Rigaun or Ree gaun is a
village development committee in
Dhading District
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in the
Bagmati Zone
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of central
Nepal
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. 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 5218 and had 875 houses in it. Ree Gaun is located in the Northern part of Dhading. It consists of wards no 1 & 2 of Gangajamuna Rural Municipality, State 3, Dhading Nepal. There are 90% people of the
Tamang
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ethnic group, and some are
Gurung
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,
Kami
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(BK),
Damai
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. The main occupation of this area is agriculture.
Village's name list in Ree
* Tawal Village & Tawal Bensi
* Dhuseni Village
* Latab Village
* Kutal Village
* Saleri & Teshyapho Village
* Shyaktali Village
* Gangmrang Village
* Ree gaun . Choke Village
* Epi Village Village
* Richet Village
* Tajimrang Village
* Kichet, Annar Cheprang, & Karang Village
Ward no.1
The ward no.1 is combined with 4 local wards.
# Ree gaun
# Choke Village
# Epi Village Village
# Richet Village
# Tajimrang Village
# Kichet Village
# Annar Cheprang
# Karang Village
Ward no.2
There are more than six local villages has been combined in ward no.2 after the new local governance of GRM.
#Latab Village
#Dhuseni Village
#Tawal Village & Tawal Bensi
#Kutal Village
#Saleri & Teshyapho Village
#Shyaktali Village
#Gangmrang Village
Tourist destination
* Longarchet Valley: a place where earthquake victims lived for two years as temporary place.
* Shyanchet Dada
* Pasangchowk
* Palang-Naang
Economy
The main occupation of Ree Gaun is farming. The recent local business here is knitting baskets, selling local products like baskets and meats.
Administration
Ree Gaun VDC consists of two wards.
# Ward 1Office: Tajimrang
# Ward 2Office: Tawal Mele Dada
Earthquake 2015
In Ree Gaun the earthquake of 2015 killed more than 78 people, and 99% of houses and buildings were completely destroyed.
Rivers
The main river of the Ree is Kutal-Chhumrung Khola which comes from Ganesh Himal and passes through Ringne and Lapang and meets Kutal-Chhumrung Khola separates the Ree and Dark, Jharlang. There are 5 small rivers, the main being Kutal-Chhumrung Khola, Chimchok Khola, Kalshyong Khola, Saleri Khola. Besides these, there are over 10 smaller rivers, springs and seasonal streams.
References
* The Map of Potential Vegetation of Nepal - a forestry/agroecological/biodiversity classification system (PDF), Forest & Landscape Development and Environment Series 2-2005 and CFC-TIS Document Series No.110., 2005, .
External links
Ree VDC WEBSITELocal Governance Gangajamuna Rural Municipality
जिल्ला समन्वय समितिको कार्यालय, धादिङ, नेपालNepal Information Technology Center (NP)LOCAL GOVERNANCE AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME (LGCDP)Nepal Law Commission
Ministry of Finance Nepalराष्ट्रिय योजना आयोगEarthquake documentary video of TawalDocumentary Video of Longarchet Earthquake Victims Ree Dhading, Nepal
Populated places in Dhading District
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