Tharpu is a village development committee (VDC) in Panthar (पान्थर) District in the

Mechi Zone Mechi ( ne, मेची अञ्चल ) was one of the fourteen zones of Nepal until the restructuring of zones to provinces, comprising four districts; namely Ilam, Jhapa, Panchthar and Taplejung. Its headquarters are at Ilam. It comes und ...

of eastern

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

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 4104 people living in 705 individual households.its geographical area stretches from Onyem and Yekten VDC (previously Khungwa VDC) on the East, Panchami VDC on the South, Naagi VDC on the West and bordering with Taplijong (ताप्लिजोङ)District on the North with Sinam and Saplakhu(साप्लाखू) VDC.In addition to traditional farming(rice, millet, maize, wheat and potato), a Tharpu's economy relies on remittance, particularly from Golf countries, Malaysia, Korea, Hong Kong, Singapore (police) and the United Kingdom. However, remittance from ex-British-Gurkha-soldiers' pension and cardamom is the most reliable and stable income for most of the affluent section of the population.

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