Palung (पालुङ्ग) is an ancient market place in

Thaha Municipality Popularly known as Daman or Palung or Tistung - Palung, Thaha Municipality (थाहा नगरपालिका) is a municipality in Makwanpur District of Bagmati Province in mid Nepal. In Nepali Thaha, (थाहा) means to know. It was o ...

Makwanpur District Makwanpur District( ne, मकवानपुर जिल्ला; , a part of Bagmati Province, earlier a part of Narayani Zone, is one of the seventy-seven districts of Nepal. The district, with Hetauda as its district headquarter, as well ...

in the

Bagmati Province Bagmati Province ( ne, बाग्मती प्रदेश, ''Bagmati Pradesh'') is one of the seven provinces of Nepal established by the constitution of Nepal. The province is Nepal's second-most populous province and fifth largest provinc ...

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

2011 Nepal census Nepal conducted a widespread national census in 2011 by the Nepal Central Bureau of Statistics. Working with the 58 municipalities and the 3915 Village Development Committees at a district level, they recorded data from all the municipalities an ...

it had a population of 5,603 people living in 1,236 individual households.

Media

To Promote local culture and development Palung has two FM radio stations namely Radio Palung - 107.2 Mhz, is a community radio station and Radio Aawaj 88.8 Mhz is a private radio station. The former is the first community radio station of Makwanpur district. In addition to electronic media, Shantipur daily newspaper and weekly newspaper Bikash Kharpatrika and Thaha Darshan are in publication.

School and Colleges

Palung, now

Thaha municipality Popularly known as Daman or Palung or Tistung - Palung, Thaha Municipality (थाहा नगरपालिका) is a municipality in Makwanpur District of Bagmati Province in mid Nepal. In Nepali Thaha, (थाहा) means to know. It was o ...

is one of the leading education center in northern part of

Makwanpur district Makwanpur District( ne, मकवानपुर जिल्ला; , a part of Bagmati Province, earlier a part of Narayani Zone, is one of the seventy-seven districts of Nepal. The district, with Hetauda as its district headquarter, as well ...

. This is enriched with Palung multiple campus, Janakalyan Higher Secondary School, Bajrabarahi Higher Secondary School, Jhamkeshwori Secondary School, Matsyanarayan Secondary School and Sunaula Secondary School providing higher level education from government sector whereas Himalayan English Boarding School, Palung Modern Secondary School, Palung English School, Palung Valley Heart Academy providing secondary level education as private institutions.

References

Populated places in Makwanpur District {{Makwanpur-geo-stub