Shikha, Nepal

Shikha, Nepal
शिख
Village development committee
Shikha, Nepal

Location in Nepal

Coordinates: 28°28′N 83°43′E / 28.46°N 83.71°E / 28.46; 83.71Coordinates: 28°28′N 83°43′E / 28.46°N 83.71°E / 28.46; 83.71
Country    Nepal
Zone Dhaulagiri Zone
District Myagdi District
Population (1991)
  Total 5,862
Time zone Nepal Time (UTC+5:45)

Shikha is a village development committee in Myagdi District in the Dhaulagiri Zone of western-central Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 5862 people living in 1350 individual households.[1]

The VDC includes the village of Ghorepani, a popular stop for trekkers on the Annapurna Circuit trek, and the Poon Hill viewpoint.

References

  1. "Nepal Census 2001", Nepal's Village Development Committees, Digital Himalaya, retrieved 15 November 2009.


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