Dethala

Dethala  is a village development committee in Darchula District in the Mahakali Zone of western Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 3155 people living in 507 individual households.

Dethala is a small Himalayan town surrounded by Naugarh Gad river which is a major tributary of the Chemeliya River. Dethala was ruled by a branch of Katyuri kings. After the breakdown of Katyuri Dynasty, King Abhay Pal of Askot, the grandson of Katyuri King, Brahm Deo, brought a branch of Katyuri Dynasty, here as the Pal Thakuri to Dethala. The Pal Rajwar's latter ruled this area for ages.