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District
  
Local time
  
Thursday 11:08 PM

Zone
  
Time zone
  
Nepal Time (UTC+5:45)

Population
  
4,793 (1991)

Gaikhur

Name meaning
  
Gaikhur: gai = "cow" and khur = "foot". A temple located in this village has a cow's footsteps on stone. Therefore, this village is named as "cow's footsteps", or Gaikhur.

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18°C, Wind SE at 2 km/h, 77% Humidity

Gaikhur


Gaikhur is a village development committee in Gorkha District in the Gandaki Zone of northern-central Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 4,793 and had 948 houses in the town. Mirkot, Palumtar, Khoplang, Dhuwakot are the neighbouring VDCs of Gaikhur. Gaikhur lies on the western side of Gorkha Bazar.

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Map of Gaikhur, Palungtar, Nepal

It is the birthplace of Hit Raj Pandey, who is a local and development minister under the current government.

References

Gaikhur Wikipedia