Barakot is a ward in Dashrath Chand Municipality, in Baitadi District

Baitadi District

Baitadi district , historical name “Bairath” , a part of Mahakali zone, is one of the seventy-five districts of Nepal, a landlocked country of South Asia. The district, with Baitadi as its district headquarters, covers an area of 1,519 km² and has a population of 234,418. The Baitadi...

 in the Mahakali Zone

Mahakali Zone

Mahakali|Kali River]] or Mahakali River, which originates from Kalapani.Mahakali's headquarter is Mahendranagar in Kanchanpur District. The zone covers the Himalayan range including Api Peak in the North, Hill valleys, Inner Terai valleys such as Patan in Baitadi District in the center and the...

 of western Nepal

Nepal

Nepal , officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal, is a landlocked sovereign state located in South Asia. It is located in the Himalayas and bordered to the north by the People's Republic of China, and to the south, east, and west by the Republic of India...

. Earlier it was a Village Development Committee (VDC). At the time of the 1991 Nepal census

1991 Nepal census

The 1991 Nepal census was a widespread national census conducted by the Nepal Central Bureau of Statistics.Working with Nepal's Village Development Committees at a district level,...

it had a population of 2,389 and had 469 houses in the village.

The ward consist of villages Chauda, Jhaka, Barakot, and Bhatala with Bhatala being the largest village with over 50 households. Majority of the dwellers are Hindu Rajputs (Bisht). Other casts include Brahmins (Bhatt), Rajputs (Chand, Budal) and some deprived classes (Dalits--Damayee, Chunara etc).

There is a 10+2 school-- Shree Daneshwar Higher Secondary School at Barakot. Barakot also has a primary level school at Bhatala named Shree Gyaneshwar Primary School.