Babala
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Babala is a village development committee in Achham District
in the Seti Zone
Achham District
Achham District,, a part of Seti Zone, is one of the seventy-five districts of Nepal, a landlocked country of South Asia. The district, with Mangalsen as its district headquarters, covers an area of 1,692 km² and has a population of 231,285. It is one of the remotest districts of Nepal...
in the Seti Zone
Seti Zone
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. According to the 1991 Nepal census
it has a population of 2,623 and had 539 houses in the village
The population is entirely Hindu
.
In 2001, 1252 people were illiterate, 252 male and 1001 female. In 2001, 805 in Babala were attending school, 459 male and 347 female.
In July 2003 the village was affected by landslide
s and resulted in an acute shortage of food. The flood displaced twelve families. The Nepal Red Cross Society
(NRCS) was sent in to provided relief materials like food, clothes, utensils and cash. A flood victim in Babala reported to the Kathmandu Post
"Everything including my house has been swept away by the landslides".
Nepal
Nepal , officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal, is a landlocked sovereign state located in South Asia. It is located in the Himalayas and bordered to the north by the People's Republic of China, and to the south, east, and west by the Republic of India...
. According to the 1991 Nepal census
1991 Nepal census
The 1991 Nepal census was a widespread national census conducted by the Nepal Central Bureau of Statistics.Working with Nepal's Village Development Committees at a district level,...
it has a population of 2,623 and had 539 houses in the village
The population is entirely Hindu
Hindu
Hindu refers to an identity associated with the philosophical, religious and cultural systems that are indigenous to the Indian subcontinent. As used in the Constitution of India, the word "Hindu" is also attributed to all persons professing any Indian religion...
.
In 2001, 1252 people were illiterate, 252 male and 1001 female. In 2001, 805 in Babala were attending school, 459 male and 347 female.
In July 2003 the village was affected by landslide
Landslide
A landslide or landslip is a geological phenomenon which includes a wide range of ground movement, such as rockfalls, deep failure of slopes and shallow debris flows, which can occur in offshore, coastal and onshore environments...
s and resulted in an acute shortage of food. The flood displaced twelve families. The Nepal Red Cross Society
Nepal Red Cross Society
Nepal Red Cross Society came into being in 1963. It was recognized by the International Committee of the Red Cross in 1964 and affiliated to the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies in the same year...
(NRCS) was sent in to provided relief materials like food, clothes, utensils and cash. A flood victim in Babala reported to the Kathmandu Post
"Everything including my house has been swept away by the landslides".
