Sonpur is a
town
A town is a type of a human settlement, generally larger than a village but smaller than a city.
The criteria for distinguishing a town vary globally, often depending on factors such as population size, economic character, administrative stat ...
and
Village Development Committee in
Dang Deokhuri District
Dang District (, ) is a district of Lumbini Province located in the Inner Terai Valleys of Nepal, Inner Terai Rapti Zone of midwestern Nepal. Dang Valley is the first largest valley of Asia and World's second largest valley surrounded by Sival ...
in
Lumbini Province
Lumbini Province () is a Provinces of Nepal, province in western Nepal. The country's Provinces of Nepal, third largest province in terms of area as well as List of Nepalese provinces by population, population, Lumbini is home to the World Herita ...
of south-western
Nepal
Nepal, officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal, is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is mainly situated in the Himalayas, but also includes parts of the Indo-Gangetic Plain. It borders the Tibet Autonomous Region of China Ch ...
. 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 8,650 persons living in 1129 individual households.
Since September 2015 Sonpur has been part of
Lamahi Municipality
Lamahi Municipality is a municipality in Dang District of Lumbini Province, Nepal. It was created in 2015 as part of the conversion from the old zone/ village development committee structure to the province/municipality structure. In 2021 (2078 ...
.
References
External links
UN map of the municipalities of Dang Deokhuri District
Populated places in Dang District, Nepal
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