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Morahang

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Country
  
Nepal

District
  
Terhathum District

Local time
  
Saturday 8:29 PM

Population
  
4,064 (2001)

Zone
  
Kosi Zone

Time zone
  
Nepal Time (UTC+5:45)

Postal code
  
57107

Area code
  
026

Morahang

Weather
  
9°C, Wind N at 0 km/h, 59% Humidity

Morahang is a village development committee in the Himalayas of Terhathum District in the Kosi Zone of eastern Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 3679 people living in 699 individual households.

Map of Morahang, Nepal

The majority of the people from this village come from Limbu background. In comparison, people from this area are well educated and have higher earning power. Alaichi (black cardamom) is one of the major cash crops. Apart from that majority of people are involved in some sort of foreign employment, anywhere from unskilled to highly skilled jobs. Employment as British Army is probably the most popular and high earning job on an average. Khapung (Limbu) are major residents of this area.

References

Morahang Wikipedia