Sarkuwa
Encyclopedia
Sarkuwa is a village development committee of Baglung District
of the Dhawalagiri Zone
, situated in the western Nepal
. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census
it had a population of 2,516 and had 495 houses in the village. Sarkuwa is situated in the Southern part of Baglung district. It is surrounded by Kusmishera
, Damek
, Paiyunthantap, Rangkhani
, Jaidi, Arjewa
and Binamare
Village Development Committees. It has one of the oldest highschools of Baglung district and it has turned in to a Higher Secondary School (Janata Higher Secondary School situated at Ward No. 6- Sarkuwa) since 2006. Sarkuwa has five Elementary schools (in Maulachha, Sisnera, Tallamadi, Gairamadi and Ganwo). People from Brahmin, Chhetri, Thakuri, Magar, Sarki and Kami races are living in Sarkuwa. All of them follow Hindu religion. All of the population depends on agriculture. Rice, wheat, millet and corn are the major productions. Four villages of Sarkuwa (Maulachha, Sisnera, Ekrate-Ratamata and Sarkuwa) have been electrified from Theule Khola Hydro Project (25 KW), one (Tallamadi)from Tallamadi Microhydro and the rest from solar batteries. Part of Sarkuwa and Gairamadi are getting electricity from a hydroproject in the neighboring Damek VDC. Telecommunication is accessible in almost all villages now. Two branches of raw motorway have been extended from Kusmishera
through Sarkuwa.
Baglung District
Baglung District, of 268,938.Baglung is surrounded by Parvat, Myagdi, Rukum, Ropla, Pyuthan and Gulmi districts. It looks like Nepal in shape. It has 59 Village Development Committees and one Municipality. It has many rivers and streams and so, many suspension bridges. Baglung is also known as the...
of the Dhawalagiri Zone
Dhawalagiri Zone
Dhawalagiri is one of the fourteen zones of Nepal. It comes under the Western division of Nepal. Baglung is the headquarters of this zone. Famous trekking areas like Mustang, Muktinath, Kali Gandaki valley and Mt Dhaulagiri fall in this zone...
, situated in the western 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 2,516 and had 495 houses in the village. Sarkuwa is situated in the Southern part of Baglung district. It is surrounded by Kusmishera
Kusmishera
Kusmishera is a village development committee in Baglung District in the Dhawalagiri Zone of central Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 2,944 and had 570 houses in the town....
, Damek
Damek, Nepal
Damek is a village development committee in Baglung District in the Dhawalagiri Zone of central Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 5,824 and had 1072 houses in the town....
, Paiyunthantap, Rangkhani
Rangkhani
Rangkhani is a village development committee in Baglung District in the Dhawalagiri Zone of central Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 3,981 and had 791 houses in the town....
, Jaidi, Arjewa
Arjewa
Arjewa is a village development committee in Baglung District in the Dhawalagiri Zone of central Nepal....
and Binamare
Binamare
Binamare is a village development committee in Baglung District in the Dhawalagiri Zone of central Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 2,288 and had 467 houses in the village....
Village Development Committees. It has one of the oldest highschools of Baglung district and it has turned in to a Higher Secondary School (Janata Higher Secondary School situated at Ward No. 6- Sarkuwa) since 2006. Sarkuwa has five Elementary schools (in Maulachha, Sisnera, Tallamadi, Gairamadi and Ganwo). People from Brahmin, Chhetri, Thakuri, Magar, Sarki and Kami races are living in Sarkuwa. All of them follow Hindu religion. All of the population depends on agriculture. Rice, wheat, millet and corn are the major productions. Four villages of Sarkuwa (Maulachha, Sisnera, Ekrate-Ratamata and Sarkuwa) have been electrified from Theule Khola Hydro Project (25 KW), one (Tallamadi)from Tallamadi Microhydro and the rest from solar batteries. Part of Sarkuwa and Gairamadi are getting electricity from a hydroproject in the neighboring Damek VDC. Telecommunication is accessible in almost all villages now. Two branches of raw motorway have been extended from Kusmishera
Kusmishera
Kusmishera is a village development committee in Baglung District in the Dhawalagiri Zone of central Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 2,944 and had 570 houses in the town....
through Sarkuwa.