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Okhaldhunga District

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Country
  
Nepal

Time zone
  
NPT (UTC+5:45)

Zone
  
Sagarmatha Zone

Headquarters
  
Area
  
1,074 km²

Okhaldhunga District

Region
  
Eastern Development Region, Nepal

Okhaldhunga District (Nepali: ओखलढुङ्गा जिल्ला Listen ), a part of Province No. 1, 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 had a population of 156,702 in 2001 and 147,984 in 2011. Okhaldhunga is part of area traditionally called Wallo Kirat (near Kirat), home to indigenous ethnic groups Rai and Sunuwar सुनुवार. Apart from these indigenous ethnic groups, other ethnics and hill castes live in the district.

Contents

Map of Okhaldhunga, Nepal

Village Development Committees

The district contains the following VDCs from 2017:

Sunkoshi, Likhu,Molung,Mane_Bhanjyang,Chisankhugadi,Champadevi,Khidemba

Municipality

Siddhicharan Municipality

Torist area

Khijee Tholedamba Tourist are attracted towards the beauty of Khiji Okhaldhung

References

Okhaldhunga District Wikipedia