Shikharpur (Nepali: शिखरपुर) is a village development committee in the Bakaiya Rural Municipality of Makwanpur District in the Bagmati Province of Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 3884 people living in 667 individual households.[1]
Shikharpur
शिखरपुर | |
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  Shikharpur Location in Nepal | |
| Coordinates: 27°23′N 85°18′E / 27.39°N 85.30°E | |
| Country |  Nepal |
| Province | Bagmati Province |
| District | Makwanpur District |
| Rural municipality | Bakaiya Rural Municipality |
| Population (1991) | |
• Total | 3,884 |
| Time zone | UTC 5:45 (Nepal Time) |
On 25 August 2010, an Agni Air Flight 101 flight crashed and 14 people along with the crew died here.[2]
References
edit- ^ "Nepal Census 2001". Nepal's Village Development Committees. Digital Himalaya. Retrieved 9 December 2008.
- ^ Plane Crashes Near Everest.. retrieved 25 August 2010
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