Yasok

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Yasok
यासोक
Yasok Panchthar
Previous Village development committee, Before 2073 Falgun
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Yasok
Location in Nepal
Coordinates: 27°03′N87°38′E / 27.05°N 87.63°E / 27.05; 87.63 Coordinates: 27°03′N87°38′E / 27.05°N 87.63°E / 27.05; 87.63
CountryFlag of Nepal.svg    Nepal
Zone Mechi Zone
District Panchthar District
Population (2011)2068 BS
  Total 4,224
Time zone Nepal Time (UTC+5:45)
Postal code 57408
Area code(s) 024
Website https://www.facebook.com/mechi.panchthar

Yasok is city of Panchthar district. Yasok is the headquarters of Kummayak gaunpalika [rural municipality]. Yasok is also known as Yasok Bazar. Yasok was a village development committee in Panchthar District in Mechi Zone of Limbuwan in Nepal, before 2073 Falgun. Now Yashok is merged with Rani Gaun, Syabarumba, Mangjabung to form Kummayak Gaunpalika. Now Yasok vdc is converted to Kummayak ward no 1. Recently at the time of 2011 Nepal Census it had a total population of 4424 people living 947 individual households where 1952 are male and 2972 are females. In this village development committee 90 % of its population are Indigenous Limbu people and rest are others. Kirat is the main religion of those indigenous people. Yasok is Area no 2 of Panchthar District Election committee. Bhishmaraj Angdembe was the winner from this Area on second election of Constituent Assembly. In this village development there are nine Primary Level government and public schools, one private English school, two secondary schools, one higher secondary school and one graduate campus. There are Two locally well-known Kirati temples called Kummayak and Kusayak. In those temple, every three years thousands of pilgrims came to worship. Most of the people's livelihood depend on the seasonal agricultural and now they started farming cash crops and increasing their livelihood stranded. The situation of the people in this place is very poor. Road system is poor, shortage of drinking and poor infrastructures are the main problem in this village development committee.

Panchthar is a district in Eastern Nepal Mechi Zone Nepal. This district is famous for orange, cardomon and tea leaves

Limbuwan Province in Eastern Nepal, Nepal

Limbuwan is an area of the Himalayan region of the Indian subcontinent, historically made up of 10 Limbu kingdoms, now part of Nepal, northern Sikkim in India and western Bhutan. Limbuwan means "abode of the Limbus" or "Land of the Limbus". "Yakthung Laaje" in original Limbu language which means "the country of the Yakthungs" .its was an independent kingdom until 1774 A.D and emerged into Nepal by gorkha kingdom

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Nepal, officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal, is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is located mainly in the Himalayas but also includes parts of the Indo-Gangetic Plain. With an estimated population of 26.4 million, it is 48th largest country by population and 93rd largest country by area. It borders China in the north and India in the south, east, and west while Bangladesh is located within only 27 km (17 mi) of its southeastern tip and Bhutan is separated from it by the Indian state of Sikkim. Nepal has a diverse geography, including fertile plains, subalpine forested hills, and eight of the world's ten tallest mountains, including Mount Everest, the highest point on Earth. Kathmandu is the nation's capital and largest city. Nepal is a multiethnic nation with Nepali as the official language.


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