Sherpagaun (
village,
Nepalese) is a small
hamlet from
Briddhim
Briddim is a village development committee in Rasuwa District in the Bagmati Zone of northern Nepal. 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 ...
Village development committee located in
Langtang National Park in the northern part of
Nepal, near
Tibet and the
Himalayas, about 2500 meters above sea level. The local economy is primarily
agricultural
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farming of such
staple foods as
potatoes,
corn
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,
wheat,
barley, and
cattle farming of
cows,
goats,
sheep,
mule
The mule is a domestic equine hybrid between a donkey and a horse. It is the offspring of a male donkey (a jack) and a female horse (a mare). The horse and the donkey are different species, with different numbers of chromosomes; of the two pos ...
s, and
yak
The domestic yak (''Bos grunniens''), also known as the Tartary ox, grunting ox or hairy cattle, is a species of long-haired domesticated cattle found throughout the Himalayan region of the Indian subcontinent, the Tibetan Plateau, Kachin Sta ...
. The Langtang region is very popular in the
tourism business. Sherpagaun is on one of the tourist routes to Langtang region, and some people in this area have opened small
motels to get extra income.
There is one
government funded school in the village which provides education until
grade 5
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, but not enough students attend to allow the school to function properly. Some children have relocated to
Kathmandu to become
Buddhist monks, while others have sought
schooling overseas in hopes of a better life and
education.
Most residents of the community are
Buddhist; many of their ancestors were migrants from Tibet. As tourists have started to take the route of Sherpagaun to avoid the crowd of Lama Hotel, the villagers have started to build new tea houses and homestays. Due to the newly built infrastructure and better views of the hiking trail, the path via Sherpagaun is becoming popular among trekkers to Langtang.
References
External links
association "Friends of Sherpagaun"
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Himalayas
Populated places in Rasuwa District