Gaikhur

Village development committee in Gandaki Zone, Nepal
Gaikhur
गाईखुर
Village development committee
28°01′N 84°29′E / 28.02°N 84.48°E / 28.02; 84.48
Country   Nepal
ZoneGandaki Zone
DistrictGorkha District
Population
 (1991)
 • Total4,793
Time zoneUTC+5:45 (Nepal Time)
Name meaningGaikhur: gai = "cow" and khur = "foot". A temple located in this village has a cow's footsteps on stone. Therefore, this village is named as "cow's footsteps", or Gaikhur.

Gaikhur is a village development committee in Gorkha District in the Gandaki Zone of northern-central Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 4,793 and had 948 houses in the town. Mirkot, Palungtar, Khoplang, Dhuwakot are the neighbouring VDCs of Gaikhur. Gaikhur lies on the western side of Gorkha Bazar.

It is the birthplace of Hit Raj Pandey, who is a local and development minister under the current government.[1]

References

  1. ^ "Nepal Census 2001". Nepal's Village Development Committees. Digital Himalaya. Archived from the original on 2008-10-12. Retrieved 2008-08-31.
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