Lele, Nepal

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Lele

लेले

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Lele
Location in Nepal
Coordinates: 27°34′N85°20′E / 27.57°N 85.34°E / 27.57; 85.34 Coordinates: 27°34′N85°20′E / 27.57°N 85.34°E / 27.57; 85.34
CountryFlag of Nepal.svg    Nepal
Zone Bagmati Zone
District Lalitpur District
Population
 (1991)
  Total6,928
Time zone UTC+5:45 (Nepal Time)

Lele is a village development committee in Lalitpur District in the Bagmati Zone of central Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 6928 living in 1245 individual households, but the population has increased greatly since then. [1]

Village development committee (Nepal) lower administrative part of Nepals local development ministry

A Village Development Committee (VDC) in Nepal was the lower administrative part of its Ministry of Federal Affairs and Local Development. Each district had several VDCs, similar to municipalities but with greater public-government interaction and administration. There were 3,157 village development committees in Nepal. Each VDC was further divided into several wards depending on the population of the district; the average being nine wards.

Lalitpur District (Nepali: ललितपुर जिल्लाListen , a part of Province No. 3, is one of the seventy-seven districts of Nepal, a landlocked country of South Asia. The district, with Lalitpur as its district headquarters, covers an area of 385 km² and has a population of 337,785. It is one of the three districts in the Kathmandu Valley, along with Kathmandu and Bhaktapur. Its population was 466,784 in the initial 2011 census tabulation. It is surrounded by Makwanpur,Bhaktapur, Kathmandu & Kavre.

Bagmati Zone Zone in Nepal

Bagmati was one of the fourteen zones of Nepal until the restoration of zones to Provinces. It was named after the Bagmati River. It was in the Central Development Region of Nepal. The districts are now all part of Province No. 3. The zone contains the Kathmandu Valley with its conurbation of 4.5 million inhabitants.

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Lele is 14 km (1 hour by bus and about 30 minutes by bike) from Lagankhel, Patan, the main city of Lalitpur. It is located in a small valley within the Kathmandu Valley. The river is the main source for irrigation for the farmland.

Lele is a gateway to southern villages of Lalitpur including Bhardeu, Nallu, Chaughare and Gotikhel, and a centre of tourism. [2]

Lele was an important site under the ancient Licchavi dynasty; stone pillars dating to that era can be found there.

Licchavi was an ancient kingdom on the Indian subcontinent, which existed in the Kathmandu Valley in modern-day Nepal from approximately 400 to 750 CE. The Licchavi clan originated from Vaishali and Muzaffarpur in modern northern Bihar, India and conquered Kathmandu Valley.

Industry and agriculture

There are dairies, mines, a brick factory, a bakery, and other businesses.

Agriculture is the main occupation of people residing in Lele village. In the past people used to do agriculture by traditional methods. But nowadays organic methods are used. Tomato production is increasing. Other crops include potatoes, rice, wheat, barley, onions, garlic, spinach, cauliflower, cabbages, pumpkins, lettuce, ginger, and bitter gourds. Mushroom farming is the most popular, and uses modern techniques.

Temples and gumbas

Schools and colleges

Health facilities

PIA Memorial Park

The Lele PIA Memorial Park was constructed in memory of the 167 people who lost their lives in the 1992 Pakistan International Airlines plane crash at Bhatti Danda. [2]

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  2. 1 2 Khaliq, Fazal (17 October 2015). "PIA memorial park in Nepal honours 1992 air crash victims". Dawn.