Sindhupalchowk District ( ne,
सिन्धुपाल्चोक जिल्ला ) is a part of
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 ...
and one of the seventy-seven
districts of Nepal
Districts in Nepal are second level of administrative divisions after provinces. Districts are subdivided in municipalities and rural municipalities. There are seven provinces and 77 districts in Nepal.
After the state's reconstruction of admi ...
, with an area of . The district's headquarters is in
Chautara
Chautara Sangachokgadhi is a municipality in Sindhupalchowk District in Bagmati Province of central Nepal. The municipality was established on 18 May 2014 by merging Pipaldanda, Chautara, Kubhinde, Sanusiruwari Village Development Committees a ...
. In 2006, 336,478 people resided in 79
village development committees, in 2011 there were 287,798.
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Geography
The climatic zones found in the district comprise:
Demographics
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 ...
, Sindhupalchok District had a population of 287,798. Of these, 53.4% spoke
Nepali, 32.6%
Tamang
The Tamang (; Devanagari: तामाङ; ''tāmāṅ'') are an Tibeto-Burmese ethnic group of Nepal. In Nepal Tamang/Moormi people constitute 5.6% of the Nepalese population at over 1.3 million in 2001, increasing to 1,539,830 as of the 2011 c ...
, 5.9%
Newari, 2.7%
Sherpa Sherpa may refer to:
Ethnography
* Sherpa people, an ethnic group in north eastern Nepal
* Sherpa language
Organizations and companies
* Sherpa (association), a French network of jurists dedicated to promoting corporate social responsibility
* ...
, 1.7%
Hyolmo/Yolmo, 1.2%
Danuwar, and 1.1%
Thami
The Thangmi (in Nepali थामी) are an indigenous tribe of the hills east of the Nepalese capital Kathmandu. They mainly live in Suspa, Kshamawati, Khopachagu, Alampu, Bigu, Kalinchok, Lapilang and Lakuri Danda villages of Dolakha district i ...
as their
first language
A first language, native tongue, native language, mother tongue or L1 is the first language or dialect that a person has been exposed to from birth or within the critical period. In some countries, the term ''native language'' or ''mother tongu ...
.
41.0% of the population in the district spoke
Nepali and 0.9%
Tamang
The Tamang (; Devanagari: तामाङ; ''tāmāṅ'') are an Tibeto-Burmese ethnic group of Nepal. In Nepal Tamang/Moormi people constitute 5.6% of the Nepalese population at over 1.3 million in 2001, increasing to 1,539,830 as of the 2011 c ...
as their
second language
A person's second language, or L2, is a language that is not the native language (first language or L1) of the speaker, but is learned later. A second language may be a neighbouring language, another language of the speaker's home country, or a fo ...
.
The region is suitable from tourism point of view .
Administration
The district consists of 12
Municipalities
A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate.
The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...
, out of which three are urban municipalities and nine are
rural municipalities. These are as follows:
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Chautara Sangachowkgadi
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Bahrabise
Bahrabise ( ne, बाह्रबिसे) is an urban municipality located in Sindhupalchok District of Bagmati Province of Nepal.
Demographics
At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 6132 and had 1161 houses in the villag ...
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Melamchi
Melamchi is a municipality in Sindhupalchok District in the Bagmati Province of central Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 3936 and had 710 houses in the village.
Government of Nepal has initiated a drinking water ...
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Balephi Rural Municipality
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Sunkoshi Rural Municipality
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Indrawati Rural Municipality
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Jugal Rural Municipality
Jugal ( ne, जुगल गाउँपालिका) is a rural municipality located in Sindhupalchok District of Bagmati
, "Tiger Gate")
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Panchpokhari Thangpal Rural Municipality
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Bhotekoshi Rural Municipality
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Lisankhu Pakhar Rural Municipality
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Helambu Rural Municipality
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Tripurasundari Rural Municipality
Former towns and villages
Prior to the restructuring of the district on January, 2013, the major towns were khadichaur,
Chautara
Chautara Sangachokgadhi is a municipality in Sindhupalchowk District in Bagmati Province of central Nepal. The municipality was established on 18 May 2014 by merging Pipaldanda, Chautara, Kubhinde, Sanusiruwari Village Development Committees a ...
,
Bahrabise
Bahrabise ( ne, बाह्रबिसे) is an urban municipality located in Sindhupalchok District of Bagmati Province of Nepal.
Demographics
At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 6132 and had 1161 houses in the villag ...
,
Melamchi
Melamchi is a municipality in Sindhupalchok District in the Bagmati Province of central Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 3936 and had 710 houses in the village.
Government of Nepal has initiated a drinking water ...
,
Jalbire and
Tatopani.
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Andheri
Andheri ( n̪d̪ʱeɾiː is a locality in the western part of the city of Mumbai in India. Udayanagari, the name of a hill near the Mahakali caves, inspired the name Andheri. On the former islet of Versova, also known as Vasave, there was ano ...
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Atarpur
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Bhotang
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Badegau
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Bansbari
Bansbari ( ne, बाँसबारी) is a village in Sindhupalchok District in the Bagmati Zone of central Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census
The 1991 Nepal census was a widespread national census conducted by the Nepal Central Burea ...
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Banskharka
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Baramchi
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Bahrabise municipality
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Balephi
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Baruwa
Baruwa is a village in Sindhupalchok District in the Bagmati Zone of central 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.
Working with Nep ...
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Batase
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Bhimtar
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Bhote Namlang
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Bhotechaur
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Bhotsiba
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Chanaute
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Choukati
Chaukati is a village in Sindhupalchok District in the Bagmati Zone of central 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.
Working with N ...
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Chautara Municipality
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Dhumthang
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Dubarchaur 9
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Gati
Gati or GATI may refer to:
* Gati Ltd, an Indian courier delivery services company
* Gati, Nepal, a village
* Gati, Iran, a village
* gati, a term for the subdivisions of the Desire realm in Buddhist cosmology
* GATI, the Gender and Trade Initiativ ...
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Ghorthali
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Dhuskun
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Gloche
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Gumba
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Gunsakot
Gunsa is a village in Sindhupalchok District in the Bagmati Zone of central Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 1858.
References
Populated places in Sindhupalchowk District
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Hagam
Hagam is ward 6 of Jugal Rural Municipality in Sindhupalchok District in the Bagmati of central 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 Statistic ...
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Haibung
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Helambu
Helambu is a region of highland villages in Nepal, about 80 km from Kathmandu. It is the home of the Hyolmo people. The word Hyolmo derives from the word Helambu. The Helambu region begins at the Lauribina La pass and descends to the Mel ...
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Ichok
Ichok is a village in Sindhupalchok District in the Bagmati Zone of central 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.
Working with Ne ...
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Irkhu
Irkhu is a village and market center of Chautara Sangachowkgadi Municipality in Sindhupalchok District in the Bagmati Zone of central Nepal. The formerly Village Development Committee was merged to the new Municipality in 2017. At the time of th ...
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Jalbire
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Jethal
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Jyamire
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Kalika
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Karkhali
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Kadambas
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Khadichaur
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Kiul
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Kunchok
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Lamosanghu
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Langarche
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Lisankhu
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Listikot
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Mahankal
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Maneshwara
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Manekharka
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Marming
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Melamchi municipality
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Motang
Bhotang is a village in Sindhupalchok District in the Bagmati Zone of central 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.
Working with ...
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Nawalpur
Nawalpur (, ne, नवलपुर, ) or (Nawalparasi east of Bardaghat Susta) is a district located in Gandaki Province of Nepal. It is 1 out of 11 districts of Gandaki Province. The headquarter of the district is Kawasoti.
Formally Nawalpur ...
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Pagretar
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Palchok
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Pangtang
Pangtang is a village in Sindhupalchok District in the Bagmati Zone of central Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 2,268 and had 410 houses in the village.
References
Populated places in Sindhupalch ...
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Petaku
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Phatakshila
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Phulping Katti
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Phulpingdanda
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Phulpingkot
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Piskar
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Ramche
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Sangachok
Sangachok is a village and market center of Chautara Sangachokgadi Municipality in Sindhupalchok District in the Bagmati Zone of central Nepal
Nepal (; ne, नेपाल ), formerly the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal ( ne,
स ...
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Selang
Selang is a village in Sindhupalchok District in the Bagmati Zone of central 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.
Working with Ne ...
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Sikharpur
Sikharpur is a village in Sindhupalchok District in the Bagmati Zone of central 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.
Working with ...
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Sindhukot
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Sipa Pokhare
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Sipal Kavre
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Sunkhani
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Syaule Bazar
Syaule Bazar is a village and market center of Chautara Sangachowkgadi Municipality in Sindhupalchok District in the Bagmati Zone of central Nepal. The former Village Development Committee was merged to the new municipality in 2017. At the time o ...
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Talamarang
Talamarang is a village in Sindhupalchok District in the Bagmati Zone of central 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.
Working with ...
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Tatopani
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Tauthali
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Tekanpur
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Thakani
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Thampal Chhap
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Thangpalkot
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Thokarpa
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Thulo Dhading
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Thulo Pakhar
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Thulo Sirubari
Thulo Sirubari is a village and market center of Chautara Sangachowkgadi Municipality in Sindhupalchok District in the Bagmati Zone of central Nepal. The formerly Village Development Committee was merged to the new municipality in 2017. At the ti ...
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Thum Pakhar
Thumpakhar ( ne, थुम्पाखर) is a village in Sindhupalchok District in the Bagmati Zone of central Nepal. In the 1991 Nepal census, it had a population of 5210, with 1023 houses.
References
Popular Villages in Thumpakhar
Thum ...
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Timpul Ghyangul
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Yamanadanda
Education
There are more than half a dozen colleges offering bachelor's degrees in Sindhupalchok. More than 25 schools are running programs. Chautara campus has just started science course at . There are generally one or more high schools in each VDC within Sindhupalchok. Chautara Campus, Thokarpa Community Campus, Sunkoshi Campus, and Jalbire Valley Campus are some leading educational institutions. Higher-level education is only available in Chautara, Bahrabise, Kavre and
Kathmandu
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There are more than 25 private schools in the district. These include Sadabahar Academy (established in 2063 BS), Ekta Boarding High School (established in 2050 BS), Jugal Boarding High School (established in 2047 BS), Ketu English School, Nirvana Academy, Chandeswari English School and
Private Paradise Secondary School
Private Paradise Secondary School ('PPSS' in short) is a private school system based in Bahrabise-8, Sindhupalchok, Nepal near the banks of Bhote Koshi river. It is an educational organisation established in 2004 AD under the Company Act 2057 und ...
.
Newspaper and magazines
There are more than 10 newspapers that publish news from the district and several monthly magazines, which have played a vital role in providing immediate news and information to the people in printed format. ''Sindhusandesh'' (सिन्धुसन्देश) is one of the oldest local newspapers.
Sindhu Sandesh Weekly (सिन्धुसन्देश साप्ताहिक) Editor: Suresh kasaju, Bihanee Times Weekly (विहानी टाईम्स साप्ताहिक) Editor: Sundar Shireesh, Sindhu Jagaran Weekly (सिन्धु जागरण साप्ताहिक) Editor: Bidur Giri, Okhereni Weekly (ओखरेनी साप्ताहिक) Editor: Sitaram Ghimire, Sindhu Prabaha Weekly (सिन्धुप्रवाह साप्ताहिक) Editor: Dinesh Thapa, Nayapani Sandesh Weekly (नयाँपानी सन्देश साप्ताहिक) Editor: Kedar Majhi, Sindhu Jwala Weekly (सिन्धुज्वाला साप्ताहिक) Editor: Dinesh Dulal, Janata Patra Weekly (जनतापत्र साप्ताहिक) Editor: Tika Subedhi, Sindhu Post Weekly (सिन्धु पोष्ट साप्ताहिक) Editor: Ramchandra Nepal, Sindhu Bulanda Weekly (सिन्धुबुलन्द साप्ताहिक) Editor: Chitra Mijar, Sindhu Yatra Monthly (सिन्धु यात्रा) Editor: Gyanendra Timalsina, Spandan Gunjan Literature Magazine (स्पन्दन गुञ्जन साहित्यिक त्रैमासिक) Editor: Sundar Shireesh .
There are Three Online Media. www.jugalkhabar.com (जुगल खबर) Editor: Sundar Shireesh, www.sindhukhabar.com (सिन्धु खबर) Editor: Bhupendra Bhandari, www.newsaraniko.com (न्यूज अरनिको) Editor: Naniram Nepal.
Five Radio also broadcast. Radio Sindhu, Radio Helambu, Radio Melamchi, Radio Sunkoshi and Radio Jugal.
Health care
Following is the data obtained from the
PHASE Nepal website:
*Central/regional/zonal hospitals: 0
*District hospitals: 1
*Primary healthcare centres: 2
Bahrabise Primary Health Care Centre
*Health posts: 11
*Sub-health posts: 65
*Number of doctors: 6
*Number of nurses: 95
Although there is a district hospital as well as primary healthcare centers, this is not enough for providing health services. The small health centers in many
VDCs are without Auxiliary Health Workers (AHWs),
Auxiliary Nurse Midwives (ANMs) and Community Health Workers (CHWs). So, people seeking emergency health assistance have to travel long distance to major centres or Kathmandu, or end up dying because of lack of treatment. Many people still believe in Dhami and
Jhakri and are against taking medicine or going to hospital for treatment.
An NGO,
PHASE Nepal, provides many healthcare facilities and training programs in two VDCs: Phulpingkot and Hagam. Many people residing in these VDCs have benefited from the program.
Tourism
Cultural heritage sites in the district include the Gaurati Bhimeshwor temple, the Tauthali Mai temple, the Sunkoshi Kafeshwar Mahadev temple, the Kshemadevi temple, and Larke Ghyang, which are popular for pilgrims. Tatopani (Hot Water Spring), near the China–Nepal border, is popular as a pilgrimage location. Bhairav Kunda and Panch-Pokhari are popular trekking destinations with religious and cultural significance.
Sun Koshi and Bhote Koshi rivers are famous for
rafting
Rafting and whitewater rafting are recreational outdoor activities which use an inflatable raft to navigate a river or other body of water. This is often done on whitewater or different degrees of rough water. Dealing with risk is often a ...
.
Bungy jumping
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over the Bhote Koshi river is another attraction.
Although it is one of the least developed, this district can be one of the finest tourist destinations, attracting both national and international tourists. The tourist attractions of this district include
Langtang National Park
Langtang National Park was established in 1976 as Nepal's first Himalayan national park and the country's fourth protected area. It exceeds an elevation range of and covers an area of in the Nuwakot, Rasuwa and Sindhulpalchok Districts of the c ...
,
Langtang Himal
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, Jugal Himal, Panch Pokhari, Tato Pani, and Gaurati Bhimeswar.
Similarly AMAYANGRI Peak located in Helambu Rural Municipality is also a finest tourist destination.
Politics
Political parties in Sindhupalchok:
* CPN,
Jhamka Nath Nepal, chairman; Dawa Tamang, Coordinator)
* NC (Bikas Tamang, President)
*
Nepal Workers and Peasants Party
The Nepal Workers Peasants Party (NWPP), also known as the Nepal Workers' and Peasants' Party and the Nepal Majdoor Kisan Party ( ne, नेपाल मजदुर किसान पार्टी; abbr. , ), is a communist political party ...
(Gehendra Bahadur Shrestha, chairman)
Arts and culture
Famous pop and folk singers come from the district: Raju Lama, Jaynanda Lama, Abhinash Ghishing, Resham Thapa, Ghamesh Dulal, Navaraj Ghorasaini,
Sunita Dulal, and others. Actors like the late
Shree Krishna Shrestha
Shree Krishna Shrestha ( ne, श्रीकृष्ण श्रेष्ठ; April 19, 1967 – August 10, 2014) was a Nepalese actor and producer known for his work in Nepali cinema. One of the most popular and celebrated stars of Nepali ...
, the late
Shrisha Karki, Jeetu Nepal, Gopal Nepal (Fiste), Deviram Parajuli (Bhok Lagyo) are also from here. Apart from them, it is also the home of poets like Chandra Prashad Neupane, as well as politicians like Amrit Kumar Bohora, Bishnu Bikram Thapa, and Agni Prasad Sapkota.
2015 earthquake
On 25 April 2015, an
earthquake
An earthquake (also known as a quake, tremor or temblor) is the shaking of the surface of the Earth resulting from a sudden release of energy in the Earth's lithosphere that creates seismic waves. Earthquakes can range in intensity, from ...
epicenter located near Barpak village, Gorkha that lies between
Kathmandu
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Pokhara
Pokhara ( ne, पोखरा, ) is a metropolis, metropolitan city in Nepal, which serves as the capital of Gandaki Province. It is the List of cities in Nepal, second most populous city of Nepal after Kathmandu, with 518,452 inhabitants living ...
with a magnitude of 7.9M and below the surface. Several aftershocks were reported in the region. There were also fears that the earthquake, or aftershocks, could trigger further
flooding or landslides such as in 2014.
Steep mountains and narrow roads in the Sindhupalchok District drastically slowed rescue efforts. It took vehicles three hours to arrive from Kathmandu. Electricity and communication were cut off across in the district, so residents were isolated. Of the 66,688 houses in the district, 64,565 (96.8%) were destroyed.
As of 23 August 2015, more than 3,550 people were recorded to have died in the district as a result, and thousands of people were injured, of which 614 were sent to Kathmandu for treatment. Over 40 people were rescued from debris, and more than 3,000 people were still missing; resulting the extremely hard hit district by this devastating earthquake.
A
UH-1Y Huey helicopter delivering relief supplies crashed in Sindhupalchowk District about eight miles north of
Charikot
Bhimeshwar, (formerly ''Charikot''), is a municipality in north-eastern Nepal and the headquarters of Dolakha District in Bagmati Province that was established in 1997 by merging the former Village development committees Charikot, Dolakha Town, ...
, with six
US Marines
The United States Marine Corps (USMC), also referred to as the United States Marines, is the maritime land force service branch of the United States Armed Forces responsible for conducting expeditionary and amphibious operations through combi ...
and two
Nepalese soldiers aboard.
[Keshab Poudel. ]
US MARINES: Great Sacrifice
'' NewSpotLight Nepal News Magazine. Vol. 28, No. 22. May 22, 2015. Accessed May 29, 2015.
See also
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Thangmi language
Thangmi, also called Thāmī, Thangmi Kham, Thangmi Wakhe, and Thani, is a Sino-Tibetan language spoken in central-eastern Nepal and northeastern India by the Thami people. The Thami refer to their language as ''Thangmi Kham'' or ''Thangmi Wakhe' ...
References
External links
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Merosindhu.com : ''Sindhupalchok District''Sukute Beach ResortHelambuBhairav KundaSindhusandesh (सिन्धुसन्देश)
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Districts of Nepal established in 1962
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