Gaikhur
Village development committee in Gandaki Zone, Nepal / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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.
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Gaikhur
गाईखुर | |
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Coordinates: 28.02°N 84.48°E / 28.02; 84.48 | |
Country | Nepal |
Zone | Gandaki Zone |
District | Gorkha District |
Population (1991) | |
• Total | 4,793 |
Time zone | UTC+5:45 (Nepal Time) |
Name meaning | Gaikhur: 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. |
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It is the birthplace of Hit Raj Pandey, who is a local and development minister under the current government.[1]