Military

The Western Division HQ of the Nepalese Army is stationed at Bijayapur, Pokhara and its Area of Responsibility (AOR) consists of the entire Western Development Region of Nepal. The AOR of this Division is 29,398 km². and a total of 16 districts are under this Division. The population of the AOR of Western Division is 4,571,013. The British Gurkha Camp at Deep in the north of the Pokhara city serves as a recruitment camp for Nepalis as Gurkha soldiers in British Army's Gurkha Brigade. About 370 are selected annually in December out of a pool of over 20,000 applicants. About 140 eventually join the Gurkha Contingent in Singapore while the rest join the British Army. Pokhara also is the location of an Indian Gurkha Pension Camp in the eastern side of town called Pension camp, Rambazar. The people in the central Nepal(esp. Gandaki, Dhaulagiri, Lumbini) and around this region are mostly interested to join the army, be it in British, Singapore, Indian or even Nepali force.