Okhaldhunga District
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Okhaldhunga District
Okhaldhunga District' onMouseout='HidePop("33060")' href="/topics/Sagarmatha_Zone">Sagarmatha Zone
, is one of the seventy-five districts
of Nepal
, a landlocked
country of South Asia
. The district, with Okhaldhunga
as its district headquarters, covers an area of 1,074.5 km² and has a population (2001) of 156,702.
Okhaldhunga is part of area traditionally called Wallo Kirat(near Kirat),home to indigenous ethnic groups Rai and Sunuwar. Apart from these indigenous ethnic groups,other ethnics and hill castes live in the district.
Andhari
, Baksa
, Balakhu
, Baraneshwor
, Barnalu
, Betini
, Bhadaure
, Bhussinga
, Bigutar
, Bilandu
, Chyanam
, Diyale
, Fediguth
, Fulbari
, Gamnangtar
, Harkapur
, Jantarkhani
, Jyamire
, Kalikadevi
, Kaptigaun
, Katunje
, Ketuke
, Khiji Chandeshwori
, Khijifalate
, Kuibhir
, Kuntadevi
, Madhavpur
, Mamkha
, Manebhanjyang
, Moli
, Mulkharka
, Narmedeshwor
, Palapu
, Patle
, Pokhare
, Pokli
, Prapchan
, Ragani
, Rajadeep
, Raniban
, Ratmata
, Rawadolu
, Rumjatar
, Salleri
, Serna
, Shreechaur
, Singhadevi
, Sisneri
, Taluwa
, Tarkerabari
, Thakle
, Thoksela
, Thulachhap
, Ubu
, Vadaure
, Yasam
Okhaldhunga District' onMouseout='HidePop("33060")' href="/topics/Sagarmatha_Zone">Sagarmatha Zone
Sagarmatha Zone
Sagarmāthā zone in the north, hill districts in the center, and valley districts of the Terai in the south. The borders of this zone are China to the north, India to the south, the Koshi Zone to the east and the Janakpur Zone to the west....
, is one of the seventy-five districts
Districts of Nepal
Nepal's 14 administrative zones are subdivided into 75 districts . These districts are listed below, by zone...
of Nepal
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...
, a landlocked
Landlocked
A landlocked country is a country entirely enclosed by land, or whose only coastlines lie on closed seas. There are 48 landlocked countries in the world, including partially recognized states...
country of South Asia
South Asia
South Asia, also known as Southern Asia, is the southern region of the Asian continent, which comprises the sub-Himalayan countries and, for some authorities , also includes the adjoining countries to the west and the east...
. The district, with Okhaldhunga
Okhaldhunga
Okhaldhunga is the capital of Okhaldhunga District, in the Sagarmatha Zone of Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 3761 living in 790 individual households. It is located at 27°19'0N 86°30'0E and has an altitude of 1561 m .The district gets its name from Okhal,...
as its district headquarters, covers an area of 1,074.5 km² and has a population (2001) of 156,702.
Okhaldhunga is part of area traditionally called Wallo Kirat(near Kirat),home to indigenous ethnic groups Rai and Sunuwar. Apart from these indigenous ethnic groups,other ethnics and hill castes live in the district.
Village Development Committees
The district contains the following VDCs:Andhari
Andhari
Andhari is a village development committee in Okhaldhunga District in the Sagarmatha Zone of mid-eastern Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 2536 living in 490 individual households.-External links:*...
, Baksa
Baksa, Nepal
Baksa, Nepal is a village development committee in Okhaldhunga District in the Sagarmatha Zone of mid-eastern Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 2467 living in 462 individual households.-External links:*...
, Balakhu
Balakhu
Balakhu is a village development committee in Okhaldhunga District in the Sagarmatha Zone of mid-eastern Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 3703 living in 677 individual households.-External links:*...
, Baraneshwor
Baraneshwor
Baraneshwor is a village development committee in Okhaldhunga District in the Sagarmatha Zone of mid-eastern Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 3240 living in 656 individual households.-External links:*...
, Barnalu
Barnalu
Barnalu is a village development committee in Okhaldhunga District in the Sagarmatha Zone of mid-eastern Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 2522 living in 484 individual households.-External links:*...
, Betini
Betini, Sagarmatha
Betini is a village development committee in Okhaldhunga District in the Sagarmatha Zone of mid-eastern Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 1872 living in 329 individual households.-External links:*...
, Bhadaure
Bhadaure, Sagarmatha
Bhadaure is a village development committee in Okhaldhunga District in the Sagarmatha Zone of mid-eastern Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 3030.-External links:*...
, Bhussinga
Bhussinga
Bhussinga is a village development committee in Okhaldhunga District in the Sagarmatha Zone of mid-eastern Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 1301 living in 261 individual households.-External links:*...
, Bigutar
Bigutar
Bigutar is a village development committee in Okhaldhunga District in the Sagarmatha Zone of mid-eastern Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 1874 living in 387 individual households.-External links:*...
, Bilandu
Bilandu
Bilandu is a village development committee in Okhaldhunga District in the Sagarmatha Zone of mid-eastern Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 2279 living in 431 individual households.On December 15, 2010 a plane crashed in the forest of Bilandu, near the village of...
, Chyanam
Chyanam
Chyanam is a village development committee in Okhaldhunga District in the Sagarmatha Zone of mid-eastern Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 3000 living in 585 individual households.-External links:*...
, Diyale
Diyale
Diyale is a village development committee in Okhaldhunga District in the Sagarmatha Zone of mid-eastern Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 2510 living in 470 individual households.-External links:*...
, Fediguth
Fediguth
Fediguth is a village development committee in Okhaldhunga District in the Sagarmatha Zone of mid-eastern Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 3531 living in 670 individual households.-External links:*...
, Fulbari
Fulbari, Sagarmatha
Fulbari is a village development committee in Okhaldhunga District in the Sagarmatha Zone of mid-eastern Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 3815 living in 708 individual households.-External links:*...
, Gamnangtar
Gamnangtar
Gamnangtar is a village development committee in Okhaldhunga District in the Sagarmatha Zone of mid-eastern Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 2925 living in 535 individual households.-External links:*...
, Harkapur
Harkapur
Harkapur is a village development committee in Okhaldhunga District in the Sagarmatha Zone of mid-eastern Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 2499 living in 504 individual households.-External links:*...
, Jantarkhani
Jantarkhani
Jantarkhani is a village development committee in Okhaldhunga District in the Sagarmatha Zone of mid-eastern Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 1381 living in 266 individual households.-External links:*...
, Jyamire
Jyamire, Okhaldhunga
Jyamire, Okhaldhunga is a Village Development Committee in Okhaldhunga District in the Sagarmatha Zone of mid-eastern Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 2344 residing in 422 individual households.-External links:*...
, Kalikadevi
Kalikadevi
Kalikadevi is a village development committee in Okhaldhunga District in the Sagarmatha Zone of mid-eastern Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 1811 living in 326 individual households.-External links:*...
, Kaptigaun
Kaptigaun
Kaptigaun is a village development committee in Okhaldhunga District in the Sagarmatha Zone of mid-eastern Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 1847.-External links:*...
, Katunje
Katunje
Katunje is a village development committee in Okhaldhunga District in the Sagarmatha Zone of mid-eastern Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 4027 living in 824 individual households.-External links:*...
, Ketuke
Ketuke
Ketuke is a village development committee in Okhaldhunga District in the Sagarmatha Zone of mid-eastern Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 2912.-External links:*...
, Khiji Chandeshwori
Khiji Chandeshwori
Khiji Chandeshwori is a village development committee in Okhaldhunga District in the Sagarmatha Zone of mid-eastern Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 3001 living in 590 individual households....
, Khijifalate
Khijifalate
Khijifalate is a village development committee in Okhaldhunga District in the Sagarmatha Zone of mid-eastern Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 2944 living in 459 individual households.-External links:*...
, Kuibhir
Kuibhir
Kuibhir is a village development committee in Okhaldhunga District in the Sagarmatha Zone of mid-eastern Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 2121 living in 419 individual households.-External links:*...
, Kuntadevi
Kuntadevi
Kuntadevi is a village development committee in Okhaldhunga District in the Sagarmatha Zone of mid-eastern Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 2259 living in 459 individual households.-External links:*...
, Madhavpur
Madhavpur
Madhavpur is a village development committee in Okhaldhunga District in the Sagarmatha Zone of mid-eastern Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 3075 living in 581 individual households.-External links:*...
, Mamkha
Mamkha
Mamkha is a village development committee in Okhaldhunga District in the Sagarmatha Zone of mid-eastern Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 3311 living in 610 individual households.-External links:*...
, Manebhanjyang
Manebhanjyang
Manebhanjyang is a village development committee in Okhaldhunga District in the Sagarmatha Zone of mid-eastern Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 3018 living in 544 individual households.-External links:*...
, Moli
Moli
Moli is a village development committee in Okhaldhunga District in the Sagarmatha Zone of mid-eastern Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 3447 living in 597 individual households.-External links:*...
, Mulkharka
Mulkharka
Mulkharka is a village development committee in Okhaldhunga District in the Sagarmatha Zone of mid-eastern Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 3719 living in 596 individual households.-External links:*...
, Narmedeshwor
Narmedeshwor
Narmedeshwor is a village development committee in Okhaldhunga District in the Sagarmatha Zone of mid-eastern Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 1610 living in 285 individual households.-External links:*...
, Palapu
Palapu
Palapu is a village development committee in Okhaldhunga District in the Sagarmatha Zone of mid-eastern Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 3830 living in 625 individual households.-External links:*...
, Patle
Patle
Patle is a Village Development Committee in Okhaldhunga District in the Sagarmatha Zone of mid-eastern Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 3109 living in 568 individual households.-External links:*...
, Pokhare
Pokhare
Pokhare is a village development committee in Okhaldhunga District in the Sagarmatha Zone of mid-eastern Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 1790 living in 348 individual households.-External links:*...
, Pokli
Pokli
Pokli is a village development committee in Okhaldhunga District in the Sagarmatha Zone of mid-eastern Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 2610 living in 529 individual households.-External links:*...
, Prapchan
Prapchan
Prapchan is a village development committee in Okhaldhunga District in the Sagarmatha Zone of mid-eastern Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 1259 living in 249 individual households.-External links:*...
, Ragani
Ragani
Ragani is a village development committee in Okhaldhunga District in the Sagarmatha Zone of mid-eastern Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 3542 living in 678 individual households.-External links:*...
, Rajadeep
Rajadeep
Rajadeep is a village development committee in Okhaldhunga District in the Sagarmatha Zone of mid-eastern Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 1784 living in 370 individual households.-External links:*...
, Raniban
Raniban, Sagarmatha
Raniban, Sagarmatha is a village development committee in Okhaldhunga District in the Sagarmatha Zone of mid-eastern Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 1874 living in 372 individual households.-External links:*...
, Ratmata
Ratmata
Ratmata is a village development committee in Okhaldhunga District in the Sagarmatha Zone of mid-eastern Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 2507 living in 450 individual households.-External links:*...
, Rawadolu
Rawadolu
Rawadolu is a village development committee in Okhaldhunga District in the Sagarmatha Zone of mid-eastern Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 1637 living in 429 individual households.-External links:*...
, Rumjatar
Rumjatar
Rumjatar is a village development committee in Okhaldhunga District in the Sagarmatha Zone of mid-eastern Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 2,825 living in 600 individual households.-External links:*...
, Salleri
Salleri, Okhaldhunga
Salleri, Okhaldhunga is a Village Development Committee in Okhaldhunga District in the Sagarmatha Zone of mid-eastern Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 1621 residing in 321 individual households.-External links:*...
, Serna
Serna
Serna is a village development committee in Okhaldhunga District in the Sagarmatha Zone of mid-eastern Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 1790.-External links:*...
, Shreechaur
Shreechaur
Shreechaur is a village development committee in Okhaldhunga District in the Sagarmatha Zone of mid-eastern Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 2388 living in 437 individual households.On December 15, 2010 a plane crashed in the forest of Bilandu, in the southwestern...
, Singhadevi
Singhadevi
Singhadevi is a village development committee in Okhaldhunga District in the Sagarmatha Zone of mid-eastern Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 2348 living in 452 individual households.-External links:*...
, Sisneri
Sisneri
Sisneri is a village development committee in Okhaldhunga District in the Sagarmatha Zone of mid-eastern Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 3542 living in 636 individual households.-External links:*...
, Taluwa
Taluwa
Taluwa is a village development committee in Okhaldhunga District in the Sagarmatha Zone of mid-eastern Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 2067 living in 371 individual households.-External links:*...
, Tarkerabari
Tarkerabari
Tarkerabari is a village development committee in Okhaldhunga District in the Sagarmatha Zone of mid-eastern Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 1968 living in 365 individual households.-External links:*...
, Thakle
Thakle
Thakle is a village development committee in Okhaldhunga District in the Sagarmatha Zone of mid-eastern Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 2336 living in 390 individual households.-External links:*...
, Thoksela
Thoksela
Thoksela is a village development committee in Okhaldhunga District in the Sagarmatha Zone of mid-eastern Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 2128 living in 651 individual households.-External links:*...
, Thulachhap
Thulachhap
Thulachhap is a village development committee in Okhaldhunga District in the Sagarmatha Zone of mid-eastern Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 3399 living in 651 individual households.-External links:*...
, Ubu
Ubu, Nepal
Ubu, Nepal is a Village Development Committee in Okhaldhunga District in the Sagarmatha Zone of mid-eastern Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 3075 residing in 604 individual households.-External links:*...
, Vadaure
Vadaure
Vadaure is a village development committee in Okhaldhunga District in the Sagarmatha Zone of mid-eastern Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 2498 living in 451 individual households.-External links:*...
, Yasam
Yasam, Nepal
Yasam, Nepal is a village development committee in Okhaldhunga District in the Sagarmatha Zone of mid-eastern Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 1661 living in 330 individual households.-External links:*...