer.
Local Administration Act, 2028 was implemented to conduct local administration in accordance with the decentralized administration system to effectively operate peace and order. Section 5 of the Local Administration Act has been constituted to be a district administration office in every district to conduct general administration of the district.
District administration office in each district of Nepal works under Ministry of Home Affairs.
Functions, duties and powers of the Chief District Office
- Maintain peace, order and security in the district.
- Provide assistance in development activities run by central government, provincial government, District Coordination Committee, urban municipality and rural municipality.
List of DAOs and CDOs
| # | Districts | CDO | Official website |
| 1 | Taplejung District | Mohan Bahadur GC | |
| 2 | Panchthar District | Prakash Chandra Adhikari | |
| 3 | Ilam District | ||
| 4 | Jhapa District | Rishiram Tiwari | |
| 5 | Morang District | Shri Ram Prasad Acharya | |
| 6 | Sunsari District | Gopal Prashad Parajuli | |
| 7 | Dhankuta District | Prem Prakash Upreti | |
| 8 | Terhathum District | ||
| 9 | Sankhuwasabha District | Shivaraj Joshi | |
| 10 | Bhojpur District | Phanindra Dahal | |
| 11 | Solukhumbu District | Shri Sunil Khanal | |
| 12 | Okhaldhunga District | Janakraj Panta | |
| 13 | Khotang District | Ekdeva Adhikari | |
| 14 | Udayapur District | Bishnu Kumar Karki | |
| 15 | Saptari District | Rudraprasad Pandit | |
| 16 | Siraha District | Bhagirath Pandey | |
| 17 | Dhanusa District | Dilip Kumar Chapagai | |
| 18 | Mahottari District | Baburam Shrestha | |
| 19 | Sarlahi District | Krishna Bahadur Katuwal | |
| 20 | Sindhuli District | Janakraj Dahal | |
| 21 | Ramechhap District | Dilip Prasad Lamichane | |
| 22 | Dolakha District | Laxman Bikram Thapa | |
| 23 | Sindhupalchok District | ||
| 24 | Kavrepalanchok District | Shiv Prasad Shimkhada | |
| 25 | Lalitpur District | Mahadeb Pantha | |
| 26 | Bhaktapur District | Dron Pokhrel | |
| 27 | Kathmandu District | Kedarnath Sharma | |
| 28 | Nuwakot District | Birendra Kumar Yadav | |
| 29 | Rasuwa District | Choumendra Nyopane | |
| 30 | Dhading District | Shyam Prasad Bhandari | |
| 31 | Makwanpur District | Chakra Bahadur Budha | |
| 32 | Rautahat District | Basu Dev Ghimire | |
| 33 | Bara District | Vijay Narayan Manandhar | |
| 34 | Parsa District | Vinod Prakash Singh | |
| 35 | Chitwan District | Narayan Prasad Bhatt | |
| 36 | Gorkha District | Shri Jitendra Basnet | |
| 37 | Lamjung District | Yuvaraj Mainali | |
| 38 | Tanahu District | Bharat Kumar Sharma | |
| 39 | Syangja District | Shri Mahesh Aacharya | |
| 40 | Kaski District | Taranath Adhikari | |
| 41 | Manang District | Hariprasad Panta | |
| 42 | Mustang District | Ramchandra Tiwari | |
| 43 | Myagdi District | Krishnaprasad Adhikari | |
| 44 | Parbat District | Rajesh Panthi | |
| 45 | Baglung District | ||
| 46 | Gulmi District | Shri Gopal Prasad Aryal | |
| 47 | Palpa District | Bishnu Prasad Dhakal | |
| 48 | Parasi District | Udaya Bahadur Rana Magar | |
| 49 | Nawalpur District | ||
| 50 | Rupandehi District | Hariprasad Mainali | |
| 51 | Kapilvastu District | Madan Bhujel | |
| 52 | Arghakhanchi District | BijayRaj Paudel | |
| 53 | Pyuthan District | Dr. Krishna Bahadur Ghimire | |
| 54 | Rolpa District | Ganj Bahadur MC | |
| 55 | East Rukum District | Bhupendra Sapkota | |
| 56 | West Rukum District | Banshi Kumar Aacharya | |
| 57 | Salyan District | Paramananda Ghimire | |
| 58 | Dang District | Shri Gajendra Bahadur Shrestha | |
| 59 | Banke District | Ramesh Kumar KC | |
| 60 | Bardiya District | Shri PremLal Lamichhane | |
| 61 | Surkhet District | Sitaram Karki | |
| 62 | Dailekh District | Shri Bishwaraj Nyoupane | |
| 63 | Jajarkot District | Pushparaj Shahi | |
| 64 | Dolpa District | Bhupendra Thapa | |
| 65 | Jumla District | Bishnu Paudel | |
| 66 | Kalikot District | Chandranath Gautam | |
| 67 | Mugu District | Shri Umakanta Adhikari | |
| 68 | Humla District | Madhab Prasad Dhungana | |
| 69 | Bajura District | Luk Bahadur Chetri | |
| 70 | Bajhang District | Prem Singh Kunwar | |
| 71 | Achham District | Kishor Kumar Chaudhari | |
| 72 | Doti District | Surya Bahadur Khatri | |
| 73 | Kailali District | Gobind Prasad Rijal | |
| 74 | Kanchanpur District | Kumar Bahadur Khadka | |
| 75 | Dadeldhura District | Janakraj Bhatt | |
| 76 | Baitadi District | Siddha Raj Joshi | |
| 77 | Darchula District | Janardan Gautam |