Narayan (Nepali: नारायण) is a municipality located in Dailekh District of Karnali Province of Nepal.

[2] The municipality was established on 26 March 1997 merging the then Village development committees of Narayan, Belaspur, Saraswati, Triveni and Basantamala.

[3][4] Thus, on 10 March 2017, Bhawani, Bindhyabasini and Kharigaira Village development committees were incorporated with former municipality.

[5] In terms of ethnicity/caste, 39.2% were Chhetri, 13.4% Kami, 11.4% Hill Brahmin, 10.6% Magar, 7.8% Thakuri, 7.1% Sarki, 4.6% Damai/Dholi, 2.6% Newar, 1.3% Gurung, 0.9% Sanyasi/Dasnami, 0.4% Badi, 0.2% Tharu, 0.1% Gharti/Bhujel, 0.1% Musalman, 0.1% Tamang, 0.1% other Terai, 0.1% Yadav and 0.3% others.

[6] In terms of religion, 97.7% were Hindu, 1.9% Christian, 0.3% Buddhist and 0.1% Muslim.