Dharapani, Gandaki

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Dharapani
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Dharapani
Dharapani (Nepal)
Coordinates: 28°31′04″N84°21′30″E / 28.5177876°N 84.3584478°E / 28.5177876; 84.3584478
CountryFlag of Nepal.svg    Nepal
Zone Gandaki
District Manang
Elevation
1,860 m (6,100 ft)
Population
 (2011) [1]
  Total1,012
Time zone UTC+5:45 (Nepal Time)

Dharapani is a village development committee in Manang District in the Gandaki Zone of northern Nepal. The village development Community has 21 administrative ward, ranging from 2,300 meters to 3,900 meters above sea level. [2] At the time of the 2001 Nepal census it had a population of 1012 people living in 232 individual households. 32% of the total population is engaged in the tourism sector, 35% in agriculture, 12% in foreign employment and 21% in others. [3]

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References

  1. "National Population and Housing Census 2011(Village Development Committee/Municipality)" (PDF). Government of Nepal. National Planning Commission. November 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-12-21. Retrieved 2017-01-18.
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