It is a hill station above Mahakali River close to the Indian border.

At the time of the 2011 Nepal census it had a population of 34,575 people living in 7,257 individual households.

[5][6] The previous Gurukhola, Dehimandau, Durga Bhabani, portion of Durgasthan, Gwallek and Nagarjun VDCs merged to the former Dashrathchanda Municipality and rearranged it into 11 wards.

[7] To promote local culture, Dasharathchanda has two FM radio stations – Saugat F.M.

[citation needed] Mahakali Highway links Dasharathchand to Dhangadhi in the South and Api Municipality in the North.