Dailekh District (Nepali: दैलेख जिल्ला pronounced [dʌi̯lekʰ] ) a part of Karnali Province, is one of the seventy-seven districts of Nepal. The district, with Dailekh as its district headquarters, covers an area of 1,502 km (580 sq mi) and had a population of 225,201 in 2001 and 261,770 in 2011.