| Shikharpur शिखरपुर | |
|---|---|
| Village development committee | |
  Shikharpur Location in Nepal | |
| Coordinates: 29°31′N80°40′E / 29.52°N 80.67°E Coordinates: 29°31′N80°40′E / 29.52°N 80.67°E | |
| Country | Nepal |
| Zone | Mahakali Zone |
| District | Baitadi District |
| Population (1991) | |
| • Total | 3,798 |
| • Religions | Hindu |
| Time zone | Nepal Time (UTC+5:45) |
Shikharpur (Nepali: शिखरपुर) is a village development committee in Baitadi District in the Mahakali Zone of western Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 3,798 and had 663 houses in the town. [1]
Nepali, known by the endonym Khas Kura also known as Gorkhali or Parbatiya, is an Indo-Aryan language of the sub-branch of Eastern Pahari. It is the official language of Nepal and one of the 22 official languages of India. It is spoken mainly in Nepal and by about a quarter of the population in Bhutan. In India, Nepali is listed in the Eighth Schedule to the Constitution as a language of India, with official status in the state of Sikkim, and spoken in Northeast Indian states such as Assam and in West Bengal's Darjeeling district. It is also spoken in Burma and by the Nepali diaspora worldwide. Nepali developed in proximity to a number of Indo-Aryan languages, most notably the other Pahari languages and Maithili, and shows Sanskrit influence. However, owing to Nepal's location, it has also been influenced by Tibeto-Burman languages. Nepali is mainly differentiated from Central Pahari, both in grammar and vocabulary, by Tibeto-Burman idioms owing to close contact with this language group.
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Baitadi District, historical name “Bairath” (बैराथ), a part of Province No. 7, is one of the seventy-Seven districts of Nepal. The district, with Dasharathchand as its headquarters, covers an area of 1,519 km2 and has a population of 250,898 according to the census (2011). The Baitadi district entails 56 village development councils (VDCs) and two municipality. Baitadi falls into the farthest western regional district of Nepal touching Jhulaghat, India, Nepal's neighboring country, to its border.
