Khurkot is a market center in
Kushma Municipality in
Parbat District
Parbat District ( ne, पर्वत जिल्ला , is a hilly area of Nepal. It is a part of Gandaki Province and one of the seventy-seven districts of Nepal. The district, with Kusma as its district headquarters, covers an area of and ...
in the
Dhawalagiri Zone
Dhaulagiri ( ne, धौलागिरी अञ्चल ) was one of the fourteen zones which Nepal was divided into for administrative purposes, prior to the September 10, 2015 adoption of a new Constitution, which divided the nation instead ...
of central
Nepal
Nepal (; ne, :ne:नेपाल, नेपाल ), formerly the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal ( ne,
सङ्घीय लोकतान्त्रिक गणतन्त्र नेपाल ), is a landlocked country in S ...
. The formerly
Village Development committee was annexed to form the municipality since 18 May 2014. At the time of the
1991 AD Nepal census it had a population of 3809 people living in 738 individual households. In the northern part of this village there is KOTA- Durga temple and just half of a mile distance leading south, There is a large stone bearing the clear signs of hoofs of cow where a temple is built on 2053 BS (1996) named
Kamadhenu Mandir
Kamadhenu Mandir ( ne, कामधेनु मन्दिर) is located in Khurkot village of Kushma municipality, Parbat. It is called in western region of Nepal in Dhawalagiri Zone.
This is a temple of Lord Radha Krishna of Hindu relig ...
. Including these two symbols people called it as Khurkot. Later on, the entire region covering 20 ropani and 200 acres of it came to be known as Khurkot village. It borders with Banau and Kyang in the north, Durlung in the west, Shivalaya in the south and Pang at West.
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References
External links
UN map of the municipalities of Parbat District
Populated places in Parbat District
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