Okhaldhunga

Okhaldhunga is the headquarters of the Okhaldhunga District in the Sagarmatha Zone of Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 3761 living in 790 individual households.[1][2]

Okhaldhunga

ओखलढुङ्गा
Merged to Siddhicharan Municipality
Okhaldhunga
Location in Nepal
Coordinates: 27°19′N 86°30′E
Country   Nepal
ZoneSagarmatha Zone
DistrictOkhaldhunga District
Elevation
1,561 m (5,121 ft)
Population
 (1991)
 • Total3,761
Time zoneUTC+5:45 (Nepal Time)

Background

The name Okhaldhunga originates from "okhal", the Nepali word for "grinding stone", one of which lies at the district headquarters.

Okhaldhunga is the birthplace of the Nepalese poet, Siddhicharan Shrestha, Okhaldhunga is also known as the "District of Martyrs". It is believed that more than 56 citizens of the area died in the Nepalese struggle for democracy.

Media

To promote local culture Okhaldhunga has two FM radio stations: Radio Likhu (91.3 MHz) and Ramailo Samudayek Radio (100.6 MHz), both of which are community radio stations.[3][4][5]

  • tholedema khijeeview
  • toledema
  • Gaungtol
  • dandakhi
  • KhijiV
  • KhijiDVC2
  • Khijee3
  • Khiji4
  • satatol
  • Portrait of a woman at Okhaldunga
  • Portrait of a woman at Okhaldunga

References
  1. "Nepal Census 2001", Nepal's Village Development Committees, Digital Himalaya, archived from the original on October 12, 2008, retrieved 15 November 2009.
  2. "Okhaldhunga" Check |url= value (help). frontend. Retrieved 2020-06-30.
  3. "ASSOCIATION OF COMMUNITY RADIO BROADCASTERS NEPAL (ACORAB)::Introduction". www.acorab.org.np. Retrieved 2020-06-30.
  4. Network, Indigenous Community Radio. "Radio Likhu 91.3 Mhz". Indigenous Community Radio Network. Retrieved 2020-06-30.
  5. Report on BHN visit to Radio Kairan and Radio Likhu in Ramechhap, retrieved 2020-06-30
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