Saurpani




Village development committee in Gandaki Zone, Nepal




































Saurpani


सौरपानी

Village development committee


Saurpani is located in Nepal

Saurpani

Saurpani



Location in Nepal

Coordinates: 28°08′N 84°43′E / 28.14°N 84.72°E / 28.14; 84.72Coordinates: 28°08′N 84°43′E / 28.14°N 84.72°E / 28.14; 84.72
Country
   Nepal
Zone Gandaki Zone
District Gorkha District
Population
(2011)

 • Total 5,958
  2,614 Male and 3,344F emale
Time zone
UTC+5:75 (Nepal Time)
Website http://www.saurpani.org

Saurpani is Ward no.4 Sulikot Gaupalika (previously village development committee) in Gorkha District in the Gandaki Zone of northern-central Nepal. At the time of the 2011_Nepal_census it had a population of 5,958 and had 1,325 houses in the town.


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There is 24-hour electricity through mini-grids, the village can be reached by direct bus transportation from Kathmandu and form Gorkha. Saurpani is situated upon the hilltop about 1,439 m (4,721 ft) to 3200 m (10498 ft)[1] above sea level.


Saurpani is approximately 59.8 km away from Gorkha Palace and 68 km from Palungtar Airport. There is a gravelled road from Abu Khaireney running on the bank of Darauti River to Saurpani Bazar and another road is Ghyampeshal-Bakot-palkhu-swara-saurpani and Masel-Pandrun-Takukot-takumajh lakuribot-Saurpani.[3][4]
The village was badly affected by an earthquake on 25 April 2015.




Contents






  • 1 History


  • 2 Economy


  • 3 Tourism


  • 4 Electricity


  • 5 Religion, language and culture


  • 6 School, college and hospital


  • 7 Notable people form Saurpani


  • 8 References





History


there is a story how's saurapani got its name.it is told that there used to be a kuwa which is a fountain in Nepali language and a tree of saur alongside the fountain which is known for its medicinal uses.


People believed Saurpani was ruled by Ghale King of Sulikot end of 15th century



Economy


the maximum of the population are farmers. They mainly grow maize,millet and paddy. Most of the young and energetic population are either in capital or in different countries abroad. There is a village named sundardanda which is known for its delicious and mouth watering oranges.



Tourism


before the road was made alongside river bank in daraudi river , porters,bores and traders used to take rations , provisions and the things for daily need from the hilly trail. There are no tourists except Trekkers.



Electricity



Religion, language and culture



School, college and hospital





Notable people form Saurpani




  • Aanshu Lama, Musician / Singer


  • Bishnu Bahadur Gurung, Councillor London Borough of Hounslow, Politician of Labour party London.


  • Lokendra Pariyar, Bodybuilder


  • Lal Bahadur Dhakal, (yogi shiva shakti nath), Yogi, Founder of Siddhashram Shakti Kendra.


  • Thir Prasad Dhakal, Businessman


  • Hare Ram Shrestha, First Engineer, From Saurpani


  • Thakur Dhakal, First Industrial Engineer (IOE) From Saurpani



References




  1. ^ "2011 Nepal Census" (PDF)..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}


  2. ^ "Nepal Census 2001". Nepal's Village Development Committees. Digital Himalaya. Retrieved 2008-08-31.


  3. ^ "Rural Transportation Information Management System (RuTIMS)".


  4. ^ "General information about Saurpani".











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