Thorga

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Thorga
VDC
Gulmi district location.png
Thorga village location in map of Nepal.
Nickname: 
Origin of Thorga "Greeny VDC"
Motto: 
Make Big Plans (Make No Small Plans)
CountryFlag of Nepal.svg    Nepal
Region Western
Zone Lumbini
District Gulmi
Settled2034 VS
Government
  Type Democratic
Population
  Total1,150
Time zone NP
Website ddcgulmi.gov.np

Thorga is a village in Gulmi district, Lumbini Zone, Nepal. [1] It is mostly inhabited by Brahmins. The population of this village is around 1200 and literacy rate is about 35%.

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Gulmi District

Gulmi District (Nepali : गुल्मी जिल्ला Listen ), a part of Lumbini Zone, is one of the seventy-five districts of Nepal. The district, with Tamghas as its headquarters, covers an area of 1,149 km2, had a population of 296,654 in 2001 and 280,160 in 2011. [2]

Main features

A view from Thorga Cumbres del Ajusco.jpg
A view from Thorga

It is renowned for coffee farming. People here depend upon agriculture and teaching occupation. In Agriculture, coffee & sugarcane are the main products.

Education institutes

See also

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References

  1. Sharma, Chandra K. (1979). Nepal and the Nepalese. Sangeeta Sharma. p. 150. OCLC   7999374.
  2. "National Population and Housing Census 2011(National Report)" (PDF). Central Bureau of Statistics. Government of Nepal. November 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-04-18. Retrieved December 21, 2015.