Baitadi, with Dasharathchand as its headquarters, covers an area of 1,519 km2 (586 sq mi) and has a population of 250,898 according to the census (2011).

[1] In the past, the Baitadi district had 56 village development councils (VDCs) and two municipalities.

By federal policy, there are currently 10 local units (with their own local Governance, but not as sovereign); four municipalities (Dashrath Chand, Patan, Melauli and Purchudi) and six rural municipalities (Surnaya, Sigas, Shivnath, Pancheshwor, Dogada-Kedar and Dilasaini).

After the fall of that kingdom, around the 10th century, Khasa King Ashok Challa of Sapadalaksh (Karnali Zone or Dullu, Dailekh) seized most of that part of the Katyuri Kingdom, including Baitadi.

In 1956, four county (Thums) of Baitadi separated and made a sub-district of Mahakali district.

[14] Ethnicity/caste: 52.1% were Chhetri, 18.6% Hill Brahmin, 6.8% Thakuri, 6.5% other Dalit, 4.6% Kami, 4.5% Lohar, 2.1% Damai/Dholi, 1.5% Sanyasi/Dasnami, 1.4% Sarki, 0.4% Kathabaniyan, 0.4% Sudhi, 0.2% Terai Brahmin, 0.2% Gurung, 0.1% Badi, 0.1% Dhanuk, 0.1% Magar, 0.1% other Terai and 0.1% others.

Corn and wheat are the main crops of this region, but millet, maize and rice are also grown for home use.

Some fruits are grown and exported to the nearby headquarters Bhimdatta and Dhangadhi—particularly Mandarins, Oranges, Lemons, and sometimes Emblica.

[citation needed] The Gwallek Kedar sacred forest, situated wholly in Baitadi district, is considered the most important 'Kedar' - abode of Mahadev - of the four Kedars that lie along the Indo-Nepal border between western Nepal and Uttarakhand.