Damauli is the authoritative headquarter of Tanahun locale. Beforehand, the town of Bandipur was its region headquarter. This region lies in the middlemost piece of Nepal. The city is situate in the Vyas Municipality, name after a popular Sage Vyasadeva. It is accept that Vyas Municipality is the origin of the sage. Tanahun is renowned for the origination of probably the best artist and scholars of Nepal, Bhanubhakta Acharya, Adikabi. He had interpreted the incredible epic Ramayana from Sanskrit to Khas language. His origination is Chundi Ramgha Tanahun Nepal.

As per the 2011 enumeration, the region had a populace of 70,335 individuals living in 18,339 individual family units. The number of inhabitants in the locale prevalently communicates in Nepali, Magar, Gurung, Newari, Darai, Tamang. Individuals of this city praise celebrations like Dashain, Bhanujayanti, Tihar, Gai Jatra and a lot progressively like no other region of Nepal. Damauli lies on the bank of Madi Khola and S. Because of flexible magnificence and social decent variety offered commonly, this town bears a lot of probability and open door for the travel industry advancement.