Aarupokhari
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Arupokhari also spelled Aarupokhari, depending on your system of transliteration, 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 5,465 and had 898 houses in the town.
Arupokhari sits on a foothill on top of which there is a Hindu temple. The town's water sources are springs that come out of the ground. There is electricity, but it is intermittent. Most of the citizens are farmers, and those who have other occupations still farm as well. The climate in the village is subtropical. The forest is mostly deciduous. The major crops grown there are corn, beans, and potatoes, but mangos, bananas, and other things grow there as well. Most of the houses are constructed with bricks plastered by mud, with mud used as mortar in-between the bricks. The roofs are tin, and the floors are dried mud. Most citizens own cellphones, and there is at least one cell tower in the village. There are at least 2 schools in the village: one elementary and one secondary. The elementary school is called the Sarswati Peace School. The language spoken in the village is Nepali, though there are a few people who know a little bit of English as well. From the village, one can see Manasalu in the Ganesh range to the north. The village is adjacent to Satdobato, and it is a 1-2 hour walk from Arughat, which is a slightly larger town in the valley to the southeast. To get to Arupokari, one must board a bus from Kathmandu to Gorkha and then board another bus from Gorkha to Gairichhap. From there, it is a 1-2 hour walk to Arupokhari itself. During the monsoon season, the village can still be reached, but muddy spots in the roads may require switching buses periodically on the way from Gorkha to Gairichhap , and the buses might stop at an intermediate village prior to Gairichhap entirely, such as Ghyampesal. The temperature in the village during the summer is usually in the 80's when it is not raining and in the 70's when it is raining. It is always very humid in the summer. The village was hit hard by the civil war as many of its citizens went to fight.
Gorkha District
Gorkha District of 288,134. It is the location of the Manakamana Temple. Also, the temples of great sage Gorakh Nath and goddess Gorakh Kali temple is located in district, after which the district got its name. Four major rivers run within and along it, they are Chepe, Daraudi, Marsyangdi and...
in the Gandaki Zone
Gandaki Zone
The Gandaki zone that make up the Gandaki River. Pokhara serves as its regional and zonal capital. It is also the birthplace of Bhanubhakta Acharya, first poet of Nepal.The Gandaki zone is home to multiple cultures which are unique in themselves...
of northern-central Nepal
Nepal
Nepal , officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal, is a landlocked sovereign state located in South Asia. It is located in the Himalayas and bordered to the north by the People's Republic of China, and to the south, east, and west by the Republic of India...
. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census
1991 Nepal census
The 1991 Nepal census was a widespread national census conducted by the Nepal Central Bureau of Statistics.Working with Nepal's Village Development Committees at a district level,...
it had a population of 5,465 and had 898 houses in the town.
Arupokhari sits on a foothill on top of which there is a Hindu temple. The town's water sources are springs that come out of the ground. There is electricity, but it is intermittent. Most of the citizens are farmers, and those who have other occupations still farm as well. The climate in the village is subtropical. The forest is mostly deciduous. The major crops grown there are corn, beans, and potatoes, but mangos, bananas, and other things grow there as well. Most of the houses are constructed with bricks plastered by mud, with mud used as mortar in-between the bricks. The roofs are tin, and the floors are dried mud. Most citizens own cellphones, and there is at least one cell tower in the village. There are at least 2 schools in the village: one elementary and one secondary. The elementary school is called the Sarswati Peace School. The language spoken in the village is Nepali, though there are a few people who know a little bit of English as well. From the village, one can see Manasalu in the Ganesh range to the north. The village is adjacent to Satdobato, and it is a 1-2 hour walk from Arughat, which is a slightly larger town in the valley to the southeast. To get to Arupokari, one must board a bus from Kathmandu to Gorkha and then board another bus from Gorkha to Gairichhap. From there, it is a 1-2 hour walk to Arupokhari itself. During the monsoon season, the village can still be reached, but muddy spots in the roads may require switching buses periodically on the way from Gorkha to Gairichhap , and the buses might stop at an intermediate village prior to Gairichhap entirely, such as Ghyampesal. The temperature in the village during the summer is usually in the 80's when it is not raining and in the 70's when it is raining. It is always very humid in the summer. The village was hit hard by the civil war as many of its citizens went to fight.