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Purandhara

Coordinates: 28°12′N 82°05′E / 28.20°N 82.09°E / 28.20; 82.09
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Purandhara
पुरनधारा
Village Development Committee
Purandhara is located in Nepal
Purandhara
Purandhara
Location in Nepal
Coordinates: 28°12′N 82°05′E / 28.20°N 82.09°E / 28.20; 82.09
Country   Nepal
ProvinceLumbini Province
DistrictDang Deokhuri District
Population
 (1991)
 • Total
11,981
Time zoneUTC 5:45 (Nepal Time)

Purandhara is a town and Village Development Committee in Dang Deokhuri District in Lumbini Province of south-western Nepal, near to Salyan. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 11,981 persons living in 2033 individual households.[1] It is notable as the home of Chandra Bahadur Dangi, the shortest man in the world.

References

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  1. ^ "Nepal Census 2001". Nepal's Village Development Committees. Digital Himalaya. Retrieved 21 September 2008.
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