Pokhari, Doti

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Pokhari

पोखरी
CountryFlag of Nepal.svg    Nepal
Zone Seti Zone
District Doti District
Population
 (1991)
  Total2,968
Time zone UTC+5:45 (Nepal Time)

Pokhari is a Village Development Committee in Doti District in the Seti Zone of western Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 2968 residing in 632 individual households. [1]

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References

  1. "Nepal Census 2001", Nepal's Village Development Committees, Digital Himalaya , retrieved 19 January 2021.

Coordinates: 29°13′N81°5′E / 29.217°N 81.083°E / 29.217; 81.083