Tanahun district, a part of Gandaki Zone, is one of the seventy-five districts of Nepal, a landlocked country of South Asia. The Gandaki zone lies in the western administrative region of Nepal. The 14 administrative zones (अञ्चल of Nepal are subdivided into 75 districts (जिल्ला Nepal (नेपाल) is a Landlocked country in South Asia. A landlocked country is commonly defined as one enclosed or nearly enclosed by land The district, with Damauli as its district headquarters, covers an area of 1,546 km² and has a population (2001) of 315,237. Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. Previously the town of Bandipur was its district headquarters. Bandipur ( Devanagiri बन्दीपुर is a hilltop settlement in Tanahu District, ( Gandaki Zone) of Nepal.