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- ↑ Bahing Tumlo Yalo
- ↑ Population Monograph of Nepal, Volume II
- ↑ "2011 Nepal Census, District Level Detail Report" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2023-03-14. Retrieved 2023-04-12.
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