Gudel is a
village development committee in
Solukhumbu District
Solukhumbu District ( ne, सोलुखुम्बु जिल्ला , Sherpa: , Wylie: shar khum bu dzong) is one of 14 districts of Province No. 1 of eastern Nepal. As the name suggests, it consists of the subregions Solu and Khumbu. ...
in the
Sagarmatha Zone
Sagarmāthā Zone ( ne, सगरमाथा अञ्चल) or Sagarmatha Anclal ( ne, सगरमाथा अञ्चल) was one of the fourteen zones of Nepal until the restructuring of zones into provinces. The headquarters of Sagarmat ...
of north-eastern
Nepal
Nepal (; ne, नेपाल ), formerly the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal ( ne,
सङ्घीय लोकतान्त्रिक गणतन्त्र नेपाल ), is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is mai ...
. At the time of the
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,
they recorded data from all the main towns and villages of each ...
it had a population of 3,489 in 712 individual households.
The people are part of the Kulung culture.
The village is the home of Mauli Dhan who was featured in a set of videos and an article for ''National Geographic'' as the ""Last Honey Hunter", the last to maintain the traditional practice of dangerously retrieving hallucinogenic honey from hives on the walls of local cliffs.
Gudel is not well-connected with roads and transport.
References
External links
UN map of the municipalities of Solukhumbu District
Populated places in Solukhumbu District
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